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Tag Archives: Communion
ASK FATHER: Does a communicant have the right to receive communion from a cleric?
Under another post there is a question in a comment: QUAERITUR: Does a communicant have the right to receive communion from a cleric? Yes, and no. The 1997 Instruction On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Communion
11 Comments
11 Comments
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
11 Comments
11 Comments
ASK FATHER: During a Vetus Ordo Mass can the priest distribute Hosts consecrated during a Novus Ordo Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it allowable for a priest to consecrate a ciborium at a TLM but then distribute Hosts from the tabernacle (which is likely from the Novus Ordo), and then not distribute the new consecrated Hosts? Is … Read More
To all bishops and priests about Communion for manifest sinners from St. John Chrysostom
My emphases: “I speak not only to the communicant, but also I say to the priest who ministers the Sacrament: Distribute this gift with much care. There is no small punishment for you, if being conscious of any wickedness in … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Patristiblogging
Tagged can. 915, Communion, St. John Chrysostom
24 Comments
24 Comments
VIDEO: More Communion Disaster – “Pax Christi” @PaxChristiEP of @ArchdioceseSPM. UPDATED
UPDATE: A priest friend of mine in the Archdiocese just informed me that this sacrilegious farce was shut down. Thanks be to God. I’ll leave the post, however, as a record of their nuttiness and as a warning to other … Read More
Posted in You must be joking!
Tagged Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Communion, sacrilege
28 Comments
28 Comments
ASK FATHER: Ocular Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I came across an article that said in the Middle Ages there was a practice called Ocular Communion. Is this correct and if so what was meant by it? “Ocular” has to do with the eyes … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Why aren’t Masses restarted without Holy Communion?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, thank you so much for the live streamed daily Mass. I’m ‘attend’ every day since you started and it has kept me focused on what’s important. My question: I thought that the Holy Sacrifice of … Read More
Communion in the time of Coronavirus. Best Practices, Risk, and You.
My recent voyage to the Holy Land, with many Masses at holy sites and lots and lots of hand sanitizer, and my return home through the massive hub AMS and lots and lots of hand sanitizer, and catching up on … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Communion, coronavirus
26 Comments
26 Comments
Interesting old rubric: Post-Communion purification, ablution of the faithful, not just the priest
How seriously did our forebears take the reception of Communion and their duty to avoid possible profanation of the Eucharist. Today I saw an interesting entry at Corpus Christi Watershed about a rubric which disappeared by the time of the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why did Father skip blessing children at Communion?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A priest blessing young children at mass, is it something that they should do? Is there a reason they would skip over a child? We had a homily today about the importance of blessing children and … Read More
Saint110676 on ASK FATHER: Priests tells me to say Act of Contrition outside the confessional, afterward: “Good advice to all, both penitents and confessors. At a parish where I regularly serve, there is a daily 6:00…”
