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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: “Is it possible for the structure of the Church to be the ‘wrong’ church, while the ‘true’ Church is elsewhere?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: One of the most used terms regarding problems in the Church is that it is indefectable, implying that there is no need to worry about this or that issue, soon God will resolve it. But there … Read More
ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is one to do when the new and old Vulgates differ to such a high degree, the entire context is changed? What context is correct? For example, Psalm 143 from the traditional translation presents the … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Are limits to the trope-ability of the Kyrie?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am wondering if there are limits to the trope-ability of the Kyrie. Today I attended a parish that my husband and I usually avoid — although it is probably our territorial parish — because of … Read More
ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I understand that before Vatican 2, only the priests distributed Holy Communion. There are conservative people who think that it is fine for lay men to be Eucharistic ministers if need be, but not women. While … Read More
ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have taken your advice from almost a decade ago in a previous «Quæritur» to heart; I want to help the church where I live and be a diocesan priest. The issue I am struggling with … Read More
ASK FATHER: How can we, as lay Catholics, pass on the Faith given heterodoxy coming from high places?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father Z., I see you include soon-to-be Bl. Fulton Sheen’s comments on your sidebar: Don’t rely on popes, bishops and priests. “He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church … Read More
ASK FATHER: My territorial parish is awful. I’ve tried. But I have my family to think of. Should I say or should I go?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hello Father, I was raised (although not Catholic, I am a convert) to believe that you support your territorial parish no matter what, and attend their services and volunteer for their ministries, because even if the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priests tells me to say Act of Contrition outside the confessional, afterward
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I went to a local church (non TLM) near my place of employment for confession after work. Please allow me to give them props for that. My question is about a posted sign that says the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is the Collect from Leo’s “Mass for Creation” heretical?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: The first line (firstborn of all creation) strikes me as calling the Son a creation and therefore not coeternal with the Father. Seems to be an error. I may be interpreting this wrong and would like … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I have been looking for a retirement community close by a stable TLM. Do you have any clues on that?” Fr. Z asks help from the readership.
I need to open this one up to the readership. From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you for all the instructions, rants, and articles. Out here in the trenches, it is becoming untenable. My health has been in recovery mode all … Read More
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