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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Sanation of Protestant marriage without dispensation
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you Father for your great blog! Are there situations where it would be appropriate to get a marriage regularised as a natural marriage even though there is a possibility it could be sacramental? I ask … Read More
ASK FATHER: Three questions from a sinner who wants to come home.
From a reader… QUAERUNTUR: I have been gone from the Church for about 10 years, and I am just starting the journey of coming home; I am a disgusting sinful mess… I have 3 questions [I usually take one at a … Read More
ASK FATHER: Baptized Greek Orthodox but left
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was baptized Greek Orthodox but left the church for 10 years. I so want to return. Can I just start going again? This is unclear. Do you mean that you want to return to the Greek Orthodox … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Can lectors still bless bread?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: We have lector and acolyte installations today and tomorrow here at the seminary. Some of us got into a debate about whether or not the old provision for lectors to bless bread and acolytes to bless … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Getting rid” of Hosts
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am an instituted acolyte in a parish that does not properly understand the office. This past Holy Thursday, I served at Mass. My girlfriend and I arrived early to help the “liturgical director” in the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Maniple and zucchetto in the Novus Ordo
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can Priests in the USA use the maniple in a N.O. Mass? Same question regarding the use of a black Zucchetto? The maniple? Yes, priests can use the maniple during Holy Mass according to the Novus Ordo, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Valid marriage in hospital room?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I were married in my father-in-law’s hospital room. He was dying of stomach cancer and we wanted him to witness our marriage. We had planned on holding the ceremony in the chapel of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Continuously adding tap water to Holy Water
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I recently discovered that a Sacristan at the NO parish I attend is filling the Holy Water tank with water taken from the public washroom tap…no priest is blessing this. The Holy Water in this tank is … Read More
ASK FATHER: Inviting children to stand around the altar? Fail!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I have been taking our young children to “children’s Masses” in our diocese for several years, [WHY?!?] and it has become common at every church we have attended (including the cathedral) at Sunday … Read More
ASK FATHER: St. Michael Prayer after Novus Ordo Masses
From a reader… I am a parishioner at ___. In general, we have been blessed … with clergy who are either traditionally-minded, or at least not hostile to tradition. Several years ago, one of the priests started us praying the … Read More
