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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Publications to help Lutherans come into the Church in 2017?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was raised Lutheran and most of my family (4 siblings) still are (one sibling has gone Evangelical). I pray daily for the conversion of all my siblings and their families to the Holy Catholic Church … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged 2017, Lutherans
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14 Comments
ASK FATHER: Of brewing beer, beery prayers, and blessings
From a reader… I recently took up homebrewing as a hobby. Are there any traditional prayers, say from monastic brewers, that I can pray while I enjoy my new hobby? I’m reminded of the old chestnut about whether it is … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged beer, blessings, Rituale Romanum
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“Bring back the good old days of diocesan laws that have the form of law.”
Last July Robert Card. Sarah made a personal (not official) bid to priests to begin celebration of Holy Mass ad orientem, and that a good time to do that would be this coming Advent. I hope many priests will do this, … Read More
Priests can indeed decline to hear confessions face-to-face
e must revive the Sacrament of Penance. Fathers! Preach about it! Also, make sure that you have usable confessionals. Via California Catholic: Confessionals required in every parish Sacramento diocese reminds parishes they must “provide a fixed grille between the penitent and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father says Mass without a chasuble, only a stole over the alb
From a reader… QUAERITUR: It is my pastor’s practice to wear only the alb and stole when he says Mass on weekdays. I find this very distracting and irreverent. Is a priest required to wear a chasuble when saying Mass? … Read More
30 November – MADISON – Confirmation in the Traditional Rite
His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, has graciously consented to confer the sacrament of Confirmation according to the traditional form of the Roman Rite on the evening of Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at St. Mary’s Church in … Read More
“If I were a bishop, I would send round formidable, even terrifying, hit squads of young clergy…”
We have to get serious about our sacred liturgical worship. Every initiative we undertake in the Church must begin in worship and come back to worship. If our liturgical worship is screwed up, nothing else will work correctly. From Fr. … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during your Mass for your Sunday obligation? Let us know. For my part – on this 19th Sunday after Pentecost -taking my cue from the Epistle and from the Lord’s parable … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged cassock, surplice, vesting prayers
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23 Comments
ASK FATHER: Will all be saved?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is there a reasonable hope that all souls will be saved since it is a part of our liturgy? No. That is not reasonable. It is wishful thinking. Many will be lost. The feel good of … Read More
