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- Philmont237 on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost / Corpus Christi 2025: “Our deacon preached about the typology of the Eucharist using the 12 Stations of the almost Holy Eucharist.”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost / Corpus Christi 2025: “Oh, yeah, and we had the short version of the Sequence. Very good rendition. I just wish we could have…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost / Corpus Christi 2025: “We had a good homily from our university chapel’s priest, who is leaving us next week to go to another…”
- on 19 June 325 – Adoption of the Nicene Creed: “TonyB: adjust for the Gregorian calendar, Father LOL! Okay… okay… Smarticus Pantsicus!”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost / Corpus Christi 2025: “Our visiting SSPX priest preached about “the sinner and the saint” of Corpus Christi. He described the sinner, that is,…”
- on 19 June 325 – Adoption of the Nicene Creed: “You need to shift the date to adjust for the Gregorian calendar, Father. The actual anniversary will be July 2.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1376: “The video of the Mass is… interesting. The decoration, the inclusive translation of the Gospel, the sharing, the interpretation of…”
- on VIDEO: A Jesuit commentator hits it outta da park! Stark clear REALITY.: “The truth Fr. McTeigue’s video has triggered this rant. So many young men have been rejected by those priests and…”
- on Wrapping it up at Fishwrap?: “Benedict Joseph, That would be the Ass. of U.S. Catholic Priests. (Their head of communications used to to be the…”
- on Wrapping it up at Fishwrap?: “Frankly, I remember a certain Phyllis-tine there trying to take down Fr. Z himself, thinking that they got a bishop…”
- on Wrapping it up at Fishwrap?: “Sometimes the National Catholic Reporter publishes something positive. A recent editorial from Michael Sean Winters was a surprise to me:…”
- on VIDEO: A Jesuit commentator hits it outta da park! Stark clear REALITY.: ““Show me the briefcase!” (To paraphrase Jerry Maguire from the movie of the same name). Holy Father: Show me the…”
- on VIDEO: A Jesuit commentator hits it outta da park! Stark clear REALITY.: “I have the distinct pleasure to know a couple of good Jesuits (yes, they do exist), but they are a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1376: “Here’s a hypothetical question – If a “Gay Pride” Mass was held in say the Diocese of Charlotte, but it…”
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Tag Archives: can.916
ASK FATHER: If I’m aware of mortal sin, can I receive Communion if I intend to go to confession later?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My uncle wants to become Catholic and ive been taking him to RCIA classes. The priest is a great guy but said you can receive the Eucharist if you intend to confess after mass. I know … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Canon Law
Tagged can.916, Communion
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Biden and Francis at Tanagra
In case you didn’t see it (I didn’t have time to read it immediately) Card. Burke published a letter about Catholic Politicians and Non-Admittance to Holy Communion. HERE in six languages. I think you can imagine his position, which is … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Francis, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged can. 915, can.916, Francis, Joe Biden, Traditionis custodes
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34 Comments
Two important pieces for your reading and watching.
I bring to the readership two offerings which merit your close attention. A First Things there is a piece by Archbp. Charles Chaput – that he is not a Cardinal is a scandal – about … Mr Biden and the Matter … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, can. 915, can.916, Joe Biden, Mark Levin
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Support for Fr. Joseph Illo. Fr. Z rants about denial of Communion
I want to offer my public support for Fr. Joseph Illo in San Francisco at Star of the Sea (beautiful title). He wrote about a tough call he had to make as pastor. HERE The basics: A women took her … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters eviscerates bishops – one in particular – who won’t apply law
Right away go over to canonist Ed Peters’ place and read his vivisection of Card. Cupich. It’s not just Cupich whom he has eviscerated. It’s all the bishops who refuse to implement the Church’s Canon Law. I believe bishops take … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, The Drill
Tagged can. 915, can.916, Card. Cupich, Ed Peters
15 Comments
15 Comments
Bp. Paprocki bans pro-abortion politicians from Holy Communion
Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, the capital city of the state, has issued a decree on 2 June which bans pro-abortion politicians from receiving Holy Communion in the diocese entrusted to his care. The trigger for this was the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, D. Springfield in Illinois
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21 Comments
WRONG: Maltese, Germans, Argentinians and now Braga. “Patently and gravely wrong.” Ed Peters explains the situation.
My old pastor and mentor, Msgr. Schuler, used to say: When you’re right, you can’t be wrong. The flip side is: When you’re wrong, you can’t be right. There are a lot of people out there who are just plain … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Archd. Braga, can. 915, can.916, Ed Peters
11 Comments
11 Comments
ASK FATHER: Assistant priest wonders what to do if pastor won’t speak to adulterous couples who receive Communion.
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Here is a question which perhaps you could answer for those of us who are parochial vicars. What should we do if people regularly present themselves for communion who are married outside the Church? Ordinarily, we … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is “properly disposed” for Holy Communion?
From a reader… One of the requirements for receiving communion, besides being in the state of grace, is being “properly disposed” to receive. This is something that never gets talked about. How exactly should we discern whether we are “properly … Read More
CWR: Interview with Bp. Paprocki about decree on regarding same-sex “marriage”and “related pastoral issues”
Catholic World Report has published an interview with Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois. This is a followup to the vicious and undeserved criticism that the homosexualists have rained down on the bishop since he promulgated particular law for … Read More
Philmont237 on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost / Corpus Christi 2025: “Our deacon preached about the typology of the Eucharist using the 12 Stations of the almost Holy Eucharist.”
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