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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
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
QUAERITUR: Rose vestments during the week after Gaudete Sunday?
Rosacea vestments during the week after the 3rd Sunday of Advent? I reader sent me this: In re: Rosacea, today I came across this interesting instruction, found in "Matters Liturgical" 9th edition (1956): 119. b. Rose-color vestments may also be worn, … Read More
QUAERITUR: satifying 1 January Mass obligation
From a reader: Per the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is a holy day of obligation — one of the few non-Sundays throughout the year when Catholics are required … Read More
QUAERITUR: I can sew, embroider, make – how do I make vestments?
From a reader. Perhaps some of you can help her: Hello Father Z, Before I call the parish office and volunteer, I wondered if you or your readers could recommend a reliable source on doing the fancy sewing for Mass … Read More
QUAERITUR: antiphons during midday hours in new office
From a seminarian: I have a small but irksome question about the Divine Office. In the "new" Breviary, during this time in Advent there is but one antiphon, but three Psalms for the recitation of one of the Midday hours. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Not genuflecting during Novus Ordo Mass when crossing tabernacle
From a reader: Could you comment on part of GIRM #274, specifically: "If, however, the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is present in the sanctuary, the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and … Read More
QUAERITUR: chaplaincy
From a priest reader: Do you know of any traditionally minded communities of sisters or Catholic schools where a chaplain is needed to celebrate the TLM, hear confessions, give conferences, etc? I am afraid I don’t, Father. Sorry. Perhaps … Read More
hwriggles4 on Daily Rome Shot 1654: another jackass: “The priest dancing reminds me about ten years ago I attended a Spanish Mass at the parish close to my…”
