Big Pulpit

The Mariology of John 1:13 – Anthony Rosselli, Until We Rest in Thee

Shakespeare’s Nativity Scene – Emi Parker, Ignitum Today

Advent Orients Us to the Heart of the Nativity – Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Catholics Strongly Support New Mass translation after First Year – Michelle Bauman

U.S. Military Catholic Trivia – LTC James Harvey, Pray the Rosary!

Praying for the Dead: Duty and Privilege – Lori Hadacek Chaplin, Daily Register

Pay a Visit to the ‘Wobbly Room’ this Advent – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Autists Join The Economy – Rod Dreher

Saintly Advent Advice – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register

Reverend of Largest Episcopal Church Converts – Greg Garrison, Washington Post

Drop in Abortion Numbers Could Reflect Changing Attitudes – Kevin J. Jones, EWTN

A Similarity Between Atheists and Christians – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Can Anybody Impart A Spiritual Truth – Marcus Allen Steele

At 29 – Meg Matenaer, CatholicMom.com

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Liberal Campaign Against Freedom of Speech on College Campuses – AO (OX)

The Philokalia: St. Mark the Ascetic – Rob Hall, Road to Rome (EC)

The Passion of Consumerism – Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic (EC)

I Hate You – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

St. Ignatius of Brianchaninov’s Councils on Prayer, Pt 2: Attention – TMB (EC)

Prayer For Intercession Against One’s Inner Darkness – Mystagogy (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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CDF Prefect: The Hermeneutic of Reform is Only Possible Interpretation – Fr. Z’s Blog

Why Do Marriage Annulments Take So Long? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Year of Faith or Year of Fluff? What Will it Be? – Fr. Basil Cole OP, Truth & Charity Forum

Farewell to Apostate America: Tentative Exit Plan – Robert Struble Jr., Catholic Lane

Jesuit Gonzaga To Begin Offering Contraceptive Coverage – Matt Archbold, The CNS Blg

Christian Convert from Islam Beheaded in Somalia – Catholic World News (link fixed)

Collaboration Leads to New Line of Sanctuary Appointments – Shawn Tribe, Nw Lt Mv

Mothers and Fathers, Divine Asymmetry – Marcus Allen Steele

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Pope Issues New Motu Proprio on Charitable Activities – Mark Brumley, The CWR Blog

1 Dec: Saint Nahum, Prophet of the Old Testment – Fr. Z’s Blog

New Motu Proprio: Intima Ecclesiae Natura, Church Services of Charity – Rorate Cæli

What the Pope Really Said About Christmas – Kevin M. Clarke, First Things/On The Sqr

Anglican Patrimony. . . – Father Ed Tomlinson’s Blog

Reactions to the New Missal – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

How God Makes Beauty from Barrenness – Colleen Carroll Campbell, Catholic Lane

The End of the Age of Great Bibles? – Leroy Huizenga, First Things/On The Square

Back to the Ghetto? – John Zmirak, National Catholic Register

The Politics of the Pharisees and Sadducees – Super Trad Mum, Saint Etheldreda’s Place

Boston Archdiocesan Jack Connors Party Pics with Pro-Abortionists – Boston Cth Insider

CBC Slams Homeschooling Mothers as Dumb & Sexually Irresponsible – Pt. Baklinski, LSN

SNAP Leader Meltdown – David F. Pierre Jr., The Media Report

SSPX Has Good Meeting Discussing V2 With Diocesan Clergy – The Eponymous Flower

Hitler’s Pope, Nazi Crimes & The NY Times – Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, These Stone Walls

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There Is No Natural Right to Intellectual Property – Jordan Bloom, State of the Union

Better than Our Philosophy – Patrick Daneen, Public Discourse

The Cliff and the City – Steven Eide, City Journal

Rand Paul’s Sympathy for the (Rich) Devil – Scott Galupo, TACn

E-visits to Doctors: The Future of Health Care? – Via Meadia

Bill O’Reilly: Christianity not a Religion, but a Philosophy – Maverick Philosopher

They want fairness? Give It to Them – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

Meritocracy, Jews, and the Liberal Arts – Samuel Goldman, TACn

Who Does He Say That He Is? – Robert Owens, LoCo

The Fiscal Cliff – Donald McClarey, The American Catholic

Thinking with Tocqueville – Aurelian Craiutu, Liberty Law Blog

The High Price of Establishment – Wesley Smith, First Things/On the Square

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Lineup for the First Sunday in Advent – Arlene Oost-Zinner, The Chant Café

Vatican Strips Austrian Dissident of Honorary Title ‘Monsignor’ – Catholic World News

Five Ideas: An Advent Wrapped in Silence – Sr. Theresa Noble, Pursued by Truth

Jesuit Georgetown Promoting Homosexuality – Matthew Archbold, The CNS Blog

Seven Questions about ‘Advent at Ephesus’ with Mother Cecilia – The Candle

Jesuit Gonzaga University Will Cover Contraception – Catherine Harmon, The CWR Blog

Baby Feared Dead, Born Alive! – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

I’m Involved in Something Crazy & I Need Your Help! – Fr. John Hollowell, On This Rock

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What if Benedict Appointed a Catholic Patriarch of Constantinople? – Rorate Cæli

The Flowering of Traditional Church Architecture – Denis McNamara, Sacred Archtctr

Where is the Traveling Head of Saint Andrew? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

When Priest Wanders from the Pulpit, He Often Strays From Faith – Archtctr + Morality

Getting Benedict Wrong on Jesus’ Infancy – Mark Brumley, The CWR Blog

What Happens When Christians Put More Faith in Modernity than Faith? – Carl E. Olson

Can Neurosurgeons Go to Heaven? – Tomas Bogardus, First Things/On The Square

Rand Paul Promotes Bill to End Abortion on Demand Once & For All – Kirsten Andersen

Have Pro-Abort Politicos Excommunicated Themselves? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

Human Rights, Sexual Orientation & Gender ID at UN – Austin Ruse, Public Discourse

Bad News for the Critics of the New ICEL Translation – Fr. Z’s Blog

English Propers, First Sunday of Advent – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The New Liturgical Mvmnt

Why Don’t Catholics Read the Bible? – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register

Roles of Vocation, Parenthood, and Raising the Rebellious Child – Mark S. Latkovic STD

The Magnificence of Hernán Cortés – Christopher Check, Crisis Magazine

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The Use and Abuse of Double Effect – Anna Williams, First Thoughts

Austerity and Morality – Michael Gerson, Washington Post

The Point of an Insulting Offer – Alana Goodman, Commentary

A Liberal Favors More Guns – Rod Dreher

A Test For Liberalism – Ross Douthat, NYT

And In Other News… – Neo-Neocon

Remember the Election – Sven Wilson, Pileus

Birth Rate Plunges – Via Meadia

Subsidiarity – Patrick Brennan, Mirror of Justice

An Online Vs. Print Epiphany – Rod Dreher

Can California Handle a Recovery? – Tom Gray, City Journal

Why…Would Anyone Oppose the Disabilities Treaty? – Austin Ruse, First Thoughts

The Texas Education Miracle – Via Meadia

The Myth of Affirmative Action – Daniel McCarthy, State of the Union

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Summus Pipiabit Pontifix! – Fr. Z’s Blog

Hobbit Excitement Sweeps New Zealand – Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet

Vatican Applauds UN Palestine Vote, Noble, But. . . – Matthew Schmitz, First Things

The 42 Worst Nativity Sets! – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Solemn Pontifical Mass in Trenton, New Jersey – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Should We Predict the Advent of Day of Judgment? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theo Mov

The New Age and Co-Opting Catholicism – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

St. Andrew the Apostle – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

The Christian Origins of Islam – Peter J. Leithart, First Things/On The Square

U. S. Faces Demographic Bomb, Coming Underpopulation Probs – Arland Nichols, Lf Nws

Canada: 491 Babies Born Alive After Failed Abortions, Left to Die – Pat. B. Craine, LSN

Raising Independent Catholic Kids in an Age of Conformity – Randy Hain, Intg Cth Life™

Dual Wielding the Bible and Catechism – Edmund Mitchell, Ignitum Today

O Bona Crux! – Fr. Mark Daniel Kirby, Vultus Christi

Unborn Life Always Trumps the Welfare State – Peter Freeman, Crisis Magazine

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Ingerul a Strigat

We Are Objects of Veneration: Reflections on Incense – PoSE (EC)

“We Are Concerned For the Fate of Christians in the Middle East” – Prav. (OX)

Novena Request For Iraq’s Christians – Fr. Chris Zugger (EC)

Chrysostomos Says Turks Ruining Cyprus – Pravoslavie (OX)

Pt. 2: Roman Catholic’s Journey to Eastern Catholicism – Master Beadsman (EC)

Building American Orthodox Monasticism in the 21st Century – Mystagogy

The Seat of Worldly Power – Fr. David, Shine Within Our Hearts (OX)

“Go To the Tombs and See That the Assurance of Men is Nothing” – MoaOB (OR)

Russian Greek-Catholic Ordination in Siberia – St. Elias Today (EC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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McCain Faces Criticism Over His Call for Abortion Truce – Steven Ertelt, Life News

A Picture Book That Calls Us to Books and Living – Musings of a Christian Humanist

Evolution and Belief in the Classroom – Alan Jacobs

Memo From Julia – Pete Spiliakos, PoMoCon

The Source of the Left’s Strength – Maverick Philosopher

My Ethicist the Car – Alan Jacobs

Gross Understatements – Ed Ring, City Journal

How Many Women Have Pro-Life Laws Saved? – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Dialogues – Peter Berger

Law and Practices, and Why Have Children? – Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice

California Underperforms. New York Times Spins. – Via Meadia

The Ingenious Gouverneur Morris – Melanie Miller, Liberty Law Blog

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Magnificat Advent Companion: eVersions Available – Tom McDonald, P/God & Machine

Events: Saint Francis Xavier Mission Trip 2013 of F. S. S. P. – Adfero, Rorate Cæli

Plans for Walk for Life West Coast, January 2013, in Full Swing – Carl E. Olson, Ig In Sc

Review: Rituale Romanum from Nova et Vetera – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Geese Book – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Details about Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

Belmont Abbey College Dramatically Cuts Tuition Rate – The CNS Blog

Church Teaching on In Vitro Fertilization – Jim Graves, Catholic World Report

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