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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: Triduum – 1 priest with 2 parishes
From a priest reader: I have recently been appointed Parish Priest (Pastor) of what are at present two canonical parishes. (The two parishes will eventually amalgamate to form one new parish with 2 churches). As the season of Lent approaches … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged paschal candle, Triduum
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23 Comments
QUAERITUR: adding the water to multiple chalices
From a reader: I am wondering what the rule is concerning mixing both wine and water for chalices that will be used for communion under both species. I have seen some priests only add the water to their own chalice, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged chalice
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21 Comments
QUAERITUR: Readings in English during Extraordinary Form Mass
From a reader: Hey Father Zed. I’ve got a question about using the vernacular in the TLM… Last night my fiancee and I went to a TLM and the priest, who had a wonderful voice, sang the mass very well…. … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged English readings, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, TLM
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49 Comments
QUAERITUR: Exultet in two languages
From a reader: Father and the deacons at my parish know that I study chant, and it has been suggested that I sing the Exultet this year. This is one of the first chants I started learning (in Latin of … Read More
QUAERITUR follow up and THANKS to readers!
I has placed a question on the blog about the priests who concelebrate not consuming both species. Because I was probably traveling and didn’t have the chance to dig, I opened things up for answers. Well…! Today, while sitting on … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mass cancelled for bad weather
From a reader: My pastor "canceled" Sunday Mass this morning due to an icy parking lot from a recent snow/ice storm. Needless to say, I live in a part of the country where we rarely have such weather. However, while … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest won’t preach on Sunday assigned to deacon
From a reader: This Sunday my family and I attended a OF mass, [or "Ordinary Form" or Novus Ordo] at the homily, ironically the reading was Christ’s first homily; the priest informed us “This was the Deacons week to preach, … Read More
QUAERITUR: plain unfermented grape juice in chalice for Mass
UPDATE 22 Jan 1553 GMT: I received this from the original questioner: Thanks for the tip, Father. Between you and me, we ordered the mustum, put it in the sacristy fridge, and Father used it without saying a single word. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Do you want all English Masses eliminated?
From a reader (emphasis in the original): Do you want all English Masses eliminated, or a weekly Latin Mass at each parish, or what? Our priest has said that everything that has happened in the last forty years has been … Read More
QUAERITUR: Pre-Conciliar Masses for the deaf
From a reader: I have often wondered if there was any specially approved liturgy for profoundly/ severely deaf people prior to the liturgical reforms of the ’60s? Surely, there must have been some adaptations of the Tridentine Mass to accomadate … Read More
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