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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: As a lay woman, should I have a “Mass kit” in my “Bug Out Bag”?
From a readerette… QUAERITUR: I am thinking of what to put in an emergency kit/ bug out kit and wondered if I as laity and as a female could have a Mass kit in my “bag” in case of emergency … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged BOB, bug out bag, EDC, TEOTWAWKI
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20 Comments
ASK FATHER: Timing of announcements during Holy Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My parish has been assigned a parochial administrator. Since he has arrived, we have had nearly weekly post-homily announcements. What I mean is that our priests finish their homily and the parochial administrator or someone from … Read More
ASK FATHER: Religious Ed teacher controls First Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At our parish the head of the RE [Religious Education] is adamant that no child is allowed sacramental prep without having come to RE for a minimum of one year with good attendance. We home school … Read More
ASK FATHER: Stuck at work for all Sunday obligation Masses
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I work 12 hour shifts at a hospital, including 1 weekend a month. This means even Saturday night Mass is out of the question. Is it a sin to miss Mass because I am required to work? I … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can priest forbid 1st Communion at a TLM at another parish? Wherein Fr. Z calls for “remedial everything”.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: There’s a family who attends and is members at an Ordinary Form parish, who would like their child to do first communion in the Extraordinary Form. The EF is held monthly at a different parish. The … Read More
ASK FATHER: Traditional Baptism but with parts in English?
From a priestly reader… QUAERITUR: I am a parish priest who often does an Ad Orientem Novus Ordo Mass. I was approached by a family asking for a baptism using the Extraordinary Form. I am happy to do so, given the evident … Read More
ASK FATHER: Same amount of grace at every Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My Spiritual Director tells me the NO and TLM are the same. The same amount of grace is dispensed in both. His statement does not give me peace of soul. This priest offers the TLM 1/month for the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged graces, NO, TLM
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26 Comments
ASK FATHER: Am I obliged to receive Communion?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: As a recently baptized Catholic (2016, entirely in the traditional form), I am used to attending the TLM or a NO mass at a monastery (and so without EMHCs). I occasionally sing in a choir at a Sunday afternoon … Read More
ASK FATHER: Non-Catholic in a confessional… does the Seal apply?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A person enters the confessional and starts with the usual: “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned…” She recount a sin, and ask for advice about it: what should she have done, what should she do about that sin … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can I teach at an SSPX school?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Minimal background for context: Recently, the SSPX sent out an e-mail looking for teachers for their schools, including one in my area. […] [S]o even after over 2 years of job hunting, I haven’t been able … Read More
