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- on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “According to Anthony Stine at Return to Tradition, there was an earthquake in that area after this pagan event.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling: “Yes, you think it’s funny, but have you ever been in a fight with a goose. WELL HAVE YOU? No,…”
- on Tickets to attend the Beatification of Archbp. Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, 24 Sept: “$15 isn’t much, compared with travel and lodging. It certainly isn’t concert or game ticket prices, so I doubt very…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1684: “ProfessorCover, you’re describing Caroline Cowles Richards’ diaries. Read them for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33756/33756-h/33756-h.htm WCV, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books are…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling: “Fr. Foley is a good priest. He was helpful to me during my own discernment process. He also spent some…”
- on 20 August – St. Bernard of Clairvaux the “Doctor Mellifluus”: “What are we to make of this… ??? Awful lot of this kind of thing around now. Makes me think…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling: “the Lepanto article is very lengthy and both depressing and infuriating. it reminds me of something i heard from a…”
- on Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!: “Hmm let’s see. I can believe what the Church had taught since the Fourth Century, or I can believe what…”
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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: Is still possible to gain indulgences during a papal interregnum?
From a reader…. QUAERUNTUR: I was wondering if it is still possible to gain indulgences during a papal interregnum (i.e., praying for the Holy Father’s intentions being a requirement to gain the indulgence)? Also are there any traditional practices during … Read More
ASK FATHER: How can Septuagesima and Sexagesima be “70th” and “60”? It doesn’t add up.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I don’t get it. “Septuagesima” means “seventieth” and “sexagesima” means “sixtieth”, which are ten apart. But the Sundays are seven days apart. 10 isn’t 7. Is there an explanation? Here is something I’ve penned before. Roman … Read More
PRAYERCAzT: Singing the 2024 Christmas Proclamation or Kalendas in Latin (audio), – and a hard ASK FATHER question
First, the Kalendas. For years I’ve posted about this. It was/is a custom for centuries before Mass begins to sing the Kalendas, the solemn announcement of the birth of the Savior at Prime. Since Prime isn’t being sung in many places, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Book about Mary in the Old Testament
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, Merry Christmas, almost. I’m looking a resource/s that will help me see Our Lady in the Old Testament. I know there are many passages that allude, foreshadow or indirectly tell us about her. I would … Read More
ASK FATHER: What if Father misses with water during one of the three pours during a Baptism.
From a priest reader… Thank you for your post: HERE (very helpful; answered a question of mine some time ago). I have had some discussions with some of our Priests regarding Baptism. Here’s a scenario that came up: Many times, baby … Read More
Surprise! I found them. Sorry about that.
I have been wondering why I hadn’t seen “Ask Father” questions for a while. Then I discovered that an old email filter had decided to work and was funneling questions into an old folder I had made to make it … Read More
ASK FATHER: 8 December 2024 is Immaculate Conception but also the 2nd Sunday of Advent – What to do? – UPDATED
From a priest reader… This year the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December, falls on the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Which has precedence? It is transferred in the Novus Ordo. Is it transferred in the Traditional Latin Mass? My initial reaction … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I absolve you of your sins, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”… invalid?
From a cleric reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering if I received valid absolution. The priest in confession said the entire formula correctly but at the very end he said “I absolve you of your sins, the Father, the Son and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is Baptism valid if one person says the words and another person pours the water?
From a priest friend (summarized): QUAERITUR: At Gloria.TV there is a story about aberrations in Germany [Imagine my shock!]. One was a Baptism problem: the priest said the words while the godfather poured the water. Is this a valid Baptism? … Read More
ASK FATHER: Home Chapel How To’s – consecrated chalice and paten? Wherein Fr. Z rants
I’ve been getting notes about, and seeing chatter about on the interwebs, people setting up home chapels just in case. I think it is good to have one anyway, not just in case. In any event, while it is relatively easy to … Read More
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