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Monthly Archives: January 2018
ASK FATHER: How do I find out which territorial parish I live in?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A recent post of yours got me wondering, how do I know what my territorial parish is? I live in a medium city and there are three parishes almost equidistant to my house. My wife and … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged can. 518, parish
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Who cares what libs think? Boldly recover and use great traditional items and vesture of yore.
At the newish blog LAJ, Shawn Tribe has a good post about boldness in regard to some traditional vesture and other items of yore. In the 60s Paul VI abolished quite a lot of good things. That was a mistake. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Brick by Brick, Decorum, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The future and our choices
Tagged buckles
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18 Comments
ASK FATHER: If I confess to watching porn, must I say it was homosexual porn?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, recently the catechist at our parish said that, when making our confessions, we ought to mention anything that might aggravate or mitigate the gravity of our sins, so that the confessor can get a clearer … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged confession, Courage, custody of the eyes, homosexuality, porn, pornography, sacrament of penance
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ACTION ITEM! Petition against removal of historic Cross where Fr. Marquette died
I received this request from TFP. It is a good cause. Liberals and atheists are now trying to bring down another historical cross. This one is particularly important to our American heritage. The Father Marquette Memorial Cross in Ludington, Michigan, … Read More
ASK FATHER: We want our children to have reverent Masses. Can we go to the SSPX chapel?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: We are in a desperate situation. We have looked very deeply into the matter, and feel very strongly that the Extraordinary Form of the Mass is the most reverent. We are morally accountable to bring our … Read More
VIDEO Bp. Athanasius Schneider interview about “Amoris laetitia” Controversy
His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, gave an interview on French TV about Pope Francis and the Amoris laetitia controversy that is tearing apart of the unity of the Church in many spheres. The video is available. There are English subtitles. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Should I tell a noisy penitent that we can hear everything said in the confessional?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: There is a young lady who regularly takes a very long time in Confession (25-30 minutes, sometimes longer). She is not making a long confession, and it’s not the priest spending long amounts of time giving … Read More
A false #missilethreat is NOTHING compared to this REAL DEATH THREAT
It’s 8:08 Saturday morning. You’ve slept in on a day off. Your phone has awakened you with a PING. With a measure of resentment you check The Precious™ for its message. You read it once. And again. And – with … Read More
Fr. Murray on EWTN with outstanding commentary on recent developments
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray held the lone guest chair with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN the other night, and the video is now available. Fr. Murray is no-nonsense.
Wherein Fr. Z comments on a @RorateCaeli post about priests, permissions and exorcism prayers. Then @fatherz rants.
At Rorate there is a post especially for priests about the proper and improper use of the exorcism prayers in the older Rituale Romanum. It’s a good service. After providing images of a 2009 letter from the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” … Read More
C.Makeron on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “For my various novena petitions, job situation, conversion of sinners, & the release of the Souls in Purgatory (especially those…”
