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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?: “WVC: “whatever goes” land? I don’t know how to answer that, other than to say that changes which cause confusion…”
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- on ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?: “I thought about this before in regards to ordination. Does the glove change the laying of hands?”
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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
QUAERITUR: Flowers and unveiling Mary’s statue on Annunciation, during Passiontide.
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From a reader: Should everything remain veiled for the Feast of the Annunciation? Can we unveil Mary? Is it appropriate to have flowers on the altar? Passiontide is a heavy liturgical time, especially in the … Read More
“For the first time in almost 40 years I received Communion on the tongue …”
From a reader: For the first time in almost 40 years I received on the tongue at this evenings vigil Mass. I have been debating for a long time, due to your witness and also that of some faithful friends … Read More
QUAERITUR: The scheduling of Good Friday and Holy Thursday in the Extraordinary Form
I will let you liturgical experts and interested dabblers provide this good reader with some help. I may be missing something, but I can’t see much of a problem. You readers might see differently. From a reader: A question for … Read More
QUAERITUR: Color of vestments for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Can call on you knowledgeable readers to help this priest with a question? From a priest: I have looked everywhere for an answer to the question of the required (not just proper) color for exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during … Read More
Lex Orandi Lex Credendi Swag now available!
I finally received my Lex Orandi Lex Credendi car magnet (top) and semi-transparent (bottom) car window decal. Here they are with a 6 inch ruler for scale. They are 10″x 3″. The colors are great, very vivid! I put the … Read More
Five wounds inflicted on Christ’s Mystical Body through our liturgy
Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan gave a speech on 15 January 2012 in which he listed “five wounds” of the liturgical mystical body of Christ. His whole address is on Paix Liturgique. His basic premise is that the rupture in our liturgical … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Schneider, Communion in the hand, continuity, five wounds, Latin, lay ministry, liturgy, offertory prayers, rupture, Sacrosanctum Concilium, versus populum, worship
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61 Comments
QUAERITUR: Can I be godfather to child of a former-Catholic, now Orthodox?
From a reader: A childhood friend of mine formerly a catholic “converted” to an Eastern Orthodox Church to get married. Now they are expecting their first child and have asked me to stand as sponsor for their child in their … Read More
WDTPRS Monday 4th Week of Lent – Oratio super populum
The 3rd edition of the Missale Romanum restored the Lenten “Prayer over the people”. I haven’t given them much play this Lent so far, even though this is the first year that they are used in English because of the … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged adultery, fornication, LENT, Oratio super populum
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15 Comments
Of Ordinariates, the SSPX, and the gravitational pull
Benedict XVI, the Pope of Christian Unity, has made it possible by his provision in Anglicanorum coetibus, for Anglicans to enter into Holy Church in new Ordinariates. Their liturgical traditions are being codified and approved by the Holy See and … Read More
Pope Benedict: “Each confession … a step forward for new evangelization.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Every personal sin drags down the entire human race. Every sacramental reconciliation helps to build us up. We are in this together. I have incessantly hollered that no initiative of renewal (New Evangelization, etc.) will succeed if we do not … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?: “WVC: “whatever goes” land? I don’t know how to answer that, other than to say that changes which cause confusion…”
