Morning Roundup - St. Damasus I, Pope & Confessor - Missa 'Si Diligis Me' - Commemor.: Feria of Advent - December 11th, 2018

† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 10th, 2018 to December 16th, 2018 - Ordo for the Week

• ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP (Bishop Emeritus Rene Gracida) >> SHAME ON JUSTICES ROBERTS AND KAVANAUGH FOR SIDING WITH THE LIBERAL JUDGES IN CASES WHERE ABORTION WAS NOT THE MAIN ISSUE
• Atonement Online (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> Pope St. Damasus I
• Catholic Stand (Julie Machado) >> God Uses You More Than You Think
• Catholic Stand (Richard G. Evans) >> A Holiday Meal, Same-Sex Attraction and Catholicism
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille) >> A short defense of authentic synodality
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Timothy D. Lusch) >> Michael O’Brien’s “The Apocalypse” emphasizes reflection over sensationalism 
• ChurchMilitant.com (David Nussman) >> Catholics Consecrate California to Our Lady
• ChurchMilitant.com (The Vortex - Michael Voris) >> Buying Out the Church
• Clutching My Rosary >> Saint Damasus, Pope and Martyr
• Clutching My Rosary >> Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
• CNA Daily News (CNA/EWTN News) >> Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified
• CNA Daily News (JD Flynn) >> LA archdiocese to press charges against sisters accused of embezzlement
• CNA Daily News (CNA/EWTN News) >> In Canada, Catholic school district explains conduct code amid lawsuit
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Irish midwives and nurses join doctors in abortion bill protest
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Why Did the Second Person of the Trinity, Rather Than the Father or the Holy Spirit, Become Incarnate?
• Crisis Magazine (Stephen M. Krason) >> Honoring Two Intellectual Giants of the 20th Century
• Crisis Magazine (Anthony Esolen) >> Why Traditional Hymns are Superior to Modern Ones
• CRUX (John Rogers) >> Church says nuns embezzled from school to cover Vegas trips
• CRUX (Sharon Cohen) >> ‘We’re still in the war’: Priest battles flow of firearms in Chicago
• Dominicana  (Br. Dominic Koester, O.P.) >> Ted Works at the Pentagon
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Blessed Water? Holy Water?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2018 10: If a liturgy looks silly, you can close your eyes. But if it sounds silly…
• GetReligion (Bobby Ross, Jr.) >> A culture of abuse: Must-read investigation on sex crimes in independent fundamental Baptist churches
• Integrated Catholic Life (Deacon Michael Bickerstaff) >> Daily Reflection — Refreshed by the Lord
• Integrated Catholic Life (Carmelite Sisters) >>  Watching and Waiting — Advent in Carmel
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Wednesday in the second week of Advent
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Nabi Sayeth: The Climbers are Sociopaths Who Lust to Climb
• LifeSiteNews (Calvin Freiburger) >> DNC Chair complains about ‘pulpit on Sunday’ indoctrinating voters against Democrats
• LifeSiteNews (John-Henry Westen) >> Shock: Facebook blocks Baby Jesus
• LifeSiteNews (Dorothy Cummings McLean) >> Mr. Weigel, Catholics deserve answers, not historical spin
• LifeSiteNews (Lisa Bourne) >> Psychology and sexuality studies professor says God did not have consent for Virgin birth
• New Liturgical Movement (David Clayton) >> A Beautiful Contemporary Anglo-Byzantine (Romanesque) Style Icon
• OnePeterFive (Sean McClinch) >> When Will Catholic TV Characters Embrace Tradition?
• PrayTellBlog (Fr. Don Talafous, OSB) >> Fr. Don’s Daily Reflections – December 11
• RORATE CÆLI (Sacerdos Romanus) >> Professer Robert Spaemann, Philosopher and Advocate of the Traditional Mass, Dies at 91
• Settimo Cielo (Sandro Magister) >> Wars of Religion. Because in Ukraine the Most Ecumenical Are the Greek Catholics
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> PopeWatch: The Laughter of the Lord
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Francis Pharcellus Church, the Little Girl and Santa Claus
• The Catholic Thing (Brad Miner) >> Honoring Fr. Murray
• The Catholic Thing (Douglas Kries) >>  Remembering – and still learning from – Solzhenitsyn
• The Eponymous Flower (Tancred) >> Aberrosexual Spectacle in Vienna Cathedral Prompts Question: “Are there no Catholics in Vienna?”
• The Federalist (Lyman Stone) >> The Real Border Crisis Is About Foreigners Gaming America’s Asylum Laws
• The Stream (John Zmirak) >> Is Kavanaugh Keeping a Promise to Pro-Choice Susan Collins?
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Terence P. Jeffrey) >> When Can Americans Be Arrested In Retaliation For What They Say?