Morning Roundup - St. John the Evangelist, Apostle - Commem.: Day in the Octave of Christmas - December 27th, 2018

† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 24th, 2018 to December 30th, 2018 - Ordo for the Week

• American Thinker (Silvio Canto, Jr.) >> So the Democrats now object to the Knights of Columbus?
• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Fr. George David Byers) >> Homily 2018 12 26 – Jews and the Holy Trinity
• Atonement Online (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> The First Christmas in Freedom of Asia Bibi: with Her Husband and Surrounded by Uncertainty
• Catholic Stand (Pete Socks) >> What’s In a Name? 
• Catholic Stand (Suellen Brewster) >> The Distaff and Spool and the Present Moment
• Clutching My Rosary >>  Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
• CNA Daily News (Perry West) >> DC Knights of Columbus respond to senators' criticism
• CNA Daily News (Mary Rezac) >> Smartphones are driving a rise in teen sexting
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> St. Mary Mackillop and the miraculous bookstore rescue
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Paradoxes of Christmas
• Complete Christianity (Shane Schaetzel) >> On the Conversion of Pagans to Christianity
• Crisis Magazine (K.E. Colombini) >> In Defense of Literature
• Crisis Magazine (Marek Jan Chodakiewicz) >> Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko: Martyred Freedom Fighter
• Dominicana  (Br. Cyril Stola, O.P.) >> St. John’s Advice
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Magnus aeterni logotheta Verbi
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Friday Abstinence
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> UPDATE – Portuguese Bishop “corrects” claims about the perpetual virginity of Mary
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> CHRISTMASCAzT 2018 26: Adoration of the Child Jesus becomes Eucharistic adoration 
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 27 DECEMBER – SAINT JOHN (Apostle and Evangelist)
• Integrated Catholic Life (Editor) >> Encountering the Word — John 1:14
• Integrated Catholic Life (Deacon Michael Bickerstaff) >> Daily Reflection — Abiding in Him
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Feast of the Holy Innocents (December 28)
• LifeSiteNews (LifeSiteNews Staff) >> Top LifeSite Catholic newsmakers of 2018: Pope Francis, Arch. Viganò, abuse crisis 
• LifeSiteNews (Jonathon Van Maren) >> Good news: Israel’s abortion rate is half of what it was 30 years ago
• LifeSiteNews (LifeSiteNews Staff) >> Top LifeSite newsmakers of 2018: Alfie Evans, Pope Francis, violent abortion activists
• man with black hat (David L. Alexander) >> Christmastide: Day 3 (St John)
• New Liturgical Movement (Peter Kwasniewski) >> Guest Article: The Octave and the Twelve Days of Christmas
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >> The Ambrosian Gospel of St Stephen
• OnePeterFive (Drew Belsky) >> Hold That Tree: Christmas Ain’t Over Yet
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> URGENT: Ecclesia Dei Commission for the Latin Mass to be extinguished?
• SCUTUM ET LORICA (Aquae Regiae) >> 2018: Annus Horribilis
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Saint of the Day Quote: Saint John the Apostle
• The Catholic Thing (Brad Miner) >> Vermeer’s Catholic “Allegory”
• The Imaginative Conservative (David L. Schindler) >> Mercy as a Reality Illuminated by Reason
• The Lepanto Institute Blog (Carlos Caso-Rosendi) >> Temptation