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Monthly Archives: April 2017
ASK FATHER: Deacons in Novus Ordo Masses
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, can you please shed some light on GIRM #171-173 (and there abouts), regarding the position of the Deacon during the procession to and from the altar? We were instructed in the seminary to be in … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. I get many requests by … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do I fulfill my Sunday obligation at an Eastern or SSPX church?
From a reader… Are SSPX Masses and Eucharist licit for Roman Catholics? This Triduum was heart-wrenching as we had the “full band” (organ, piano, guitar, drums and cymbals) playing during Holy Thursday AND Good Friday! There is no Tridentine Mass … Read More
ASK FATHER: Sunday Mass obligation when traveling to remote places
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I travel to many places that don’t have a church (e.g. remote areas of Nepal; Bhutan; Ladakh) so I can’t attend Mass. What do I do? Pray the Rosary? This question has been answered many times, … Read More
A note about comments, moderation, etc.
I have to use the “moderation queue” feature for many posts. I can’t watch what is going on 24/7 and I won’t allow the combox to descend into the horrid fever-swamp of the comments at, say, Fishwrap. As a result, … Read More
I reject sexism in every form, and all its pomps, and all its empty works.
At the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) there is an interesting piece by our old pal Phyllis Zagano which merits a little – just a little – attention. She never misses an opportunity to work in tidbits about the disparity of … Read More
Posted in Deaconettes, Liberals, Lighter fare, The Drill
Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Phoebe, Phyllis Zagano, Romans 16, social communications
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Are you anxious, upset, confused about the Church today? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
In this time of confusion over doctrine and praxis, many people ask me in email what they can do either to maintain equilibrium, or else to “be the maquis”, as it were, and join the resistance against the liberal undermining of … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Baltimore Catechism, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Roman Catechism
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know. I was deacon for a TLM Solemn today, so I didn’t preach at that Mass, but I took the next Mass, … Read More
23 April is “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”! Newly discovered act of a rare play….
After Masses this morning, TLM and NO, I had lunch and nap. I awoke with a start. Today, I suddenly realized, is… TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY! Yes, it is the birthday of the Bard. In the past I have encouraged … Read More
Fr. Murray, Prof. Royal on “Deaconettes”, ‘Amoris laetitia’, Liturgy, Communion in the hand
My good friend Fr. Murray was on EWTN the other day along with Prof. Robert Royal. Outstanding. They react to Card. Sarah, Bp. Morlino, Thomas Reese, SJ, James Martin, SJ, Card. Schoenborn, etc. Oh boy! Speaking of JESUITS… HERE
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Bp. Morlino, deaconesses, deaconettes, Fr. Gerald Murray, Robert Royal
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