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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Why doesn’t baptism require a delegation from the bishop?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Why is it that some sacraments require a delegation from the bishop, i.e., penance and marriage? Why doesn’t baptism fall under this heading? The reason that baptism doesn’t require delegation from the bishop or the pastor … Read More
Good Friday FASTING and ABSTINENCE explained, links to recipes, notes about what breaks the fast, what doesn’t
It’s Good Friday! Here are a couple of recipes for good food for this day of fasting and abstinence. Since I made the lentils, by the way, I now have celery and I won’t have to improvise. Fr. Z’s Kitchen: … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged abstinence, fasting, Good Friday
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ASK FATHER: What does Jesus mean by “where the body is, there also the vultures will gather” (Luke 17:37)?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At the end of His teaching on the the Day of the Son of Man in St. Luke’s Gospel, Jesus says something that has always left me puzzled. What does Jesus mean by “where the body … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, The Drill
Tagged Luke 17:35, Matthew 24:28
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2 Comments
GALLUP: US Church membership declining FAST
I’ve been incessantly writing and talking about a “demographic sinkhole” opening up under the Church in these USA. Gallup published (oddly, under “Politics”) about US Church membership. When you go over there to read the article, be aware that they … Read More
Card. Sarah – @Card_R_Sarah – calls for reversal of the St. Peter’s Suppression of daily Masses
At the National Catholic Register (never to be confused with the Fishwrap), we read that Robert Card. Sarah has joined his voice to those of Cards. Raymond L. Burke, Gerhard L. Müller and Walter Brandmüller, who have objected to the St. … Read More
“If great big bishops will not guard the noble deposit, then it may be time to depose them.
At Crisis today there is a well-written, well-argued piece by Regis Martin which merits wide attention. Share it. Does the Church No Longer Defend the Deposit of Faith? The writer laments that we are living in strange times: “Times in … Read More
ASK FATHER: 1st Friday Communion and pre-55 Good (1st) Friday (no Communion): What to do?
I had this question come in…. QUAERITUR: I’m curious to know what happens to First Friday and First Saturday devotions when the Triduum falls on those days. I’ve searched the Internet a bit and cannot readily locate guidance. Is it … Read More
Finding the TLM in S. Peter’s now that Masses have been suppressed.
This is the first day for the heartless, lawless San Pietro Suppression (SPS) of Holy Mass by individual priests at the many altars of the Basilica. The Traditional Latin Mass is restricted to a single altar in the Clementine Chapel … Read More
Welcome to AEQUINOCTIUM!
In the North, which is where most of you readers are, it is the first day of Spring, the Vernal Equinox, today. We are interested in this day in particular because we date Easter as the 1) first Sunday 2) … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged equinox, Vernal Equinox
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