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Ten Things You Should Know About Advent – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

What Ever Happened to Lessons and Carols? – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Problems with Children’s Liturgy – Andrew McDowell, Catholic Collar And Tie

Why are So Many Rampage Killers the Sons of Divorce? – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Feminism’s War on Women – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Roger Scruton: “Shallow Reasoning” Behind Gay Marriage Push – Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

Book Notice: The Church Building as a Sacred Place – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Real Social Justice Issue: Taking Care of the Violent Mentally Ill – Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report

Maine: Notaries Must Do Same-Sex ‘Marriages’ or Violate Law – Johanna Dasteel, LifeSiteNews

Sick and Disabled Infants Starved and Dehydrated in U. K. – Jacqueline Harvey PhD, Life News

Messianic Prophecies: Isaiah 60: 1-6 - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Love It! – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

A Cry In the Desert: Out of the Dark Night and Into the Light - Stephanie Calis, Ignitum Today

Congregation for Saints Issued Decree on the Heroic Virtues of Paul VI – Fr. Z’s Blog

Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

What’s So Offensive About a Nativity Set? – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

The Hobbit Film. . .An Unintelligible Journey – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

St. Therese of Lisieux and the Death Penalty – William Doino Jr., Frst Thngs/On The Square

Evil Exists: Denial Will Destroy Us – E. Neubauer, 21 Century Pilgrim

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.