Evening Roundup - Greater Feria of Advent - Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam III Adventus - Missa 'Gaudéte' - December 20th, 2018

† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 17th, 2018 to December 23rd, 2018 - Ordo for the Week

• American Thinker (Monica Showalter) >> California takes props as least-educated state, and yes, Democrats like it that way
• Canon Law Made Easy (Cathy Caridi, J.C.L.) >> (Repost:) Confession and General Absolution
• Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) >> 194: Michael Voris Interviewed by Dr Taylor Marshall [Podcast]
• ChurchMilitant.com (The Vortex - Michael Voris, S.T.B.) >> Feds Closing In on the Church
• ChurchMilitant.com (Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th.) >> Death Comes to Ireland 
• ChurchMilitant.com (David Nussman) >> Lesbian Choir to Perform at Catholic Shrine’s Christmas Festival
• CNA Daily News (Courtney Grogan) >> Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace prize winner Nadia Murad
• CNA Daily News (Kevin Jones) >> There's room for newborn babies at Bethlehem's Catholic hospital
• CNA Daily News (Courtney Grogan) >> Learning to 'love your enemy' in a Soviet labor camp
• Cosmos + Sun (Fr. Mark White) >> Our Lady’s Holiness, and Our Lord’s
• First Things (Peter J. Leithart) >> China's Future in the Balance
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ACTION ITEM! Please help Our Lady of Hope Clinic – MATCHING GRANT
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> My View For Awhile: Ultimate Edition
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 21 DECEMBER – FIFTH GREAT ANTIPHON
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 21 DECEMBER – EMBER FRIDAY IN ADVENT
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 21 DECEMBER – SAINT THOMAS (Apostle and Martyr)
• Integrated Catholic Life (Deacon Michael Bickerstaff) >> Arise in Faith
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> St Thomas (December 21)
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Satan Demands that All Souls Bow to Him. Those Who Won't Must Be Destroyed!
• LifeSiteNews (Noah Diekemper) >> What science tells us about baby Jesus’ 9-month development inside Mary’s womb
• LifeSiteNews (Peter Kwasniewski) >> Why studying theology helps Catholics love God more and defeat heresies
• LifeSiteNews (Jack Fonseca) >> Was Doug Ford’s sex-ed public consultation rigged? Here’s evidence it may’ve been
• LifeSiteNews (Lisa Bourne) >> Priest: ‘The Vatican has become a theological Chernobyl’
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (John Clark) >> The Church Needs Saint Joseph’s Intercession
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (Benjamin Wiker) >> The Church’s Broken Moral Compass
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret) >> The One Simple Thing Everyone Should Do for Advent
• New Liturgical Movement (David Clayton) >> Rorate Mass at St Stephen’s in Portland, Oregon, December 22
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  Divini Cultus, Pope Pius XI’s Apostolic Constitution on Sacred Music
• OnePeterFive (Steve Skojec) >> Illinois Attorney General: “The Catholic Church Has Failed in Its Moral Obligation” on Clerical Sex Abuse
• OnePeterFive (Steve Skojec) >> Pope Benedict Has Spoken on Questions Regarding His Abdication…
• RORATE CÆLI (Kenneth J. Wolfe) >> What time can Midnight Mass begin? Updated with PCED guidance.
• RORATE CÆLI (Francesca Romana) >> De Mattei: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” 
• Shameless Popery (Joe Heschmeyer) >> Bergsma and Pitre’s Old Testament Commentary: A Perfect Christmas Gift
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Planned Parenthood Discriminates Against Pregnant Employees
• The Babylon Bee >> Mattel Unveils Barbie: Polygamy Edition
• The Eponymous Flower (Tancred) >> The Decline of a Seminary
• Vultus Christi (Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration) >> Christmasstide Schedule