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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Orual says: I want to be sure I’m doing the right thing It seems to me that, by the way…”
- on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “Thanks for answering this question. For a deep dive into all the theological reasons why only men should serve in…”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, does the same concept apply for the laity who are opposed to receiving Communion from a lay person? I…”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Since coming back to the Vetus Ordo, I have seen two priests handle Communion without taking excessive time for Communion…”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “The 1st Step: Stop using laity to distribute Holy Communion. The extra time it takes for the clergy to distribute…”
- on FRANCE: Majority of Young Priests now Celebrate the Traditional Mass: “Puts the lie to the SSPX claim that tradition would die without disobedience, doesn’t it?”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “At Novus Ordo I have always received standing but on the tongue, but ponder whether this fence-sitting option is actually…”
- on Collect for Bl. Fulton Sheen?: “Now that he has, at long last, been beatified, is there a prayer intention for his intercession which would lead…”
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
QUAERITUR: low-gluten hosts for TLMs
From a reader: I wanted to know your opinion about low gluten hosts and the use of them at the Mass both Novus Ordo and the Traditional Latin Mass. My girlfriend has Celiac disease and cannot receive the Blessed Sacrament … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged celiac, low-gluten, mustum
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29 Comments
A Hymn to the Motu Proprio
I received this from a priest reader: Hymn to the Motu Iam enim hiems transiit;imber abiit, et recessit.Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra;tempus putationis advenit:vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;ficus protulit grossos suos;vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum. Vidi speciosam sicut columbam,ascendentem desuperrivos … Read More
CDF examination of the LCWR
In a recent post on the site of National Catholic Fishwrap, I read that His Eminence William Card. Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent a letter to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (cf. … Read More
Summorum Pontificum 3 years later: your reflections
Three years ago, I started chilling the Veuve Clicquot. Fitting for the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. I got up at Oh-dark-hundred to post the text of Benedict XVI’s long-expected Motu Proprio (I had an advance copy under embargo until … Read More
FINAL! BLOGNIC 7 July – NYC, Manhattan 7 pm
7 July 2007 was the day Pope Benedict released the text of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (though it went into force on 14 September). We will have a blognic on the evening of Wednesday 7 July. I will celebrate … Read More
The Feeder Feed: sacred arts edition
The Feeder Feed finds me again at the Metropolitan Museum… the air-conditioned Metropolitan. Eucharistic Dove in gilded copper with enamel and glass beads from Limoges from 1215-35. This would have hung over the altar. There is a tear shaped door … Read More
Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” letter about Communion in the hand
Even yesterday I had a conversation about the thorny issue of just what Summorum Pontificum (the 3rd anniversary of its release is tomorrow, blessed day) might have revived. Take the situation of the distribution of Holy Communion. In the old … Read More
New CDF procedures for cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors
I saw this at Paolo Rodari’s blog (in my rapid translation): [Msgr.] Charles Scicluna, promoter of justics for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, should return to the Vatican around this time after some days of vacation. With … Read More
OUTRAGEOUS Mass in Vienna
What on earth is going on in the Archdiocese of Vienna? Check out the video on Gloria TV, which I noted on Rorate. The video is in German, but the message is clear. A "Western" themed "Mass", which was if … Read More
SCOTUS scourings
The other day I posted this: Supreme Court about priests as Vatican employees – sky not yet falling Now, via Fr. Finigan, I found an entry on Religion Law Blog about the same question, offering analysis. Doe v Holy See … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Elena Kaga, Justice Stevens, SCOTUS
11 Comments
11 Comments
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Orual says: I want to be sure I’m doing the right thing It seems to me that, by the way…”
