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December 12, 2018

VVEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Fr. Edwin C Dwyer of the Diocese of Saginaw (Credit: uCatholic)

Parish Priest Faced With Declining Parish Gives Homily Every Priest Needs To Hear

. . .it is no secret that in many (if not most) Catholic diocese across the county, attendance for Sunday Mass has been in steep decline for the last 50 years.  Some would even say the deadline has been precipitous in the post-conciliar-church. . .

from uCatholic

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The Mysterious Image in the Eyes of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Joan Lewis, Joan’s Rome
An Inside Look at the Hidden Symbols Found in Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Image – Aleteia
Study: 92% Single Catholics Stop Praying for Spouse Seconds Before God Answers (Satire)
Avarice: The Secret Sin that Owns Us – Jason Craig, The Catholic Gentleman
Pope Francis on the ‘Gay Mentality’ That Has ‘Influenced the Church’ – Fr. R. Landry, NC Reg
The Miraculous Roses of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Patti Maguire Armstrong, NC Register
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Miracles, Facts & Fancy – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
10 Simple Ways to Grow in Prayer – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
Now a C6, Pope’s Advisory Council Sees Three Members Go – M. de Vries, In Caelo et in Terra
The Myths That Sustained the Work of Tolkien & Lewis – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
Did Charles Dickens have a Vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Can the Guadalupe Tilma Make An Atheist Convert?! 5 Signs That It’s Possible – Catholic Link
The Case Against CRISPR Babies – Nicanor Austriaco, First Things
A Marvelous Advent Poem – Michael Rennier, Dappled Things
Living Advent With Mary ‘In Haste’ – Edward Sri, National Catholic Register
Council of Cardinal Advisors (C9) Wrap-Up December Meeting – Linda Bordoni, Vatican News
Nicaragua Diocese Feels the Effect of the Clash between Regime & Protestors – Crux
Finding Sacred Time During the Holidays – Jeannie Ewing, Catholic Exchange
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VVEDNESDAY CIVILIZATION VVATCH EDITION

Gardner’s Book of Shadows (Credit: Wikipedia)

The Return of Paganism

. . .maybe there actually is a genuinely post-Christian future for America. . .

by Ross Douthat,

of The New York Times

Refuting a Pastor’s ‘Dark Ages’ Myths – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine
Riots In France Not Just About Gas Taxes, But About The West’s Decline – Auguste Meyrat
Orban vs. Soros University – Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
France: A Tale of Two Faiths – William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine
New Study Records Islamization Process in Ancient Christian Lands – Casey Chalk, Crisis
‘The Great Awokening’: The Threat of America’s New Political Religions – J. Sunde, Powerblog
Egypt Proposes Scary New Population Control Measures – Shannon Roberts, Mercatornet
Who Needs The Temple Mount? — Ianto Watt, Statistician to the Stars!
Why Putin’s Game of Russian Roulette With Ukraine is a Big Deal – Douglas V. Mastriano
A Gunman Who Attacked Christmas Market in France Yelled “Allahu Akbar” – Aleteia
The Winter of Love – Matthew Schmitz, First Things
Enforceable Subjectivity – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Protest of the French Provinces – Nathan Pinksoski, First Things
Macron’s Failures – Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
Remembering – & Still Learning from – Solzhenitsyn – Douglas Kries, The Catholic Thing
In Europe, Faith’s Stronger in Post-Soviet East Than Secular West – Claire Giangravè, Crux
Euthanasia Deaths in Quebec Rising Rapidly – Michael Cook, Mercatornet
Shooting Near Christmas Market in France – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Christmas Market Shooting Suspect Fits the Familiar Criminal-Jihadist Profile – France24
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VVEDNESDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Peter Vlaming (Credit: The American Conservative)

The Vlaming Children’s Christmas

. . .I wrote the other day about a Virginia school board firing veteran teacher Peter Vlaming over his refusal to call a biological girl by a masculine pronoun.  He was willing to use the child’s new masculine name, but would not say “he” or “him.”  In this Virginia Gazette story about a student walkout in support of the fired teacher, we learn what exactly it was that triggered the dismissal.  You are not going to believe this. . .

by Rod Dreher

Is Kavanaugh Keeping a Promise to Pro-Choice Susan Collins? – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Strm
And Now, England – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
At Trump’s Hotel, Spiritual Warriors Pray for the President in His ‘Darkest Hour’ – J. Jenkins
Justice Thomas Blasts Supreme Court for Sidestepping Planned Parenthood – David L. Gray
13 Illustrations of the Benevolence of Capitalism – George Reisman, Mises Institute
A Way Back From Secularism – Rev. Anthony Perkins, Acton Institute
The Transgender Movement Is Not Interested In Compromise – John D. Davidson, The Fdrlst
Why Spiritual People More Inclined to Embrace Free Markets Than Materialists – J. Miltimore
Why the Poor in Free Nations Have Incomes 8x Higher Than Poor in Least Free – E. Andreou
Texas GOP Dispute Pits Religious Freedom Against Claims of ‘Stealth Jihad’ – Bobby Ross Jr.
US Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case of States Defunding Planned Parenthood – NCRegister
Free Will and the Market Place – Frank Chodorov, Mises Wire
2019: What’s Next for Religious Freedom? Faith Leaders & Policymakers Weigh In – K. Dallas
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VVEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Choir Practice by José Gallegos y Arnosa A.D. 1886 (Credit: Crisis Magazine)

Why Traditional Hymns are Superior to Modern Ones

. . .I’m sometimes accused, when I write about bad hymns, of wanting to impose a single style upon everyone.  That’s strange.  It’s like saying that all classical music sounds the same; Bach, Brahms, Dvorak, Debussy, all the same.  I point out that the hymns in a good hymnal were composed over a period of 1,600 years.  I say that their melodies come in a staggering variety: medieval chant (The Golden Sequence), German chorale (Christ Lag in Todesbanden), American revival songs (“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”), English anthems (Silver Street), French carols (Quem Pastores), & so on.  A folk melody from Ireland is not the same as one from Wales, let alone Poland. . .

by Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D.,

of Crisis Magazine

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Bishops Unbound – Bronwen Catherine McShea, First Things
Pp. Francis: Our Father Should Say “Abandon Us Not When in Temptation” – Fr. Schneider L.C.
A Holiday Meal, Same-Sex Attraction & Catholicism – Richard G. Evans, Catholic Stand
Despair & False Doctrine – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Two-Word Advent Campaign Spreads Around the World – Joseph Pronechen, NC Register
Do Wives Have to Be ‘Submissive’? – Todd Aglialoro, Catholic Answers Magazine
New Book: Annibale Bugnini: Reformer of the Liturgy by Yves Chiron – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Would Jesus Have Come If Adam Had Not Sinned? – Msgr. Charles Pope
Brave New World-Trans Edition – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
What is a Lay ‘Parish Life Coordinator’? A CNA Explainer – The Catholic World Report
They Were All Praying: Gunman Kills 4 at Daily Mass in Brazil Cathedral – ChurchPOP
Tolkien, Chesterton, & the Adventure of Mission – Auxiliary Bishop Robert R. Barron S.T.D.
A Beautiful Contemporary Anglo-Byzantine (Romanesque) Style Icon – New Liturgical Mvmnt
Telling the Story of the Shroud of Turin – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Empress of the Americas – CNA via The Catholic World Report
Christmas Ideas: 5 Great Books About Saints Who Inspire – Kathy Schiffer, NC Register
Have a Merry Catholic Christmas; Off the Shelf 102 with Fr. William P. Saunders – Pete Socks
Wait, What!? We Can Be Saints? How? – Bernz Caasi, Ignitum Today
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