Morning Roundup - St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr - Missa 'Dilexísti' - Commemoration: Feria of Advent - December 13th, 2018

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

• American Thinker (Robert Arvay) >> The war on Christmas and the government as King Herod
• Bill Petro >> History of Santa Lucia: Luciadagen — St. Lucy’s Day 
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Nativity set ban overturned 
• Catholic Stand (Allison Low) >> Advent and the End Times: Refuting the Rapture Doctrine
• Catholic Stand (Pete Socks) >> The Mysterious Magi – Mystery Solved!
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Jeanette Flood) >> Spanning continents and centuries, Our Lady’s message is clear
• ChurchMilitant.com (The Vortex - Michael Voris) >> The Queen Bee
• Clutching My Rosary >> Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
• Clutching My Rosary >> Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
• CNA Daily News (Ed Condon) >> Church of England to create 'celebratory' transgender liturgies
• CNA Daily News (Mary Rezac) >> Priest who survived major plane crash credits Our Lady of Guadalupe
• CNA Daily News (ACI Prensa) >> Amid priest murders, religious freedom situation in Mexico draws concern
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> US State Department: Pakistan's religious freedom record a 'particular concern'
• CNA Daily News (Perry West) >> For homeless students in New York City, challenges abound
• CNA Daily News (Courtney Grogan) >> Pope Francis to visit Mother Teresa's birthplace in 2019
• Crisis Magazine (Bob Sullivan) >> EWTN Prevails Against the HHS Contraception Mandate
• Crisis Magazine (Elise Ehrhard) >> On Parishes With Short Confession Times
• CRUX (Junno Arocho Esteves) >> With a mother’s heart, Mary raises up the abandoned, pope says at Mass
• Dominicana (Br. Joseph Graziano, O.P.) >> Harbinger of Flame
• First Things (Charlotte Allen) >> Pope Francis's Warning
• First Things (Hans Boersma) >> Advent Arrow
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Anglican Patrimony, B John Henry Newman, and the Argumentum ad hominem
• Fr. JohnBosco's Blog (Fr. JohnBosco Ezeonwumelu) >> “FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU” (Isa 41:13)
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2018 12: Patience
• GetReligion (Richard Ostling) >> What explains the durable popularity of Handel’s 'Messiah' (especially at Christmas)?
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Friday in the second week of Advent
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Nabi Sayeth: Root of the Abuse Crisis is the Gay Clergy "Lobby"
• LifeNews.Com (Steven Ertelt) >> Democrat Congresswoman: “There is No Greater Right for Women” Than to Have an Abortion
• LifeSiteNews (Doug Mainwaring) >> In calling Pope Francis a ‘homophobe,’ Late Night comic condemns all faithful Catholics
• LifeSiteNews (Dorothy Cummings McLean) >> Poland and Hungary block ‘LGBTIQ rights’ from being enshrined in EU legislation
• LifeSiteNews (Dorothy Cummings McLean) >> Activist accused of misgendering political candidate stands his ground before human rights tribunal
• LMS Chairman (Joseph Shaw) >> Juventutem London: dates for 2019
• man with black hat (David L. Alexander) >> Lussinatt: The Vigil of Saint Lucy
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  A High School Choir Sings Two Pontifical Liturgies in One Day
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >> Immaculate Conception Photopost 2018  
• PrayTellBlog (Fr. Don Talafous, OSB) >> Fr. Don’s Daily Reflections – December 13
• Settimo Cielo (Sandro Magister) >>  Robert Spaemann, the Last Great Catholic Theologian
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >>  PopeWatch: Paternoster
• The Catholic Thing (Ines A. Murzaku) >> Are Churches Easily Dispensable?
• The Lepanto Institute Blog (Carlos Caso-Rosendi) >> Mary in the Old Testament
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Shaun Kenney) >>  Strickland And Mueller Napalm Martin’s Bridge