Big Pulpit

On Feasting and Fasting: It’s Still Christmastime – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Archaeologists Unearth Myra: Home of St. Nicholas – Tristyn Bloom, First Things

A Catholic Teaching Précis on Homosexuality & Homosexual Acts – M. Latkovic STD

Why Does God Not Answer My Prayer? – Mystics of the Church

Does YouTube, Facebook & Twitter Keep Youngsters from Mass – M. Gray, 1964 † Cara

Vatican on SSPX Bp. Fellay Anti-Semitic Remarks: “Unacceptable” – Alessandro Speciale

The Devil’s Secret Silence – Daniel Burke, Integrated Catholic Life™

Dealing with Depression Via Your Catholic Faith – Fr. Joe, Southern Fried Catholicism

The Sounds of Heaven: Five Examples of Gorgeous Christian Music – Jason Liske, AMC

Cultural Assimilation: A Threat to Catholic Identity – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

St. John the Evangelist in Christian Art – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

St. Apollinaris – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Quick-Thinking Parishioners Rush Altar To Assist Lone Priest – Eye of the Tiber

Knute Rockne & The Eucharist – David Hartline, The American Catholic

Why Is God Still Absent from Downton Abbey? – Todd Dorman, Christianity Today

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A World Without Grand Bargains – Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Rhetoric and Ranting – Michael Jordan, T. I. C.

Technology, Time and Space – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

2008 Obama Campaign; Fine From FEC – LoCo

A Defense of George Bailey – Greg Forster, First Thoughts / First Things

Reading in the New Year – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Deficits Forever? – Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Learned Hand’s Letters – Michael Ramsey, Originalism Blog

Obamacare To Drive Up Health Costs – LoCo

Why Hagel Was Picked – David Brooks, The New York Times

American Un-Exceptionalism – Fr. James V. Schall S. J., The Catholic Thing

Georgia Mom Shoots Home Intruder – LoCo

“Lincoln’s” Secrets and Lies? – Noah Millman, T. A. Cn.

HSBC, Hobby Lobby & Religious Freedom – Bruce Frohnen, T. I. C.

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Priests For Life Wins Battle to Stop H. H. S. Mandate’s Fines – Steven Ertelt, Life News

“Spiritual But Not Religious People” May be Nuts – Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt

Can Prayer Succeed Where Nicotine Patches, Acupuncture & Drugs Can’t? – Frn. Phillips

Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives – Daniel Burke, National Catholic Register

The Adoration of the Magi Proves the Divinity of Christ – Dr. Tay. Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Images from the Cistercian Rite – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Word of the Day: Lent – Anthony Esolen, First Things/First Thoughts

Tony Abbott’s Views: Insincere, Repellent & Wrong – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

The Hand of God & the Gregorian Calendar – Fr. George W. Rutler, Crisis Magazine

The Genius of Chesterton – Zac Alstin, MercatorNet

The Hobbit in Latin! Tolkien Would Approve – Philip Kosloski, Into the West

First Things in 2013 – R. R. Reno, First Things/On The Square

Quæritur: What is Wrong with Women Being Lectors? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Speaking with Christopher West About “Fill These Hearts” – Srh. Reinhard, Int Cth Lf™

Renting Wombs: The New ‘Biological Colonialism’ – Elise Hilton, LifeSiteNews

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Relics of St. John Bosco at Liverpool Cathedral – Fr. Sim. Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Why is Abp. Vin. Nichols Ambiguous on Same-Sex “Marriage” – Wm. Oddie, Cthlc Hrld

Seminary Visited by the Pope Bans Traditional Latin Mass – Damian Thompson, Tlgrph

Orthodox Serbian Christians Suffer, World Doesn’t Care – Rod Dreher

Frail and House Bound but You Can’t Have a Visit from a Priest – Richard Collins, LOTH

Cardinal Pell on the Fight in France Over “Homosexual Marriage” – Carl E. Olson

Alliance of Pro-Life Students – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Is Training in the Extraordinary Form Forbidden in England? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Blackfen’s Liturgy Committee Meeting. . . – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

Catholic Church a Spent Force in Ireland? – Fr. Levi, The Way Out There

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Ethiopian Christmas – Zoe Saint-Paul, Slow Mama

St. Andre Bessette Says . . . Go Irish! – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Are We on Earth for Our Enjoyment? – Chelsea Houghton, Ignitum Today

David Green & the Better Angels of Our Nature – Don. R. McClarey, The American Cthlc

Four Tips for Placing Yourself in the Presence of God – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCRegister

Time Magazine Says Pro-Life Advocates Are Winning – E. W. T. N. News

Tens of Thousands Pledge Support for Hobby Lobby – Michelle Bauman, Daily Register

White House Petitioned to Label Catholic Church a ‘Hate Group’ – Michelle Bauman

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Plot to Attack Coptic Christmas Foiled by Egyptian Authorities – Pravmir (OR)

Unrealistic Expectations and Depression – Orthodoxy and Recovery (OX)

Blessed Maria Baouardy, the Little Arab and Lily of Palestine – MotC (RC)

Life in a Coptic Catholic Village – Jessica Jones, CNEWA (EC)

Sanctify Me and the Waters, O Saviour – Gabriel’s Message (OX)

Christmas Message of Patriarch Kirill – Pravmir (OX)

Footage of Bl. Nicholas Charnetsky – British Pathe (EC)

St. Gregory Palamas: Homily on St. John the Baptist – Mystagogy (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Legislation Creating “Same-Sex Marriage”: What’s At Stake? – Cardinal George OMI

Modern Man Has Lost His Way: Western Heritage of Christ & Socrates – H. H. Ambrose

The Youth Classical Schola: A Longitudinal Success Story – Kth. Pluth, The Chant Café

Giotto: Nature Meets the Supernatural – Linus Meldrum, Crisis Magazine

Are Canonized Saints the Only People in Heaven? – Mark Shea, National Cthlc Register

Coptic Leaders: Egypt’s Constitution Will Bring Islamic Caliphate – Jn. Pontifex, Ct Hd

You Don’t Need to Believe in God to Support Traditional Marriage – Stephen Kokx, Ct Vt

The Road Not Taken. . . A Path to Sainthood – Michelle, Catholic Sistas

Faith and Recovery After Typhoon Bopha – Stephen Vincent, Daily Register

Reading in the New Year to Life Our Nation from Our Political Depression – Rnd. Smith

St. Raymond of Peñafort – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Why Not Say “I Love You” With a Digital Daisy? – Ryan Hansen, Ignitum Today

Washington Post Attacks Notre Dame, Catholic Church – Mt. Archbold, The CNS Blog

Culture War on a Shoe String (Budget) – Foxfier, The American Catholic

Notre Dame Football According to G. K. Chesterton – Nathaniel Peters, First Things

A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality – Sarah Thompson M. D.

Permanent Punitive Segregation – Robert Blecker, City Journal

Rationalization Of The Week – Rod Dreher, T. A. Cn.

Socrates to Be Re-Tried in Front of Judge Richard Posner – FedSoc Blog

The Blindness of Tax Purists – R. R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

Government Approved Light Bulbs Cause Skin Cancer – LoCo

Chemerinsky Urges Compulsory Public Schooling – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

It’s a Wonderful Strife – Greg Forster, Public Discourse

N. Y. T. on Saving Catholic Education – Christopher White, First Thoughts / First Things

Check Out These Charts – Lonely Conservative

Not Enforcing Some Provisions of a Bill – Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Renewing Western Culture – Robert Woods, T. I. C.

Feinstein’s Gun Control Alchemy – Nicholas Johnson, Liberty Law Blog

Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Eric Voegelin – Lee Trapanier, T. I. C.

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Let’s Rethink Everything – Michael S. Greve, Liberty Law Blog

Living Conservatism – Edward Ericson, Jr., T. I. C.

Internet Vigilantism and Steubenville – Rod Dreher, T. A. Cn.

 The Trillion Dollar Student Loan Bailout – LoCo

Debating the Terms of the American Founding – Ken Masugi, Liberty Law Blog

Legalizing Drugs – R. R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

The Damage of the Sexual Revolution Appalls Me – A. N. Wilson, Mail Online

The Liberated Soul of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika

Liberal Constitutionalism and Us – Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

A Patron Saint for the Idiot Box? -Stephen Masty, T. I. C.

Nature Reports: Malthusians Wrong Again – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

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Ex-Atheist Rips Into Architects of Sexual Revolution: We Were Wrong – Carl E. Olson

A Cistercian Monastery Rediscovers the Traditional Cistercian Rite – Rorate Cæli

Theology of Waiting: Why We Should Embrace Delayed Gratification – Dr. T. Marshall

A Different Kind of Sex – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

The Liturgical Cliff – David G. Bonagura Jr., The Catholic Thing

Syrian Conflict Could Worsen Christian Exodus – Catholic News Agency

Archbishop George Gänswein: Testimonium Perhibere Veritati – Fr. Z’s Blog

Roman Missal 3.0: Updates Installed – Fr. David M. Friel, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Pedophilia as a “Sexual Orientation” – Robert P. George DPhil, Mirror of Justice

Can I Trust Opus Dei? – Dan Burke, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Tony Abbott’s ‘Liberal Catholicism’ – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Notre Dame, Our Lady – Joseph Lindsley Jr., First Things/On The Square

Spanking and Abortion – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Catholics Come Home Targets Bowl Game Audiences – Jim Graves, Daily Register

Cincinnati Archd. Promotes Priestesses Ordination? – Over the Rhine & Into the Tiber

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“Agni Parthene” – Ukrainian Catholic Studite Brethren of the Univ Lavra (EC)

The Manifestation of God – J. Andrew, Prayer of St. Ephrem (EC)

“The Waters Beheld You and They Trembled” – Christ the Bridegroom (EC)

Is the Jesus Prayer Vain Repetition? – Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

“. . . Which is Eternal” – Kaiserswest (EC)

Bloggers, Behave! – Visibilium (OX)

Mary, the Mother of God, Example of Faith – Archimandrite J. Azar, TGB (EC)

Theophany and the Gates of Hades – Glory to God For All Things (OX)

The First Form of Character Building – Momma Renee, Claytonopolis (EC)

The World is Crucified To Me, and I to the World – Josh Braid, East to West (EC)

St. Ephrem: Glory to Him Who Came and Restored the World – EtH (OX)

The Civil War’s Threat to Damascus – Diana Darke, The Guardian

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Epiphany at St. Peter’s – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Benedict XVI Consecrates Four New Bishops. . . Roman Vestments – Fr. Z’s Blog

Epiphany Debate: St. Augustine vs. the Donatists – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Christmas Isn’t Over Yet! – Emily C. Hurt, Ignitum Today

The Magi and Death Before Birth – Don DeMarco PhD, Truth and Charity

Don’t Sacrifice the Goats – The Motley Monk

Pope Leo the Great on Epiphany – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Dominos Pizza Founder Wins Emergency Order to Stop H. H. S. Mandate – Mt. Archbold

You Are Immensely Powerful – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

New T. S. A. Rules Go Into Effect – The Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy

Meditation on the Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity of Jesus – Catholic in Brooklyn

Mennonite Company Wins Injunction Stopping Obama H. H. S. Mandate – Steven Ertelt

They’ve Been Losing Ever Since – The German Egyptian, Over the Rhine & Into the Tiber

Benedict: Bishops Must Be Courageous, Expect To Be Repeatedly Beaten – Fr. Z’s Blog

Gerry Faust on Mother Mary and His Days at Notre Dame – Trent Beattie, NCRegister

Dialogue Between Christ and a Muslim – Robert Reilly, The Catholic Thing