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- JonPatrick on Daily Rome Shot 1654: another jackass: ““The parish by my office has a congregation that is probably 60 percent Hispanic and while the one Spanish Mass…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “I keep seeing these posts of liturgical abuses in the NO. While these are all valid and quite frankly disturbing,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “I don’t want the Novus Ordo anymore than Jacob wanted Leah.”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “@Tomasthetorque As the saying (sort of) goes, wish in one hand and synodalize in the other, and see which fills…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “This really is a failure to understand that while all four-sided figures are quadrilaterals, some are rhombuses and some are…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “At the local FSSP parish, we were subjected to unseemly triumphalist crowing by the pastor. I’m having a difficult time…”
- on Card. Koch, Prefect for Christian Unity, makes observations about the SSPX: “@PostCatholic Points of Order. 1. The SSPX and those who go to their chapels are not “Lefebvrites”. Let’s refrain from…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “In today’s edition of Rod Dreher diary he has remarks that many of Father Z’s supporter might find interesting. He…”
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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: A Latin among Easterners: what gives?
Another question from e-mail: First allow me to say how much I, as a young convert, have enjoyed and learned a great deal from your blog. My question is, what is the status on Latin Rite Catholics participating in Masses … Read More
QUAERITUR: When does the “clerical state” begin?
I got this question via e-mail: Father, In societies that use the 1962 Missal, when does a man become a cleric? The current 1983 Code says they become a cleric at the diaconate. Do societies like the FSSP and ICK … Read More
QUAERITUR: congregational responses at TLM
This question came via e-mail: I have seen a number of patterns of spoken congregational response in Masses in the Extraordinary Form. Occasionally you get something like the old "Dialogue Mass", a low Mass where the congregation joins the server … Read More
QUAERITUR: Maniple required for TLM? “Reformed” vestments?
I got this question by e-mail: Greetings Father, A question that the bishop and I were discussing today…If a priest celebrates Mass according to the Missal of 1962, is he REQUIRED to wear a maniple? Certainly it would be preferable, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Resources for Anglicans thinking about the Roman Church
I want to put this question, which I received via e-mail, out there to you readers. I edited it a little. I have been reading your blog as a "lurker" for some months now and give thanks regularly for your … Read More
QUAERITUR: Do SSPXers think new rites of ordination are valid?
This question came up in a comment under another entry. Some SSPX priests and some of the people in the pew have doubted the validity of the new rite of Ordination. Is this a block? Are the priests who hold … Read More
QUAERITUR: Distinction of Masses, TLM and NO
This question came in via e-mail: Father, a brief question. In the TLM, there is a clear distinction between the Low Mass, the High Mass, the Pontifical Mass, etc. Is there such a distinction in the Novus Ordo? I mean, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses
What’s up with the term "Gregorian Mass"? Or "Gregorian Rite"? The other day in London Dario Castrillon Hoyos spoke of the Gregorian Rite saying "this is the just [correct] name for the Extraordinary Form,". I think we can call the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can priests refuse to say the TLM or the Novus Ordo?
Another question: Dear Fr Z — Is an individual priest of the Latin Rite permitted to say Mass only in the Ordinary Form or only in the Extraordinary Form? Or will all priests be required to use both forms, at … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can seminarians wear birettas?
A question from the internet: Hi Father, I first want to say thank you for your great work for the Lord and the Church!!! Many thanks. My question is whether or not a seminarian is allowed to wear the … Read More
JonPatrick on Daily Rome Shot 1654: another jackass: ““The parish by my office has a congregation that is probably 60 percent Hispanic and while the one Spanish Mass…”
