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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
ASK FATHER: Projector screens installed in church
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering if you have any ammunition one might use to argue against the installation of projector screens in a church. My son, in seminary, just learned that a fellow seminarian’s home parish has ‘voted’ … Read More
WDTPRS – Sexagesima Sunday: Some will make it but many will not
In the traditional Roman calendar, last week was the first of the pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth” before Easter. This Sunday is called Sexagesima, “Sixtieth”. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. For a fuller explanation, HERE. Pre-Lent Sundays have … Read More
Fathers! Votive options on Tuesday and Thursday after Sexagesima: Passion of the Lord and Reparation for Insults against the Eucharist
Tuesday after Sexagesima Sunday (which, as I write is in two day), there was a tradition of saying a Votive Mass of the Passion of the Lord. There were once various Votive Masses available focusing on the arma Christi, the … Read More
Some necessary reading
Necessary reads today.. At National Catholic Register… Ed Pentin’s piece “‘Great Reset’ Plan Parallels Some of Pope’s Initiatives — But There’s a Crucial Difference”. Lot’s of links in that. And a description of the Great Reset. The Great Reset. The concept … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a referee or umpire bless athletes like a father can bless children?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been officiating sporting events for almost a decade now. Recently, I began to wonder, would I, as a layman ref/umpire, have any spiritual authority to bless either the field of\ play or the players … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can confessors in any way act upon information they receive in confession?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can confessors in any way act upon information they receive in confession? While looking up information regarding the seal of confession, I came across a reference to a fifteenth-century English canonist, William Lyndwood. He states that … Read More
