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- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “I just saw that there is an article on Aleteia entitled : Pope Leo carries Eucharist among 1.2 million people.…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “THE Mystery of faith…gone from the novus ordo in the Consecration and instead there is a choice of “a mystery…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “As a proof, we could turn to secular society and notice that during the covid lockdowns, when the unwashed masses…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “@Venerator Sti Lot Latin is concrete (as we would expect from the inventors of concrete) and so it assumes the…”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 74-75: Last Day: “Safe travels back to the USA Father. Our parish is having a procession tonight following the 5 PM Sunday evening…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: ““not all the writers intend something heterodox. They’re just trying to sound deep.” The English poet, the catholic John Dryden,…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “Suddenly realizing with fresh emphasis how bad my canonical/theological Latin is, it occurs to me to wonder what real, living…”
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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: Must I avoid TV, news, movies if you know that the Lord’s Name will be taken in vain?
From readers… Lector 1 quaeritur: Must I refrain from listening to a useful source of news and information because the presenter takes the Lord’s Name in vain or curses? Lector 2 quaeritur: Is it a sin to watch a movie … Read More
ASK FATHER: Subtle different between “Laetare” and “Gaudete”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can you explain the difference between gaudete and laetare? Gaudete seems to be 2nd person plural, imperative, while laetare appears to be an infinitive, both seem to mean rejoice in those respective forms. But the roots … Read More
ASK FATHER: Abstinence on a Friday of Lent that is also the Feast of the Annunciation. What to do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is required / recommended regarding fasting and abstinence when a solemnity falls on a Friday in Lent? And another… I can’t make out if the Lenten Friday rule of abstinence applies to the Solemnity tomorrow? … Read More
ASK FATHER: No snails this year? No leaping over fires or burning witches?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: For eight years (this will be the ninth) my family has hosted a party on Midsummer’s Eve, complete with sung Vespers (last four years with a priest), bonfire, homemade water slide, and much food. Once or … Read More
ASK FATHER: Pre-owned engagement or wedding ring. Exorcism?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thanks for everything you do, your blog has been tremendously helpful over the years. My girlfriend and I are getting engaged soon and when we went ring shopping, our favorite one was previously owned. I want … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can I marry my godfather’s daughter?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it okay, if I marry my godfather’s daughter? We are not related by blood. An excellent question. St. Thomas Aquinas – whose feast it is today in the Vetus Ordo – wrote of spiritual affinity … Read More
ASK FATHER: The responsibilities of godparents when their godchildren are not close by
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Could you talk about the responsibilities of godparents when their godchildren are not in close proximity? My wife and I have a goddaughter who lives halfway across the country, and we pray for her every day, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest berated me for confessing venial sins and then used the wrong form of absolution. What should I do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I recently attempted to make a good confession. Aside from the fact that the priest literally berated me for confessing “venial sins” which he said “have no place in the confessional”, after my act of contrition … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I messed around with a Ouija board years ago and I believe spirits attached to me from it.”
From a reader… I messed around with the ouija board years ago and I believe spirit’s attached to me from it I have renounced using this and have nothing to do with it anymore can I ask you to please … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to ask God to strike down an enemy of the Church?
From a reader: Is it a sin to ask God to strike down an enemy of the Church? Christ the Lord has commanded us to love our enemies (Matthew 5:44). Love for “enemy” comes in different forms. It can be … Read More
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