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Tag Archives: Communion
Wherein Fr. Z rants about Communion
Get rid of row by row Communion during Mass. Not much of a rant there, come to think of it. But the combox should be rich, if people will self-edit.
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Bp. Nickless (D. Sioux City) issues guidelines for Communion under both kinds and also EMHC’s
I have written before about His Excellency Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City. You may remember his outstanding pastoral letter. Bp. Nickless has issued Guidelines and Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under both … Read More
Austria – Where hell seems, in fact, to be prevailing.
When the Lord entrusted the Church to Peter and his successors He promised that it would endure. Hell will not prevail in the end. The Church will remain to the end. The Lord didn’t say it would remain everywhere. Andrea … Read More
QUAERITUR: Holy Communion at two Masses on the same day?
From a reader, comes a question I have answered quite a few times, but which bears repetitio. Are there any circumstances in which one can receive Communion more than once a day? I spent Christmas at Clear Creek Abbey in … Read More
QUAERITUR: Prayer for distribution of Communion at TLM and what to respond?
From a reader: Fr. Z: Our parish priest often resorts to using “Corpus Christi” from the Novus Ordo rubrics in the distribution of Holy Communion at our extraordinapeory form Traditional Mass— when the deacon is not present and presumably he … Read More
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QUAERITUR: self-communication from the chalice
From a reader: I have a question about self-communication. I was at a monastery this weekend for a retreat and a monks allowed the laity to receive the Chalice. How they did it was a bit odd though. A lay … Read More
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QUAERITUR: lay Communion minister wouldn’t bless me
From a reader: Today I attended a mass at my university and had a difficult experience with one of the Eucharistic ministers. I approached with my hands folded in order to receive a blessing (no communion for me this time), … Read More
Anglican eucharist for the “other specied”
About eucharistic communion for the "other specied" members. I learned this morning about an Anglican giving their version of communion to a dog! If you are worried about Our Lord’s admonition in Matthew 7:6, don’t. No sacrament was violated because … Read More
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QUAERITUR: conflict with priest over receiving Communion kneeling
From a reader: My pastor refuses to give me Holy Communion on my knees. I approached him privately. He claims that I am denying him his rights as a priest, destroying unity……he has tried to compromise with me by requiring … Read More
QUAERITUR: priest consecrates more Hosts during Communion
From a reader: At a Mass in our Diocese this past Sunday, the priest was running very low on consecrated hosts. Even after breaking some of the hosts in order to distribute more, it was clear that there would not … Read More
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