Hermeneutic of Discontinuity

CHRISTMAS EVE EDITION

Video: Does This 1944 Christmas Eve Mass Look Anything Like Yours?

by Brian Williams,

of Liturgy Guy

You Won’t Believe These Nativity Sets – Part III – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
What Is “The Nativity”? – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic World Report
How was Christmas Celebrated in the Middle Ages? – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
A “Silent Night” Version Even the Grinch in You Would Love – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
The Huron Carol: A Strange Case of Mistranslating a Saint – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
When Celebrating Christmas was a Crime – Stephanie Mann, National Catholic Register
A Christmas Carol and Detachment – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Waxing Sentimental at Christmas: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary – Rachel Lu, NCRg
Room at the Inn – William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
Christmas and its Consequences: A Review of Puccini’s La Bohème – Paul Joseph Prezzia, TCR
Are You a Holiday Saint or a Mean Old Grinch? – Laura Hensley, epicPew

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Innovations Which Vatican II Did Not Call For, but Which We Got Anyway

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Hans & Sophie Scholl Exemplify the Moral Courage Every Christian Needs – Francis Phillips, CH
5 Common Misconceptions about Purgatory – Sara Spitt, epicPew
This Forgotten Fatima Note Reveals Sr. Lúcia’s ‘Holy Ambition’ for the Rosary – Dan. Blackman
Six Ways Not to Fight Temptation – Fr. Clayton Thompson, Those Catholic Men
Pope Francis Names New Archbishop of Krakow, Poland – Catholic News Agency
How Feminism Betrayed Childless Women – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
France Attempts to Criminalize the Pro-Life Movement – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACthlc
Orthodoxy, Heresy and Objective Truth – Francis X. Cronin Ed.D. (ADB), Natl Cth Register
Harry Potter: from Aristotle’s Poetics to Christian Virtue – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Tdy
Modesty Is a Direction Not a Line – Fr. Matthew Schneider L.C., Catholic Stand
On Meeting Sally Read: Poet, Writer, Convert from Atheism – K.V. Turley, The Cthlc Wrld Rprt

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