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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: Should I ask for my home to be blessed, but with the Roman Ritual and not the Book of Blessings?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you very much for your continued ministry to all of us who depend on you for clarity in these uncertain times. I have read many of your posts regarding blessings and I am still somewhat … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Do you know a time with blessed bishops?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: YOU: “reasonable or not, charitable or not, moral or not.” [I wrote that HERE] Write more about that during history. I doubt this was different in the past… pre CV2… Generally, bishops were ever crooks. Machiavelians … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged bishops
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ASK FATHER: Why are the Novus Ordo and the Traditional Latin Mass just two “forms” instead of two different “rites”?
UPDATE 9 July: You might go over to The Remnant and watch Peter Kwasneiwski’s talk at the Roman Forum on the issue I treat, below, and a lot more. One of the important points he makes is the ever-increasing ultramontanism … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Brick by Brick, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Greg DiPippo, idoneus, Peter Kwasniewski, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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23 Comments
ASK FATHER: Can bishops or priests forbid Communion on the tongue?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Please help me to understand something about Communion on the hand. As I’m understanding it, people can receive Communion on the hand if they want to but also on the tongue if they want that and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Ought we import elements of the Traditional Latin Mass into the Novus Ordo?
From a priest reader…. QUAERITUR: As both the Extraordinary and the Ordinary Forms of the Mass have their own respective set of rubrics (the former being more detailed than the latter), my question relates to those priests celebrating both forms: … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest removes maniple and chasuble before preaching
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, I am about Duck Duck go’d out on this and still can not find any answers. I attend weekly mass at an institute of Christ the King oratory and in our mass’s after the … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to participate at Mass with a fussy baby? Wherein Fr. Z lays down principles.
This is a terrific question, equally applicable to the Traditional Latin Mass, Novus Ordo, Divine Liturgy… From a “Young TLM Dad”… QUAERITUR: Hello Father, Since starting to attend the TLM on a more regular basis I noticed that mine, and … Read More
ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to confession this afternoon. It was my first time going at this particular church. When the priest asked me to say an Act of Contrition, I started, “O my God, I am heartily sorry…” … Read More
ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was recently reading Quigley’s “The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary.” In it he mentions that vocal recitation was necessary to validly fulfill the obligation of reciting the office. Does this still hold … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can deacons use the Rituale Romanum to bless things?
From a deacon…. QUAERITUR: Is it your opinion that a deacon can use most of the blessings contained in the older form of the Ritual? I took this for granted during formation for diaconal ordination, and totally dismissed the Book … Read More
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