Sunday News Roundup - Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas; EF) Or Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (OF) - February 2nd, 2020

† Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas) - Missa 'Suscépimus Deus' - February 2nd, 2020 - Propers
† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - January 27th, 2020 to February 2nd, 2020 - Ordo for the Week

• ad montem myrrhae (Archbishop Thomas E. Gullickson) >> Courting Disaster or Will We Never Learn?
• Bonfire of the Vanities (Fr Martin Fox) >> Right here, right now (Sunday homily)
• CatholicCulture.Org - Liturgical Year >> Feb. 2 The Presentation of the Lord, Sunday
• Catholic Exchange (Saints Editor) >> Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Fr. James Martin: ‘Church must stop firing married LGBT people’
• Catholicism Pure & Simple >> Reflection for the Presentation of the Lord.
• Catholic Stand (Greg Chrysostom) >> The Inseparability of Church and State: Part I
• Catholic Stand (Sr. Christina M. Neumann) >> Lessons from the Presentation
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Brian Jones) >> Philosopher offers acute analysis of “the diabolical character of modern liberty”
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Eduardo Echeverria) >> Making sense of Pope Francis on faith, evangelization, and proselytizing
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Feast of the Presentation
• Clutching My Rosary >> Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
• Clutching My Rosary >> The Purification of the Blessed Virgin (Candlemas)
• CNA Daily News (CNA) >> Kidnapped Nigerian seminarian has been killed
• CNA Daily News (Hannah Brockhaus) >> Pope Francis: The world needs Catholics who go out, proclaim Jesus 
• Community in Mission (Msgr. Charles Pope) >>  Perspectives on the Presentation—A Homily for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment  (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> What is Christmastide and when does it end?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ASK FATHER: St. Blaise blessing of throats on a different day? And MORE on Blaise blessings!
• Gatestone Institute - Articles (Raymond Ibrahim) >> A Global Catastrophe: "260 Million Christians Experience High Levels of Persecution"
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  3 FEBRUARY – SAINT BLAISE (Bishop and Martyr)
• Integrated Catholic Life (Dr. Scott Hahn) >> Presenting the Present
• Integrated Catholic Life (Deacon Michael Bickerstaff) >> Living the Faith in Ordinary Moments
• New Liturgical Movement (Peter Kwasniewski) >> Regular TLMs Starting at the Cathedral in Lincoln, Nebraska
• +Pseudoclasm+ >> The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
• +Pseudoclasm+ >> February 2 – The Purification
• +Pseudoclasm+ >> Baltimore Catechism – Lesson #4
• Releasing the Arrow (Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P.) >>  Celebrating the feast of the Lord’s Presentation
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Fontgombault Sermon for Candlemas 2020: "Every child is a gift from God."
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Thought For the Day
• The Catholic Thing (Casey Chalk) >> To Do Death Best
• The Stream (Rachel Alexander) >> Transgender Super Bowl Ad Approved, Pro-life Ad Rejected, and More Controversies