Morning Roundup - St. Thomas, Apostle - Missa 'Mihi Autem' - Commemora.: Ember Friday of Advent - December 21st, 2018

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

• American Thinker (Apolo Villalobos) >> The war on Christmas, and Thanksgiving, and Columbus day, and...
• Bill Petro >> Science of the Winter Solstice
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Miracles at Christmas
• Catholic Stand (Mark C McCann) >> Overwhelming Joy and the New Ark of the Covenant
• Catholic Stand (Susan Skinner) >>  God Alone Can Judge, So Be True, Not Right
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille) >> Why we need bishops who are neither accomodationists nor reactionaries
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> 7 Quick Takes
• ChurchMilitant.com (The Vortex - Michael Voris, S.T.B.) >> Rubber NOT Hitting the Road
• Clutching My Rosary >> Friday in Ember Week
• Clutching My Rosary >> Fifth Antiphon
• Clutching My Rosary >> Saint Thomas, Apostle
• CNA Daily News (Hannah Brockhaus) >> ‘Incredibles 2’ designer says God’s creation is his inspiration
• CNA Daily News (Kevin Jones) >> Why a famous social justice priest opposed birth control
• CNA Daily News (Courtney Grogan) >> Pope Francis tells Curia: 'Spare no effort' in bringing abusers to justice
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> My Entry for the Best Hymn Ever Written
• Crisis Magazine (Austin Ruse) >> Breaking the Fourth Wall on Social Media
• Crisis Magazine (Casey Chalk) >> Why Clerical Corrupt Does Not Justify Apostasy
• Dominicana  (Br. Josemaría Guzmán-Domínguez, O.P.) >> Here He Comes
• Dymphna's Road >> The Promise of Ages
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> The Oxford Olive Harvest
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2018 20: “Watchman, what of the night?”
• Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Mignon Fogarty) >> What Does 'Yule' Mean?
• Integrated Catholic Life (Editor) >> Daily Quote — O Antiphons: O Oriens
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards, Benedictine Office) >> Ember Saturday of Advent
• LifeSiteNews (Doug Mainwaring) >> Illinois AG finds dioceses failed to publicly identify hundreds of priests accused of abuse
• LifeSiteNews (Tony Perkins) >> God ‘has a plan’: Actress in new pro-life movie says mom rejected aborting her
• LifeSiteNews (Diane Montagna) >> Pope Francis’ 2018 Christmas address to the Roman Curia
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >> Gaudete Sunday and Rorate Mass Photopost 2018 (Part 1)
• OnePeterFive (OnePeterFive) >> In New Book, Antonio Socci Speculates on the “Secret of Benedict XVI” 
• Settimo Cielo (Sandro Magister) >>  “Yes, I Am Coming Soon!” Those Words Which Sing the Truth of Christmas
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> PopeWatch: Crickets Chirping
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Bishop Sheen on the True Meaning of Christmas
• The Catholic Thing (David Warren) >> Science in the Unmaking
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Derek Becher) >> Christmas Prayer
• Vultus Christi (Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration) >> 21 December, O ORIENS
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Amid Year of Scandals, "The State of The Church" – A Choice "Between David and Judas"