Morning Roundup - Ember Friday of Advent - Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Adventus - Missa 'Prope Es Tu' - Mag. Antiphon: "O Rex"- December 22nd, 2023

†      Ember Friday of Advent,  Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Adventus,  Missa 'Prope Es Tu', Mag. Antiphon: "O  Rex"- December 22nd, 2023 - Propers

†      Traditional Latin Mass Calendar With Hyperlinks - December 18th to December 25th, 2023 - Propers for the Season | Ember Week of Advent | Vigil of Christmas | Nativity of Our Lord

†      Arlington Latin Mass Society >> Seasonal TLMs Offered in The Region

†      Kalendas 2023 - The Christmas Proclamation (Extraordinary Form) - December 22nd, 2023 (Updated)

• LITURGICAL
• The Advent Magnificat "O" Antiphons: December 17th to December 23rd
• Liturgies.net >> Latin / English texts & videos for the O Antiphons
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 22 – Friday in Ember Week
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 22 - Sixth Antiphon
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  22 DECEMBER – EMBER FRIDAY IN ADVENT
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  22 DECEMBER – SIXTH GREATER ANTIPHON 
• Lives of the Saints >>  December 22   Saint Ischyrion,  Martyr in Alexandria  († 250)
• CatholicSaints.Info: 22 December 
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 22nd
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• BLOGS, NEWS, OPINION AND COMMENTARY
• Aleteia (Joseph Pearce) >>  In days at least as dark as our own, Jeremiah’s promised oasis
• Aleteia (John Burger) >> Priests taken by Russian forces in Ukraine still missing
• Aleteia (Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP) >>  Why does Jesus come as a baby? (Video)
• American Thinker (Noel S. Williams) >> 2023’s Man of the Year
• American Thinker (Larry Kaifesh) >> One Doctor’s Fight for COVID Justice
• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Father George David Byers) >> Ottaviani Intervention rewritten for Fiducia supplicans: cri du cœur.
• CatholicCulture.Org - Commentary (Phil Lawler) >> Fiducia Supplicans and the defense of ritual purity
• Catholic Exchange (Saints Editor) >> St. Ischyrion, Martyr
• Catholic Exchange (Alexandra Greeley) >> Healthy Holiday Feasting
• Catholic Exchange (Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV) >> Are We Awaiting a Redundant Savior?
• Catholic Journal (Fr. Joseph Esper) >> Failing to Recognize God’s Gifts
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Robert A.J. Gagnon) >> Protestant theologian, Catholic layman, and priest respond to Fiducia Supplicans
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Nicolás de Cárdenas for CNA) >> Bishop Munilla: Fiducia suplicans not ‘heretical’ but application will be ‘chaotic’
• Catholic World Report - Blog (John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.) >> Gifts, “stuff”, and God’s grace
• City Journal (Jordan McGillis) >> Just Another Chinese City? Not Hong Kong
• Crisis Magazine (Steven Tucker) >> Feasts of the Saints: The Magical Multiplication of Food at Christmas
• Crisis Magazine (Kennedy Hall) >> What Is a Couple?
• Crux (John Lavenburg) >>  Research captures a fractured, distrustful priesthood in America
• Dominicana  (Br. Nicodemus Thomas, O.P.) >> Pondering Christ’s Nativity
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment  (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Message
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 20 – Ember Friday 3rd Week of Advent: Truth smack
• Integrated Catholic Life (Editor) >> Daily Quote — O Antiphons: O Rex Gentium
• LifeSiteNews (Louis Knuffke) >> German church plans formal ‘ceremonies’ for blessing same-sex couples
• LifeSiteNews (Dom Prosper Guéranger) >> The purity and joy of Our Lady’s Visitation heralds the spiritual coming of Christ into our hearts
• LMS Chairman (Joseph Shaw) >> Reactions to Fiducia Supplicans
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  Rorate Mass and Gaudete Sunday Photopost 2023 (Part 3)
• OnePeterFive (Maria 1.0) >> German Women Respond to Fiducia Supplicans
• Public Discourse (Nathaniel Peters) >> Christmas for Grownups
• Simply Catholic (Brother John M. Samaha) >>  Embracing Holy Days 
• Simply Catholic (Carl E. Olson) >> Getting to the Heart of the Heart of Christmas
• The Catholic Thing (David Carlin) >> Even Atheists Still Set Up Christmas Trees
• The Pillar (JD Flynn; Analysis) >> Is the 'false narrative' narrative a false narrative?
• The Stream (Al Perrotta) >> The Brew: Harking Angels and Honking Travelers