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ASK FATHER: Not adding water to chalices for Mass
CLICK TO BUY From a reader… QUAERITUR: Like many other parishes, we have communion under both species. However, the deacon only adds a water to the chalice that the priest is consecrating. He does not add water to the other … Read More
ASK FATHER: Does a chalice have to be consecrated before use?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My family plans to give a priest a chalice (he is from Ireland and does not have one of his own here in the US) and I have the following questions: [Usually I take one question … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Glass goblet” for the Precious Blood
From a reader… QUAERITUR: On vacation I attended a mass where the precious blood was offered in a glass goblet, a man in a suit and tie (deacon?) gave the homily and the congregation stood after receiving (that bit shocked me). I’m … Read More
“Thanks for your blog. It saved this seminarian from a particularly mortifying purification.”
From a seminarian: Just wanted to say a big “Thanks” for your blog. I was sure glad for the liturgical minutiae I’ve picked up here when I found a fly in the Precious Blood tonight after Mass. Your advice about … Read More
QUAERITUR: Glass chalice…. really? This is still a problem?
From a reader: Hello Father, I noticed one of the priests at my parish always seems to use a glass chalice for the Eucharist. Seems clear from more than a few previous posts I see here at WDTPRS that a … Read More
The Conclave’s voting process hardware
This morning at the briefing in the Holy See Press Office, images were displayed of the three “urns” used in the conclave for the collection of the voting slips of the cardinals. Here is some info from VIS: NEW CHALICE-URNS … Read More
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QUAERITUR: What to do if a bug gets into the chalice?
A young priest writes: Last weekend after a somewhat fiery homily of exposition of evil and the devil I had a run in with a menacing fly (assuming not Beelzebub himself). At the epiclesis a very large fly dive bombed … Read More
It’s a “chalice”… an ineffable chalice!
Before its implementation… and after… some people whined that the new, corrected translation is tooo haaard. How could anyone be expected to understand words like “ineffable… consubstantial… dew…” or “chalice”. A reader sent me this: Apparently a brewery thinks beer … Read More
QUAERITUR: Should I kneel to receive Communion from the chalice?
From a reader: If I receive communion kneeling must I also receive from the chalice kneeling? Look. The smallest drop of the Most Precious Blood of our Saviour and God, Our Lord Christ Jesus, is greater in dignity than the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Elevation of chalice, paten during concelebrations.
From a reader: At a concelebrated Mass without a deacon, is it permitted / required / impermissible for one of the concelebrants to elevate the chalice while the main celebrant elevates the paten? First, allow me to say that concelebration … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Bishop consecrating chalice, vestments during Mass
Sacred vessels are important. They are consecrated (like the hands of priests) to touch the Body and Blood of the Lord. I had this in my email: I am trying to locate the rite (prayers and rubrics) for the consecration … Read More
QUAERITUR: reconsecrating, restoring a chalice
From a reader: Many years ago, a chalice was donated to the parish of my grandfather as a memorial after his death. After several years, my grandmother received a call from the pastor stating that they were cleaning house in … Read More
The Savior’s chalice is forever precious and His hands are ever sacred
His Hermeneuticalness has an interesting post concerning the new corrected translation. Let’s jump in media res: In the combox of the post "Telling the truth – a new corrected translation", Lawrence the Roman writes concerning the new corrected ICEL translation … Read More
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QUAERITUR: self-communication from the chalice
From a reader: I have a question about self-communication. I was at a monastery this weekend for a retreat and a monks allowed the laity to receive the Chalice. How they did it was a bit odd though. A lay … Read More
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QUAERITUR: “self-service” from the chalice
From a reader, edited: Last night I was scandalised, apart from the usual "inclusive" language that the Priest used throughout, he asked, after the Priests Communion (normally the EMHC’s are crawling over each other by now) whether there was a … Read More
QUAERITUR: adding the water to multiple chalices
From a reader: I am wondering what the rule is concerning mixing both wine and water for chalices that will be used for communion under both species. I have seen some priests only add the water to their own chalice, … Read More
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SCHOLION: Consecration of a paten and chalice
UPDATE: 1 March 08 – 0615 GMT Great images from an older Pontifical over at The Lion and the Cardinal. ______________ Over at NLM a seminarian asked a question about the consecration of a chalice with chrism using the old … Read More
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