Morning Roundup - Sabbato infra Hebdomadam I Adventus Or Immaculate Heart of Mary - Commem.: St. Sabbas, Abbot - December 5th, 2015

Second Sunday of Advent - Dominica II Adventus - Missa 'Populus Sion' - December 6th, 2015 - Propers

• ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP (Bishop Emeritus Rene Gracida) >> BEN CARSON CONDEMNS PRO-LIFERS, PRO-LIFERS CONDEMN BEN CARSON
• Aleteia (John Burger) >> San Bernardino Shooting Classified as Terrorism, But Expert Sees Unusual Profile
• Aleteia (Diane Montagna) >> “Missionaries of Mercy”: What Does Pope Francis Mean By Them?
• Aleteia (Diane Montagna) >> A Year of Mercy, and Some Surprises, Outlined by Vatican
• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Fr. George David Byers) >> Whether a priest can break the Seal of Confession, calling 911 instead of giving absolution  (Excellent!)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Catholic Herald) >> FAQs – Catholic Herald magazine app
• Catholic Sacristan (Isten Joe) >> Live Nativity scene at French Catholic elementary school cancelled due to security concerns.
• Catholic Stand  (Donald R. McClarey) >> Brother Orchid
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille) >> East meets West in "Laudato Si’"
• Clutching My Rosary >> Saturday of the First Week of Advent
• Clutching My Rosary >> Commemoration of Saint Sabas, Abbot
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Horace and the Vigil of Mary Immaculate: mainly for classicists
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards) >> Matins readings for for the Second Sunday of Advent
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> From the Mendacious Media File: Pro-Lifers more Dangerous than Islamic Terrorists
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Saturday, Advent I: "he summoned his Twelve disciples
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (Edward Pentin) >> 12 Major Initiatives for the Jubilee Year
• OnePeterFive (Stephen H. Webb) >> I Am Forcing Myself to Watch a Muslim Killer at Work: A (Graphic) Poem
• RORATE CÆLI (Augustinus) >> On "liturgical blue" for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> PERPLEXED IN MACON: WHY AREN'T OTHER LITURGY BLOGS MAKING A BIG, BIG DEAL OUT OF THE ANGLICAN ORDINARIATE, "DIVINE WORSHIP: THE MISSAL?"
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Is Fundamentalism a Sickness?
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> How to Stem America’s Gun Violence
• The Catholic Thing (Howard Kainz) >> Christians as “Soft Targets”
• The Imaginative Conservative (Stephen Klugewicz) >> A Model for Mozart? Michael Haydn’s Requiem
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> St. Sabbas Abbot Dec. 5
• Views From the Choir Loft (Veronica Brandt) >> Have you heard of St Clelia?