Morning Roundup - Feria - Sabbato infra Hebdomadam II Adventus - Missa 'Pópulus Sion' - December 15th, 2018

† Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudéte Sunday) - Dominica Tertia Adventus - Missa 'Gaudéte' - December 16th, 2018 - Propers
† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 10th, 2018 to December 16th, 2018 - Ordo for the Week

• American Thinker (Rick Moran) >> Judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Take the Merry Christmas Pledge
• Catholic Stand (Janet Meyer) >> A Time to Cast Away
• Catholic Stand (Paul Kniaz) >> The I’d Rather Syndrome
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Dr. Leroy Huizenga) >> Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin
• ChurchMilitant.com (Church Militant) >> Cardinal Pell Felled by Abuse Claims — But Are They Credible?
• Clutching My Rosary >> Saturday of the Second Week of Advent 
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Gun deaths in US reach record-high 
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Six lay men installed as acolytes in Spokane
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Minn. archbishop announces moves to end culture fostering clergy abuse
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Pennsylvania AG files challenge to new federal religious freedom rules
• CNA Daily News (Kevin Jones) >> Why organized labor is (still) a Catholic cause
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Jesus’ Urgency to Save Us, as Seen in a Christmas Commercial
• CRUX (Kimberlee Kruesi) >> Deacon removed from ministry after calling for investigation
• CRUX (Rhina Guidos) >> L.A. archdiocese to seek charges against two nuns for embezzlement
• CRUX (Kurt Jensen) >> Religious freedom laws meant to be ‘shield, not sword,’ says speaker
• Dymphna's Road >> Pray for us, Mother
• Eccles Is Saved (Bruvver Eccles) >> Brexodus 15: Maysis winneth a vote 
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >>  The Age of the Commissars
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2018 14: LIBERALS!
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 15 DECEMBER – FERIA
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 15 DECEMBER – SATURDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Third Sunday of Advent
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Nabi Sayeth: Gaudete Sunday is Upon Us. Will We Listen to John's Prescription for Salvation?
• LifeSiteNews (Calvin Freiburger) >> Kentucky bill would make it a felony for doctors to abort babies with beating hearts
• LifeSiteNews (Calvin Freiburger) >> DC Circuit judges skeptical of Planned Parenthood’s challenge to federal grant changes
• LifeSiteNews (Calvin Freiburger) >> Boy Scouts considering bankruptcy after abuse lawsuits, years of LGBT appeasement
• LifeSiteNews (Lisa Bourne) >> Immigration, environment, ‘role of women’ in Church will be ‘central themes’ of World Youth Day 2019
• LifeSiteNews (Doug Mainwaring) >> Theologian: Vatican Abuse Summit desperately needs to address clergy homosexuality, ‘gay networks’
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  A Medieval Liturgical Commentary on the O Antiphons 
• PrayTellBlog (Fr. Don Talafous, OSB) >> Fr. Don’s Daily Reflections – December 15 
• RORATE CÆLI (Peter Kwasniewski) >> Count Neri Capponi, Defender of the Traditional Mass, Requiescat in pace
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> PopeWatch: Hmmm
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
• The Catholic Thing (James V. Schall, S.J.) >>  On Curiosity
• The Imaginative Conservative (Stephen Klugewicz) >> The Gates of Vienna 
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Christopher Manion) >> The Year Of No More Secrets