Late Morning Roundup - Feria of Lent - Missa 'Salus pópuli' - Commemor.: St. John Damascene, Confessor - March 27th, 2014

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Hyper-stimulation is an increasing evil about which we should be aware, learn its moves, and then rebuke its influence.
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> This is still a Christian culture: but the Law Society is now encouraging Sharia principles that are deeply hostile to our values  (William Oddie)
• Catholic In The Ozarks (Shane Schaetzel) >> Mary's Virginity and the Brothers of Jesus
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Thomas M. Doran) >> We Are All Time Travelers
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Uxmal wins
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> Francis, the First Pope Lauded by Secular Opinion
• Creative Minority Report (Patrick Archbold) >> The Pope's Über Secret Plan To Save Marriage From The Germans?
• Crisis Magazine >> Is There a “Right” to Birth Control?  (Joe Hargrave)
• Crisis Magazine >> Rebuilding Catholic Society  (James Kalb)
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Catholic Answers: How did the Old Testament canon develop?
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Saint of the day: John Damascene
• DecentFilms.com (Steven D. Greydanus) >> Post: Ernest & Celestine [video] (2014)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> Quaestio: Is being a Dominican awesome?
• Dymphna's Road >> Nun with flowers
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Father Hunwicke's Spring Examination Paper
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Wherein Father chuckles
• Godzdogz  (Matthew Jarvis OP) >> Thursday of the Third Week of Lent: No compromise 
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> New: "The Rising: A Novel" by Robert Ovies
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: Filling in the Intellectual Gaps
• Latin Word of the Day >> spiritus: breath, breathing, spirit
• New Liturgical Movement >> Solemn Latin Vespers and Benediction in Alexandria, VA for Laetare Sunday  (David Clayton)
• Psallam Domino (Kate Edwards) >> The Penitential Psalms - Psalm 50/7 - verse 16
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> THE WAY WE WERE AND STILL ARE: SOLEMN SUNG MASS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM
• Standing on  My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Read, Mark and Learn – Day 17
• The Catholic Thing >> Fidelity – to Spouses and Christ’s Words  (Rev. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D.)
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> When Barry met Francis
• The New Theological Movement (Father Ryan Erlenbush) >> Human Traditions and the Commandments of God. Matthew 15
• The New Theological Movement (Father Ryan Erlenbush) >> With Mary between me and Jesus, it's just me and Jesus 
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> The Talking Points: "Freedom, Life, Conscience"... And A Promise Kept
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Obama Comes to Francis
• Word On Fire Blog >> Flannery O'Connor and the Human Body  (Ellyn von Huben)