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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
PRAYERCAzT 26: 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR)
Welcome to another rapid installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will learn the antiphons, orations and readings for the 4th Sunday after Easter in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I read the texts and then sing … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, PRAYERCAzT: What Does The (Latin) Prayer Really Sound L, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged EASTER, podcast, prayercazt, prayers
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PRAYERCAzT 25: Preface of Easter – Missale Romanum 1962 & 2002
Welcome to another rapid installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will hear the Preface of Easter as it is in the 1962 Missale Romanum as well as the 2002 edition. I speak the Preface and … Read More
QUAERITUR: no Asperges or Vidi aquam
From a reader about the Vidi Aquam and Asperges… not to be confused with the wonderful vegetable: At nearly every single High Mass I have attended, whether FSSP, ICR or SSPX, including most diocesan TLMs, the High Mass is preceded … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged asperges, sacramentals, vidi aquam
35 Comments
35 Comments
QUAERITUR: substituting for a subdeacon
From a seminarian reader, rewritten for anonymity: I was told that having a layman (including a seminarian/acolyte) serve as a sub-deacon constitutes an abuse. Sed contra, the FSSP regularly has seminarian sub-deacons. Do you know of any official documents which … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Classic Posts, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Solemn Mass, subdeacon, TLM
41 Comments
41 Comments
QUAERITUR: I was supposed to love the TLM, but I hated it!
From a reader with my emphases and comments: I’ve been following your blog quite attentively for a few months now and all my reading convinced me that I needed to give the Extraordinary Form of the Mass a try ASAP. … Read More
QUAERITUR: a proper genuflection
From a reader: I happened to note in O’Connell, II, 1940, p. 23: "… the Celebrant, when genuflecting at the foot of the altar (especially when genuflecting on the step), must not turn sideways, but directly face the tabernacle." … Read More
How to light the really tall candles
The other day we were talking about candles and their composition. You know the old phrase… don not try this at home? From a priest reader: Fr Z. now that altars are becoming higher and higher, so to speak, some … Read More
How to receive Communion on the tongue (or “Don’t bite the priest!”)
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! I was alerted by a reader to a post by Fr. Mark Mossa, SJ, in Cambridge, MA. Father wrote, with my emphases and comments. I wrote a post a while back in … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate: “I spoke with the sisters in Rome who do these corporals. I was told that they use a particular kind…”
