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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Priest refers to his role as “waiter” not “bouncer”.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I heard a priest refer to his role as, “not the bouncer to the Eucharistic banquet but the server [as in waiter].”Most analogies fall flat, but this one hit a dissonant chord that I can’t quite … Read More
ASK FATHER: Should I ask for my home to be blessed, but with the Roman Ritual and not the Book of Blessings?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you very much for your continued ministry to all of us who depend on you for clarity in these uncertain times. I have read many of your posts regarding blessings and I am still somewhat … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Do you know a time with blessed bishops?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: YOU: “reasonable or not, charitable or not, moral or not.” [I wrote that HERE] Write more about that during history. I doubt this was different in the past… pre CV2… Generally, bishops were ever crooks. Machiavelians … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Why are the Novus Ordo and the Traditional Latin Mass just two “forms” instead of two different “rites”?
UPDATE 9 July: You might go over to The Remnant and watch Peter Kwasneiwski’s talk at the Roman Forum on the issue I treat, below, and a lot more. One of the important points he makes is the ever-increasing ultramontanism … Read More
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Despite rumors, TLM advances in @ArchdioceseSF
Rumor volat. Meanwhile, our response is to push ahead relentlessly, joyfully. We are our rites and we cannot be stopped. I received this… “ In celebration of the 14th anniversary of the publication of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, St. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can bishops or priests forbid Communion on the tongue?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Please help me to understand something about Communion on the hand. As I’m understanding it, people can receive Communion on the hand if they want to but also on the tongue if they want that and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Ought we import elements of the Traditional Latin Mass into the Novus Ordo?
From a priest reader…. QUAERITUR: As both the Extraordinary and the Ordinary Forms of the Mass have their own respective set of rubrics (the former being more detailed than the latter), my question relates to those priests celebrating both forms: … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest removes maniple and chasuble before preaching
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, I am about Duck Duck go’d out on this and still can not find any answers. I attend weekly mass at an institute of Christ the King oratory and in our mass’s after the … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to participate at Mass with a fussy baby? Wherein Fr. Z lays down principles.
This is a terrific question, equally applicable to the Traditional Latin Mass, Novus Ordo, Divine Liturgy… From a “Young TLM Dad”… QUAERITUR: Hello Father, Since starting to attend the TLM on a more regular basis I noticed that mine, and … Read More
About the Apostolic Pardon given to the dying. Where Fr. Z admonishes you!
Two recent email exchanges brought up the importance of the Apostolic Pardon (AP). It is also sometimes called the Apostolic Blessing. The AP is a special indulgence given by a priest to a person who is dying which remits all … Read More
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