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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: The “liturgist”
You know the jokes… What’s the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist? … or You find yourself with two terrorists and liturgist and only have two bullets in your gun…. So, today I received this question: Fr. Z, I … Read More
QUAERITUR: audibility of prayers during a TLM
I got this from a reader. Dear Father, I have always wondered about the sound during TLM’s. Now first off, I have only attended one low Mass. It was a beautiful experience, however I found myself wishing that I could … Read More
QUAERITUR: Before the Council we had the TLM, so why did things go wrong?
I received this from a reader. Good questions are raised in the wake of Summorum Pontificum and "Save the Liturgy Save the World", as well as "Say the Black Do the Red" and many other of the points I raise … Read More
QUAERITUR: Visiting priest and baptism with the OLD Rite
Here is a question from e-mail, useful for people and priests alike: Dear Fr. Z., We are expecting our 6th baby in August and I asked our "Sunday" priest if he would come up to do the baptism at our … Read More
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
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