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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: transferring Epiphany for the TLM to Sunday
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, Here we go again… The PCED [Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei] affirmed that it was OK with them (or at least with Msgr. Perl) for a Novus Ordo parish to have the TLM said on … Read More
QUAERITUR: Drafted into directing a TLM choir! HELP!
From a reader: I wondered if you might be able to help me, I know you’re busy so please don’t bother yourself if you don’t have a quick answer or resource. I got elected, recruited, uh more like drafted into … Read More
QUAERITUR: which Marian antiphon after Compline?
From a reader: Compline ends with a Marian antiphon, as you know. For the Advent and Christmas seasons, the proper antiphon is the "Alma Redemptoris Mater." After that, you pick up the "Ave Regina Caelorum" through Lent. This is true … Read More
QUAERITUR: stole over the chasuble
From a reader: Visiting my grandmother out here in Texas and went to Mass Saturday evening. Saw the priest was wearing his stole on top of the chasuble. I seriously thought about asking him, politely, if he was aware it … Read More
QUAERITUR: 1 January Mass obligation and SSPX chapel
From a reader: Does the Mass according to the Traditional calendar for January 1 satisfy the Holy Day obligation for that day? We are in Belgium and would like to attend a traditional Mass, since the other churches in Belgium … Read More
QUAERITUR: music for a Low Mass
From a reader: I have been asked to coordinate the creation of a Schola Cantorum at a church in our diocese that plans to offer the Extraordinary Form of the Mass beginning on First Friday in February. (They have not … Read More
QUAERITUR: kissing the ring of a bishop
From a reader: I am a daily reader of your blog and have learned a number of things over the last few months. So, thank you. However, I have a question… I am planning on attending the installation of Msgr. Barry … Read More
QUAERITUR: From the Shrine, a question about “ad orientem”
There is an interesting entry over at The Shrine, where a Latin word/term common to WDTPRS has caught my eye. Make sure you check it. Let’s have a look. In Spirit of the Liturgy, Cardinal Ratzinger famously writes that the … Read More
QUAERITUR: SSPX wedding
From a reader: My cousin is soon to be married in a SSPX church, a church which his family has been attending for twenty years, since he was in fourth grade. I read on a Catholic website that such a … Read More
QUAERITUR: servers sitting on steps during TLM
From a reader: Have you any information regarding alter servers sitting on the steps of the sanctuary during a TLM Mass? This is occurring in a local parish during the times when the celebrant sits (while the choir sings the … Read More
