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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 Votes)
- I don't care one way or another. (6%, 1,696 Votes)
Total Voters: 26,606
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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?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
Total Voters: 19,255
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Category Archives: POLLS
POLL: communion in the hand
Do you believe that each particle of a Host is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ Jesus, God and man? Do you receive Communion in the hand? A reader sent two photos. The first is of an unconsecrated … Read More
POLL: chasubles
While the texts and gestures of Holy Mass are fixed in the official liturgical books, many other elements of the sacred action may be adapted to circumstances, cultures and customs. We have great, though not unlimited, freedom with music, architecture, … Read More
POLL: When was the last time you went to confession?
Jesus Christ, God and Savior, gave us the Sacrament of Penance, of Reconciliation. This is the ordinary means by which He desires us to seek forgiveness for our actual, post-baptismal sins. There is no sin that any limited little mortal … Read More
POLL: The Sunday Meal
A question has popped up in several ways during these last few days which prompts this poll. I was watching part of a cooking show recently with the English chef Gordon Ramsay. Vocabulary aside, he is promoting a laudable project … Read More
POLL: ashes
Some people are under the impression that Ash Wednesday is a Holy Day of Obligation. It is not. Still, the inclination toward a feeling of obligation is laudable. Lent is a very important season in the yearly cycle of a … Read More
POLL: face to face or behind the screen
Catholics should make a good habit of regular confession for the whole year, of course, but Lent is a privileged season for penance and reconciliation. Alas, the sacrament has fallen into desuetude in many places. Many priests, of a certain … Read More
POLL: pompoms
There has been discussion of the biretta lately, around this blog…. real birettas and photoshopped. Also, the other day when I was tidying up an older foldable biretta I can put in a travel bag, I decided to remove the … Read More
POLL: your wheels
How do you get around? I am guessing that most of you readers have a car. There may be some of you who don’t. Perhaps you prefer a bicycle or public transport. Perhaps it is not so much your car … Read More
POLL: Who has done more damage to Holy Church?
For this poll, I want to echo something Fr. Ray Blake posted at his blog, St. Mary Magdalen, his parish in Brighton. He picked up on observations made by Fr. Sean Finnegan of Valle Adurni. Who has done more damage … Read More
POLL (and a rant): Where’s the band?
There are criteria for music during the liturgical action. It must be sacred and it must be art. That is, the idiom of the music should be sacred – not blatantly secular – it must present sacred texts and it … Read More
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