Morning Roundup - Sabbato infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima - Saturday of the Third Week in Lent - March 14th, 2015

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) - Dominica IV in Quadragesima - Missa 'Laetare' - March 15th, 2015 - Propers

• ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP (Bishop Emeritus Rene Gracida) >> NEW TEACHERS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE AND SIGN THE OATH OF FIDELITY OF SAINT JOHN PAUL II
• Aleteia (Zelda Caldwell) >> Video: Catholics Take to D.C. Streets to Share the Light of Christ
• Aleteia (James Aisquith) >> Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to ISIS, Putin Gone Missing, and More...
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Tolerance as Tyranny, As Illustrated in a Commercial Starring Darth Vader
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Cindy Wooden) >> Bishops must be accountable over abuse, says Vatican doctrinal chief
• Catholic Sacristan (Warren Anderson) >> Evelyn Waugh on participation in the Mass: "No need to shout."
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Fr. Robert Barron on Protestantism and Authority
• Dymphna's Road >> Christ with thorns
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Press deadlines and Divine Mercy
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Possibly, not the only way of introducing the Extraordinary Form!  ("'Whatever is he doing up there now?' they say. 'Can 'e make it out at all?' The summit of the drama is reached when, the whole company of heaven having been summoned to man's aid, the words of consecration are spoken and bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus who offered himself on the Cross at Calvary. They are aware of the silence, broken by the ringing of a bell. 'Did 'e hear the bell? what is that for, my dear?' they whisper. The bell rings again at the Domine non sum dignus. There are a few who kneel in wonder at what is being accomplished; it is for them a moment of prayer such as they have never experienced before....")
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> NRO: Pope Francis Enters His Third Year of Scolding Introverts
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> LENTCAzT 25: Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ASK FATHER: Hosts found on the floor… twice
• Human Exceptionalism (National Review Online; Wesley J. Smith) >> Dems to Kill Trafficking Bill Over Abortion
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> A View From the International Theological Commission: An Interview with Tracey Rowland
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> It CAN Be Wrong -- Even if it Feels So Right!
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> "Latin Mass resurgent 50 years after Vatican II"
• National Catholic Register Daily Blog (Edward Pentin) >> Pope Francis on Being Pope: Inner Peace Fueled by the Rosary
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOUR PASTOR WAS FORMED AS A SEMINARIAN AND PRIEST IN THE 1970'S? TAKE A LOOK!
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> FORMER AUGUSTA SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, NOW SECULAR SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER BECOMES ELECTRIC CATHEDRAL!
• The Catholic Thing (Daniel McInerny) >> Trying to “Queer” Natural Law
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Walking the way of the cross with Mary
• The Imaginative Conservative (Dwight Longenecker) >> The Poetess and the Showgirl: Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe
• The Papist >> Meditations on the Stations of the Cross
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> Bible Reading Sat. 3rd Week Lent
• Views From the Choir Loft (Veronica Brandt) >> Gems in Latin and English  (Bookmark this post!)