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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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
Notes on Eucharistic Prayer II
Every once in the while, when I was saying the Novus Ordo far more often than I do today (last Sunday was the first in several months, after the EF and before an EF baptism), why I used the Roman … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged 2nd Eucharistic Prayer, Fr. John Hunwicke, Louis Bouyer
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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: Using the traditional offertory prayers in the Novus Ordo. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… I know a who uses the Old Offertory Prayers when he says an Ordinary Form Mass. Is this okay for a priest to do? Is it a liturgical abuse? The legislation which covers the use of the Extraordinary … Read More
NEW “Pontifical Canon” for use by Bishops in the Extraordinary Form
I just received a copy of the recently reprinted Canon Missae ad usum Episcoporum ac Praelatorum pontificaliter vel non pontificaliter celebrantium, cui accedunt formulae variae e Pontificali Romano depromptae et cantus ad libitum – “Pontifical Canon” for short – done by … Read More
ASK FATHER: What’s with all the kissing in the Extraordinary Form?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering what is the point of kissing in the Extraordinary Form? Such kisses include kissing the priest’s hand after handing the server or deacon his biretta or kissing the celebrant’s hand after handing him … Read More
ASK FATHER: 58 years old, never confessed, given Communion or confirmed. What now?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am 58 years old and was baptized as RC I was never confirmed /never made first holy communion and rarely attended church. I was drawn back to attending church about a year ago and as I am … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is it okay to have an Armenian Apostolic member as godparent for a Catholic?
From a reader… A friend who was baptized, confirmed and received Holy Communion as an infant in the Armenian Apostolic Church regularly assists and receives Holy Communion at Mass, in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman Rite. She has been … Read More
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
Brian64 on ROME 26/10– Day 27: Vigil: “I think father was referring to the cars: “Say the black; do the red.””
