Morning Roundup - Feria of Advent - Missa 'Gaudete' - December 15th, 2014

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Some with Same-Sex Attraction Choose Celibacy – A Reflection on an Article in the Washington Post
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> No one has ever seen a saint with a sad face, says Pope Francis
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Francis Phillips) >> Clearing up misconceptions about the Neocatechumenal Way
• Catholic Sacristan (W.A.C.) >> Prayers for Australians
• Catholic Stand (Kevin Aldrich) >> Mission of the Family: LOVE
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> Ewan McGregor to Star as Jesus in Controversial Director's New Movie
• Crisis Magazine (Regis Martin) >> An Advent Meditation on Hope
• Crisis Magazine (Rachel Lu) >> A Note on Our Modern Celebrity Papacy
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Pope John XXIII on Advent
• Dominicana Blog  (Br. Pier Giorgio Dengler, O.P.) >> Advent Journey: From Nazarite to Neonate
• Dymphna's Road >> Annunciation
• Dymphna's Road >> St. Gilbert?
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> A MASSIVELY IMPORTANT SESQUICENTENARY: 2014/5
• Human Exceptionalism (National Review Online; Wesley J. Smith) >> Senior Depression Often Untreated? Euthanize!
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> An "Exodus" Plagued by Extravagant Mediocrity
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> The Joyful, Particular Scandal of Advent
• Orbis Catholicus Travel Blog (John Sonnen) >> Rose Colored Vestments
• Orbis Catholicus Travel Blog (John Sonnen) >> Gaudete Sunday in America
• RORATE CÆLI (Richard Cipolla) >> A Sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent - Gaudete
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Rorate Mass at the FSSP European Seminary
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> WHEREIN THE HOLY FATHER RETURNS TO HIS 1970'S IDEOLOGIES CONCERNING TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE AND LAWS; ISN'T IT TIME TO MOVE ON AND JUDGE WHAT IS REALLY WRONG WITH THE CHURCH TODAY? 
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Must-see video: the SNL sketch about going to Mass at Christmas
• The Imaginative Conservative (Joseph Pearce) >> Man, Religion, and Tribalism
• The Imaginative Conservative (R.J. Snell) >> Ambition and the Noble Soul
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Rome Wants Reality, Not "Doctrine" – The Synod's Second Half Begins