Christmas Eve Roundup - December 24th, 2018

† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 24th, 2018 to December 30th, 2018 - Ordo for the Week
† Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord - In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini - Missa 'Hódie Sciétis' - December 24th, 2018 - Propers
† The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas) - In Nativitate Domini - December 25th, 2018 - TLM Propers & Videos (Masses at Midnight, Dawn & Day)

• Bangor to Bobbio (Fr. Seán Coyle) >> 'And the Word became flesh and lived among us.' Sunday Reflections, Christmas Day, 2018
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> In the “Drama of Salvation” Man is offered the Promise of Restoration
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Padre Pio’s Christmas Meditation
• Catholic Stand (Allison Gingras) >> Jesus Calls us to Come and See This Christmas
• ChurchMilitant.com (The Vortex - Michael Voris, S.T.B.) >> A Christmas Hug    (Listen to this...)
• ChurchMilitant.com (Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D.) >> Christmas: Banned in Early America
• Clutching My Rosary >> The Season of Christmas
• Clutching My Rosary >> Christmas Eve
• Clutching My Rosary >> Christmas Day—Afternoon of the Eve
• CNA Daily News (Hannah Brockhaus) >> Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic refugees wait to leave Lebanon
• CNA Daily News (Christine Rousselle) >> How an abortion clinic became a medical center for the poor
• CNA Daily News (Lizzy Joslyn) >> What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? This documentary takes a look
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Why Was Christ Born of a Woman Instead of Appearing on Earth by His Own Power?
• Crisis Magazine (Brian Kranick) >> Modern Science Offers Evidence for Christmas Story
• Crisis Magazine (R. Jared Staudt) >> Why We Feast: A Matter of Life and Death
• Dominicana (Br. Bartholomew Calvano, O.P.) >> A New Song
• Edward Feser >> Christmas every day
• First Things (Clemens Cavallin) >> A Swedish Christmas
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> PERITOME: the answer 
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2018 23: Many want God, but on their terms, not His
• Happy Catholic* (Julie D.) >> Christmas Eve: Considering the Incarnation 
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 25 DECEMBER – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Feast of the Nativity
• LifeSiteNews (Jonathon Van Maren) >> Let’s pray for persecuted Christians who celebrate Christmas with fear in trembling
• LifeSiteNews (Joseph Shaw) >>  Christ reigns as King from the crib – Come, let us adore him! 
• LifeSiteNews (Doug Mainwaring) >> Why being Christian means traveling with Jesus from Bethlehem to Calvary
• LifeSiteNews (John-Henry Westen) >> How faithful Catholics can find joy this Christmas in face of apostasy everywhere
• LifeSiteNews (Dorothy Cummings McLean) >> After centuries of suppression, Christmas in Edinburgh is finally back
• LifeSiteNews (Claire Chretien) >> Thank God for faithful priests, who, like St. Joseph, are often quiet heroes
• Lifezette (Zachary Leeman) >> Gary Sinise Foundation Releases End-of-Year Video That Will Make You Smile
• man with black hat (David L. Alexander) >> Novena for Christ-Mass: The Vigil
• New Liturgical Movement (Peter Kwasniewski) >> Happy 200th Birthday, “Silent Night” — and Why Singing Carols Is So Important
• RORATE CÆLI (Francesca Romana) >> Christmas Eve 2018: Two Short Meditations
• SCUTUM ET LORICA (Aquae Regiae) >> Christmas and the ‘End of History’
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL! IN THE KINGDOM TO COME WHERE GOD'S WILL IS DONE, ALL IS CALM ALL IS BRIGHT; SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE!
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Saint Athanasius: On the Incarnation
• The Catholic Thing (Robert Royal) >> The World’s Desire
• The Chant Café (Kathleen Pluth) >>  Good Christian Men, Rejoice!
• The Sacred Page (John Bergsma) >>  Readings for the Christmas Masses
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Joanne Butler) >> Fra Angelico’s Painting . . . St. Joseph Shows Us Why Fathers Matter