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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Does drinking alcohol before wedding affect validity of marriage?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Would one of a couple going to a bar for a moderate amount of alcoholic drink before a nuptial Mass have any effect on the validity of a marriage? Marriage is a serious thing. Matrimony should be entered into … Read More
ASK FATHER: I made a hasty promise to God. Now what?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At one time in my life I hastily made two promises to God: 1-) Never commit a certain sin; 2-) Never drink coffee again. Certainly, promise 1 should never have been made, but I digress. My question … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Marriage in “another suitable place”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My grandson will be married in a year. He has not been baptized but raised in a Christian home. His wife to be is Catholic. He insists their marriage can take place in a hotel and witnessed by … Read More
Fr. Z’s Voice Mail or ¡Hagan lío!
I have had a few voice mails recently, some from the USA and a couple from the UK. I generally don’t return calls, but I do get your messages. To the person in Buffalo, NY last week, yes, profanation of … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Crossing arms to receive Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been regularly attending the Traditional Latin Mass for the last two years and have been an altar boy at the TLM for the past year and a half. I have noticed that a fair … Read More
Friday Abstinence, the Octave of Easter and You
Each year during the Octave of Easter – and of Christmas – there is a Friday. Fridays are days of penance, usually observed by abstinence from meat. So, can one eat meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter? The … Read More
Your mobile phone and you
On another note, I saw a post at the Charles Carroll Society page about how some government agencies have used “StingRay” tech to get into your mobile phone. I am not overly concerned about this myself, since I am probably already being … Read More
ASK FATHER: Non-seminarian Lectors and Acolytes
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can laymen who are not in the seminary, upon request, receive the orders of lector and acolyte? My parish likes having me read, they say I am good at it, but I am not sure that … Read More
ASK FATHER: Sequence ‘Victimae paschali laudes’ on Divine Mercy Sunday
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Our Canadian Ordo says we may use the sequence Victimae paschale laudes on this coming Second Sunday of Easter, which sequence I dearly love. Such was not the case in the Missal of St Pius V, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can the pre-1955 Holy Week Rites be used?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is there a specific rule banning the use of the pre-55 holy week rites, and really the pre-55 missal as a whole? Or may a priest use it if he desires? Some say, and with good reason, that … Read More
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