Morning Roundup - Ember Wednesday of Advent - Feria IV Quattuor Temporum Adventus - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 17th, 2014

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Strange Moments In Liturgical History – How a Paragon of Liturgical Tradition May Have Caused Unintended Effects  (MUST READ!)
• Bangor to Bobbio (Fr. Seán Coyle) >> 'Merry Christmas' from Japan
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Simon Caldwell) >> Irish priest in Sydney says Australians turned to prayer during siege
• Catholic Stand (Victor Ajluni, M.D.) >> How Salvation is Like Marriage
• Catholic Stand (Nick Hardesty) >> In Defense of the Immaculate Conception: Part 5
• Courageous Priest  (John Quinn) >> Bishop James Johnston: No Christ without the Church
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> This Sign Outside a Fireplace is Driving Atheists Crazy
• Crisis Magazine  (James Kalb) >> Normality is Not Hatred
• Crisis Magazine (Dustin Siggins) >> Major Media Ignore Arrest of Gay Activist and Democratic Donor
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Fr. Benedict Groeschel on Isolation And Today's Culture
• DecentFilms.com (Steven D. Greydanus) >> Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Dominicana Blog  (Br. John Thomas Fisher, O.P.)  >> O Sapientia
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> OZ and pervert priests and Celibacy
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 18: Another step forward in our Christmas preparation
• Godzdogz (Jordan Scott, O.P.) >> Advent 2014: 'O Sapientia'
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> "Tolkien had more to offer than just a really good yarn..."
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Why God Becomes Human
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> The Social Injustice of Our Deficit Economy
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> The age of laity in the Church? A new angle ...
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> Kreeft: Why everybody in the world should be a Roman Catholic
• OnePeterFive (Heather Price) >> Finding Tradition in the Transcendent: Christmas in the Church
• Pursued by Truth (Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP) >> Some Points on the “Nuns versus the Vatican” Report
• Shameless Popery (Joe Heschmeyer) >> Reason #9 to Reject the Reformation: Logical Fallacies
• The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) >> Sacred Music Roundup
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Church of England names first female bishop
• These Stone Walls (Fr. Gordon MacRae) >> The First of the Four Last Things: An Advent Tale
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> The unsearchable mysteries of God
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> 18 December, O ADONAI