Morning Roundup - The Ascension of Our Lord - Missa 'Viri Galilaei' - May 14th, 2015

• Aleteia (Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ) >> When It's Time to Fast from the News
• Aleteia (Sherry Weddell) >> Decline in American Catholics Shatters Illusions, Makes Clear Need for a New Generation of Saints
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Reflections on the Latest Pew Survey Documenting “Religious Decline” – Not So Fast
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Fr Raymond de Souza) >> Francis has judged the climate perfectly
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith) >> The cardinal is right: the law and mercy are one and the same
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Staff Reporter) >> US House of Representatives passes ban on abortion after 20 weeks
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Carl E. Olson) >> The Image of Man Has Been Raised Up: On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• Crisis Magazine  (Pete Jermann) >> The Gift of Love is Not a Sacrifice
• Crisis Magazine (Tyler Blanski) >> The Protohomosexual
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Saint of the day: Matthias
• Dominicana Journal (Br. Luke Hoyt, O.P.) >> Jesus Is Lord 
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Shome Mishtake?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Fr. Z’s annual rant about Ascension Thursday Sunday
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Pope Francis and U.S. style capitalism
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> The Ascension and Lordly Feet
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> 2nd Glorious Mystery: The Ascension
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Ask Father: Is a chasuble really necessary for Mass?
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl E. Olson) >> Joseph Ratzinger on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl E. Olson) >> The Image of Man Has Been Raised Up: On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• Joe Catholic (Don Gonzalez) >> Navarre Bible Commentary: Thursday, 6th Week of Easter
• OnePeterFive (Brian Williams) >> Bishop Lynch and the Dismantling of Summorum Pontificum
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Fontgombault Sermon - Ascension: Rather than gaze into the sky, let us convert our hearts and follow the Martyrs of today
• Sense of the Sacred (Father Jojo Zerrudo) >> On the 40th Day of Easter
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> IS THERE GOOD NEWS IN THE STATISTICS CONCERNING THE "NONES?" YES, A SMALLER BUT MORE FAITHFUL CHURCH
• The Catholic Thing (Robert Royal) >> You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead
• The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) >> The Real Know-Nothings
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Homily for May 14, 2015: Ascension Thursday
• The Imaginative Conservative (Bradley J. Birzer) >> George Orwell: Jaded Revolutionary
• The New Emangelization - Catholic Men’s Evangelization >> Discussion with David Murrow – Why Men Hate Going to Church
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> Ascension Thursday
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Nos Tuo Vultu Saties
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Exivi a Patre et vado ad Patrem