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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERUNTUR: SSPX questions
From a reader: i’m a reader of your blog and i want to ask you some questions.here they are: 1. is it a sin to attend to sspx chapels?2. is it also a sin to receive the sacraments in their … Read More
QUAERITUR: relics and lost documents: what to do?
From a reader: I thought you would be just the one to ask… I have several first class relics without their "papers." Is there anyway these relics can be authenticated for public veneration? Perhaps someplace they can be sent to … Read More
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QUAERITUR: English language for the Office
From a reader: A priest friend of mind does not like the Grail Psalter translation. He tends to think the bishops saw the word, ‘Grail’ and thought ‘that would be good!’ but no. He doesn’t like the ‘Glory be to … Read More
QUAERITUR ALIBI: Why isn’t Mary considered a priest?
Mark Shea in his blog, Catholic and Enjoying It, has a good Q&A: A reader asks: Why isn’t Mary [the Mother of God] considered the first priest since she actually brought Christ into this world? Well, in a certain sense … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why in the TLM are Gospels mostly from Matthew?
A question from a priest friend, for some discussion. A question from a confrère. Why does the 1962MR have scriptural readings that are mostly from Paul’s Epistles and Matthew’s Gospel? I don’t know. I suppose is makes sense that … Read More
QUAERITUR: reserving two ciboria, for TLM and for Novus Ordo
From a priest reader: Firstly, I’ve been a reader of the blog for a long time now, and it’s really fantastic. Thank you for your efforts. I have a question: Is it permissible to reserve in the tabernacle a separate … Read More
QUAERITUR: Communion patens or plates
From a reader: Could you please explain the difference between "patena" and "patina" in the Latin original of paragraph 118 of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (2002)? In the English, this is translated as "paten" and "Communion plate", respectively. The … Read More
QUAERITUR: Stations of the Cross – photos of poor people, not the Lord
From a reader: While on a college visit in Virginia, my son and I visited the Campus Catholic Ministry and noticed the room that was used for Mass had “Stations of the Cross” around the periphery. I use quotes because … Read More
QUAERITUR: TLMs in modern churches in far-flung places
From a reader: I am soon moving to a rather desolate and remote location in the world: Alaska. I know there are a lot of "issues" with the churches where I am going but one of my biggest concerns is … Read More
QUAERITUR: words for the Precious Blood twice, none for the Body
From a reader: This Sunday, … at the time of the Consecration, the priest accidentally used the words of consecration for the Cup both when he was holding the Cup and when he was holding the Host. He never said … Read More
ProfessorCover on REMINDER: “The Life of Little Saint Placid”: “Wow!”
