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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: Humidifiers filled with Holy Water
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I saw a meme today to the effect of: Humidifiers fill air with water molecules from a source of water. If that source of water was Holy Water, would it essentially cleanse the room of all … Read More
ASK FATHER: Hypothetically, can a Pope dogmatically teach heresy? Wherein Fr. Z speculates.
NB: I revise a bit, below. From a reader… QUAERITUR: What if the Pope were to dogmatically declare that [insert major heresy here] was true? I don’t have an answer for this, which means I am utterly dependent on faith … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged dogma, heresy, St. Robert Bellarmine
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ASK FATHER: What can the acolyte do and wear?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering if you know the rubrics or know where the rubrics for lay instituted acolytes in the EF can be found? At my parish, we try and do a lot of things in the extraordinary … Read More
ASK FATHER: Validity of sacraments from a schismatic priest
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I recently discovered that Fr. Paul Wickens was schismatic priest. All we ever knew about him, we learned from our family. We attend Holy Mass at the chapel he built (now run by … Read More
ASK FATHER: What does the comma really say?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When listening to a Collect (or any similar prayer) in Latin, whether OF or EF, I notice that the priest tends to “punctuate” the final phrase as such: “in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula … Read More
ASK FATHER: “take” Communion instead of “receive”? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In light of your recent question about “First Eucharist ” I was wondering about something else heard frequently. When referring to reception of the Blessed Sacrament some people say they are going to “take” Communion. When … Read More
ASK FATHER: First Eucharist or First Communion?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have noticed an uptake lately in referring to first communion as first Eucharist, usually by people who insist on referring to extraordinary ministers of holy communion as Eucharistic ministers. The uptake seems frequent and widespread … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to convince a priest to learn the Traditional Latin Mass?
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: Our vicar is a very devout priest from Poland but today I heard him saying “the ordinary form is enough for me”. What do you suggest to do in order to convince him to offer the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can lay people baptize?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: May a lay natural father baptize his own child? As an expectant father, I have heard conflicting views on this practice. Obviously, the priest is the proper and ordinary authority for this, I was simply curious. … Read More
