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QUAERITUR: What to do with occult objects?
From a reader:
When you discover you have an occult or new age object in your house, do you burn it or do you douse it with Holy Water and throw it away? I know you are busy, but a response … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Blessing chickens
From a reader:
I’m planning on hatching chickens in the next couple of weeks. I’m using shipped eggs which have a higher mortality rate from being through the mail system. (but I simply can’t get what I want locally) Is there … Continue reading
REVIEW: Rituale Romanum from Nova et Vetera
The nice people at Nova et Vetera sent me an edition of their reprint of the Rituale Romanum.
Their site says:
This is the first edition of the Rituale Romanum since 1957. It is based upon the last Editio typica of 1952, … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Do we have the right to ask for Traditional Form baptism?
From a reader:
We are planning our daughter’s baptism next month and would appreciate your guidance regarding an issue that has arisen.
Our parish does group baptisms twice a month outside of Mass. While our pastor was willing to do an EF … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! PRIESTS AND BISHOPS! Use the old Roman Ritual, Litany, prayers against storms!
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Use the old Roman Ritual and pray the Litany … Continue reading
REMINDER of Seasonal Blessing: Assumption – Blessing of Herbs (and HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
Just a quick note to remind you that in the Rituale Romanum there is for the feast of the Assumption a special blessing of herbs and flowers.
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And the Assumption is, this year at least, a Holy Day of … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z blissfully causes work for a harried parish priest. Another seasonal blessing: for Assumption.
I noted on the distinguished blog of the mighty Dean of Bexley, the Parish Priest of Blackfen, His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Tim Finigan that my post about blessing grapes on the Feast of the Transfiguration stuck pay dirt.
H.H. whinges:
Thanks to Fr … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing of Herbs, Feast of the Assumption, flowers, Fr. Tim Finigan, grapes, Rituale Romanum, Transfiguration
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Transfiguration: special blessing of grapes
Go buy some grapes and take them to the priest for the Feast of the Transfiguration, with a page from the Rituale Romanum (go to p. 345 – Benedictio uvarum), or cut and paste the English text (below, or here) … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: The “Churching” of Women after childbirth
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Can the Churching ritual be performed directly after the baptism, or should it be done on a different day? I ask this for clarity, as this will be the priest’s first time performing a baptism in the EF … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, childbirth, churching, churching of women, motherhood, mothers, Rituale Romanum, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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REVIEW: St. John Cantius (Chicago) instructional DVD for “Sacred Rites and Ceremonies”
I recently received a couple instructional DVDs produced by the canons at St. John Cantius in Chicago and I have had a chance to look at “Sacred Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Rite, featuring the use of the 1962 … Continue reading
