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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
WISCONSIN: Churches specifically targeted with restrictions as other buildings open. ACTION ITEM!
This. Where I am, after the county said that churches could open up to 25% capacity, like many businesses such as gyms and movie theaters, they then reversed their rule and will now force churches to have only 50 people, … Read More
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New layers of stupid emerge during COVID-1984: violation of anonymity of penitents seeking Confession
COVID-1984 Melodrammavirus is bringing out new layers of stupid, hitherto theorized, but not yet experienced. On Fakebook I saw: Really? Now I read this at Stream: I Went to Confession. Was Asked to Give My Name for Contact Tracing. I … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Mass at a side altar during Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament? And a short rant.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: It is permissible for to have Public Mass at a side altar during Adoration.? And does it matter that the side altar is in the sanctuary, which is quite small? It just seems odd to me … Read More
How stupid are things getting in this time of Coronavirus, you ask?
How stupid are things getting in this time of coronavirus, you ask? Here are a couple of examples. How NOT to do things. Concelebration. This is wrong is so many ways. Not that this nitwit doesn’t have a paten with … Read More
ACTION ITEM: A tip for receiving Communion on the tongue in time of COVID-1984: HOLD YOUR BREATH!
In this time of COVID-1984, where up is down and back is front and clocks are melting off the edges of tables, there are some in high places in the Church who are determined to ban Communion on the tongue. … Read More
Fearmongering @JamesMartinSJ goes to the zoo on national TV about churches reopening and about @RealDonaldTrump
Last night when I heard on Martha MacCallum’s show on FNC that Jesuit homosexualist activist Fr. James Martin was up to talk about the lockdown and reopening of churches after Pres. Trump’s comments about opening places of worship, I had … Read More
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UPDATE: BAPTISMAL FONT PROJECT – INSTALLATION! Video message to YOU READERS!
I have GREAT news! Do you remember that last October, while I was in Rome, we had a fundraiser for “new”, but antique, baptismal font for the church Santissima Trinita dei Pelegrini (my adoptive parish in Rome)? That is the … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is physically required for the laity to participate at Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is physically required for the laity to participate at Mass? If the laity cannot enter the church building, is outdoor Mass required for the laity to be able to participate? If one can follow the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can you fulfill your Sunday Mass obligation during “lockdown” by watching online?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: While on lockdown, can watching (within a sunday) a replayed online mass fulfill the sunday mass obligation? Or must one have to watch the online sunday mass in real time to fulfill this obligation? First of … Read More
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