Thursday Mass Edition - St. Thomas, Apostle - Missa 'Mihi Autem' - Commemoration: Greater Feria of Advent III - Magnificat Antiphon: "O Oriens" - December 21st, 2023

†      St. Thomas, Apostle,  S. Thomæ  Apostoli,  Missa 'Mihi  Autem',  Commemoration: Greater Feria of Advent III;  Magnificat Antiphon:  "O  Oriens" - December 21st, 2023 - Propers

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• LITURGICAL
• The Advent Magnificat "O" Antiphons: December 17th to December 23rd
• Liturgies.net >> Latin / English texts & videos for the O Antiphons
• Sermonry >> Saint Thomas the Apostle
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 21 – St Thomas, Apostle
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 21 -  Fifth Antiphon
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  21 DECEMBER – SAINT THOMAS (Apostle and Martyr)
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  21 DECEMBER – FIFTH GREAT ANTIPHON
• Lives of the Saints >>  December 21   Saint Thomas, Apostle and Martyr  († First Century)
• CatholicSaints.Info: 21 December
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 21st
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• BLOGS, NEWS, OPINION AND COMMENTARY
• Adult Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Tradition >> Pope has NOT blessed gay unions – bless the sinner, not the relationship
• American Thinker (Monica Showalter) >> On gay blessings, Pope Francis sows confusion
• A Pilgrim's Journey (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> God's Love Come To Us
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Stop being disappointed
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Fiducia Supplicans is “scandalous” document that contradicts preceding ruling by teaching office of Vatican 
• Beauty So Ancient >> The Ape of the Church – From “Signs of the Times” by Fulton J. Sheen
• Beauty So Ancient >> Fourth O Antiphon: O Clavis David (December 20th)
• CatholicCulture.Org - Commentary (Fr. Jerry Pokorsky) >> War is hell
• Catholic Insight (John Paul Meenan, Editor) >> Saint Dominic of Silos and His Chanting Monks
• Catholic Insight (John Paul Meenan, Editor) >> The Limits of Papal Power
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >>   O Clavis David 
• ChurchMilitant.com (Rome Dispatch) >> Bishops Battle Over Blessing Same-Sex Couples
• City Journal (Renu Mukherjee, Brian C. Anderson; 10 Blocks podcast) >> The New Racial Preferences 
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> St. Januarius’ Blood Miraculously Liquifies Again in Naples
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> In the wake of “Fiducia supplicans”
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-12-19: Blessing gals and guys
• GetReligion (Clemente Lisi) >> Pope's same-sex blessings stunner inspires headlines and firestorms about those headlines
• LifeSiteNews (Jonathon Van Maren) >> Middle schoolers are now using AI to create ‘deepfake’ pornography of their classmates
• National Catholic Register (Jonathan Liedl) >> The Vatican’s Germany Strategy Is Coming into Focus — Including What Might Be Missing
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  Ember Wednesday of Advent at Sarum
• OnePeterFive (T.S. Flanders) >> Advent Reflections on the Four Last Things: Hell
• OnePeterFive (Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine) >>  Bishops of Ukraine: No Blessing for those Living in Sin
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Roberto de Mattei: “Quo usque tandem?” For How Much Longer, Francis, Will You Abuse Our Patience? - The Dicastery for the Faith Blesses Sin Against Nature
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> African Catholic Bishops Choose Sides -- Against Francis' and Tucho's Gay Advocacy
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Ukraine Bishops Conference Chooses Sides: Against Francis' Gay Declaration - "There is no blessing for living in sin": "The document does not provide clear distinctions"
• The American Spectator Blog (Aubrey Gulick) >>  New York Launches War on Chick-fil-A
• The Remnant Newspaper - Articles (Robert Morrison) >> Rediscovering the Cave of Bethlehem and the Paradox of Christianity
• The Stream (John Zmirak) >> The Colorado Supreme Court Promises to Send Us Back to Biblical Times. That’s Not a Pretty Prospect