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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: May 2021
ASK FATHER: LESSONS IN CLERICALISM – How to wear the cassock.
From a deacon… QUAERITUR: Could you recommend where to look to find info on, or yourself explain, the intricacies of wearing a cassock? I’m am ordering one and basically going in blind. I know there is a collar worn underneath … Read More
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ASK FATHER: What should I do with an old, now unused pyx once intended for Communion calls?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I can’t thank you enough for your ministry, it has been helpful in more ways than I can say. When I was a young man I converted to the Catholic faith from agnosticism via evangelical Protestantism. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Asperges before Low Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can the Asperges rite can take place at a Sunday Low Mass if it is the principal Mass? Firstly, since this is still the Season of Easter, on these Sundays we are still singing Vidi aquam. Asperges … Read More
There’s a first time for everything.
The other day I repeated my Novus Ordo and Vetus Ordo food analogy. I’ve often compared the shift from attendance at the Novus Ordo to participation in the Traditional Latin Mass as a kind of growing up and out of … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Can priests refuse to hear confessions face to face?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A bishop made a comment about saying that a priest doesn’t have the power to deny a penitent face to face confession. In other words, a bishop basically said “ a priest can’t override a penitent … Read More
ASK FATHER: Holding hands and then raising them up during the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a serious issue. At my TLM a small group of people have started holding hands during the Pater Noster, they hold them while Father sings the prayer and raise them high during the “sed … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon notes – 5th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 6th of Easter) 2021
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong … Read More
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