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- tgarcia2 on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “Never really understood why Silence is problematic in this aspect; it’s easy to criticize the apostasy that a character did…”
- on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “The trailer makes the film look good but I share Fr. Z’s wariness. The handful of Martin Scorcese movies that…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 36: Screw ups, a family album, and getting dead: “During the presentation of the relics video there were some wonderful organ interludes. Perhaps somebody might know what they were…”
- on Have you prayed for a good outcome for the election? Now, would be a good time.: “Fr. Ripperger’s prayer was great, and we prayed it as a family as often as possible in the weeks leading…”
- on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “from the look of the trailer i wonder if he’s going to suggest that these saints are insane: the Baptist…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 37: Wherein Fr. Z rants: “Assuming that the statistics reported by Father V are accurate, one can take solace in acknowledging the clear shift of…”
- on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “Love Scorsese, but sometines I want to slap him.”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 37: Wherein Fr. Z rants: “I agree that short fixed terms for pastors are usually highly undesirable. I’d say the same is true if less…”
- on Have you prayed for a good outcome for the election? Now, would be a good time.: “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
- on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “All were persecuted by governments kinda, so I’d expect an ‘authoritarianism bad’ i.e. ‘orange man bad’ kind of subtext (because…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 37: Wherein Fr. Z rants: “It’s been years for me as well since I read that Michael Davies booklet, but if I recall correctly he…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 37: Wherein Fr. Z rants: “Two comments: If a parish is thriving and growing under a particular pastor, why in heaven’s name would you “kick…”
- on Have you prayed for a good outcome for the election? Now, would be a good time.: “We prayed the St. Michael prayer for Trump everyday. We visited Adoration Chapel. Trump will once again bring God back…”
- on Have you prayed for a good outcome for the election? Now, would be a good time.: “I did pray Father. And this morning I will again say Rosary, but in Thanks……coincidence that today is the Glorious…”
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Tag Archives: children
ASK FATHER: Little daughter interested in the Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My daughter, aged 5, was playing and I saw she had set up a little altar with bread and fruit juice. I jumped in and went over the mass with her; including why and what the … Read More
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Wonderful wonderful photo
Matthew 19:14 At Stately Blaska Manor I saw this wonderful photo: If this doesn’t move a cold heart or two, then I don’t know what will. Matthew 18:3
REVIEW: A beautiful Catholic ABC Book for children
This morning after Holy Mass I was given a wonderful book. It’s a children’s book, but no matter: it’s a delightful reprint of an old ABC or Alphabet Book. It doesn’t get more Catholic than this! This would be a … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do I fulfill Mass obligation if I take screaming child out for a long time?
From a reader… Father, my youngest son, who is less than a year old, is frequently unruly at Mass and throws very loud and lengthy tantrums, often over small things. I (or my wife) sometimes have to stay outside for very long periods … Read More
ASK FATHER: Hand missals, Mass books for children
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Do you have any recommendations for good children’s missals for both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Mass? We have two school-aged children (2nd grade and kindergarten) that we want to work with on a … Read More
VIDEO: Children learn to sing Gregorian chant at Chant Camp!
How many of you have heard someone object to Gregorian chant on the grounds that it is tooo haaard! Right. Here is a video about a summer camp where children as young as 8 years old are learning to sing … Read More
QUAERITUR: Child on the loose during Mass!
From a readerette: I am absolutely mortified right now! My fussy two year old wiggled out of my arms during daily low Mass today (READ: Lots of grey hair) and ran up into the sanctuary to the Altar during the … Read More
QUAERITUR: “Essential Directives” for handling energetic toddlers during Holy Mass
From a readerette: I used to be a student and instructor in theology, and I had wonderful, quiet, pious times at Holy Mass. Now I am a mother, of an energetic toddler, and Holy Mass has become an Occasion of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Ashes, Very Small Children, and You – An annual discussion.
From a priest: Reverend and Dear Father, Ash Wednesday is soon to be upon us, and I am faced with the situation I am often faced with: whether to impose ashes on cute, angel-faced infants. It never fails that, as … Read More
QUAERITUR: Usher dressing down mothers over children with TOYS, God forbid, during LATIN MASS!
From a reader: Today at Mass, it would seem my very active 3 year old was being a little too loud with one of his small toy cars (he wasn’t all that interested in coloring one of his three catholic … Read More
Suffer the little ones to learn Gregorian chant and Latin
Liturgical liberals usually run down the intelligence of people in the pews, saying among other things that Joe and Mary Catholic will not be able to understand the new, corrected translation, or quod Deus avertat, LATIN. “It’s toooo haaard!“, they … Read More
Parenting: nintendo during Mass, Communion
Some food for thought for parents and for priests alike. I remember once how I caught hell from a weak-kneed pastor because I wouldn’t give Communion to a girl quite obviously chewing gum. Nintendo DS on the Communion Line BY … Read More
tgarcia2 on Martin Scorsese – new streaming series on four saints – 17 November: “Never really understood why Silence is problematic in this aspect; it’s easy to criticize the apostasy that a character did…”
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