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- BeatifyStickler on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I take great pride in the term, “we are our rites”, I see that more and more as the years…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Speaking as a layperson who is very familiar with exorcisms: most people freak out about exorcisms because their minds immediately…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “We have to keep in mind that Jesus is Victor! Our Lady is a powerful intercessor and the wicked ones…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Thank you for reports and photos from Rome”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “Father, I’ll be traveling to Rome soon and would like to know if there are English speaking priests hearing confessions…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “**Fr. Z, your contact systems are not working, neither the email nor the “ask father.” I post and submit, receive…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “It occurs to me that, had this traditional understanding of and approach to blessings been continued in the modern era,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “God bless you on your journey, Father; may the angels carry you all the way safely.”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I really enjoyed your article, a very common sense approach to exorcism. Exorcism just as our daily rosary is just…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Fr. Z said: Speaking of the traditional Holy Mass, before the Gospel, the priest or deacon says two prayers. The…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “God Bless Pippo (Campo de’ Fiori) for looking after Our Lady. Safe journey, Fr. Look forward to October/November in Rome,…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “FEAR IS GOOD! We can love God or fear God, either way can get us to heaven. I have fear…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 39 & 40 (-2 & -1): An ACTION ITEM!: “p.s. A young, traditional priest looked at our item and assured me it was just Latin (Hispanic) influence and not…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “We know the demons fear exorcism. So it stands to reason that it tells you something when humans fear the…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 40 (-1): Final restaurant review… for now: “Fr. Z: Refrain from having an Espresso with your dessert tonight so you can get a good night sleep. I…”
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Tag Archives: Communion
QUAERITUR: Can I take Communion home for my sick wife?
From a reader: Am I allowed to take home communion for my sick wife & in what. You are to be commended for wanting to help your wife benefit from the Eucharist. I hope she is better soon. The short … Read More
QUAERITUR: Must I receive Communion under both kinds when offered?
From a reader: “You have written on reception of Communion under both kinds before, I have a question about this. In my diocese Holy Communion is under both kinds. As a lay person is it acceptable to receive under both … Read More
QUAERITUR: A Baptist going up for a blessing during Communion time
Please use the sharing buttons! From a reader: I am a Southern Baptist woman ( born and raised). I have been listening to EWTN For a year and attending Mass since Christmas. I had not gone down for a blessing … Read More
A priest on giving blessings at Communion time
I have in the past written about the wide-spread practice of giving blessings during Communion time. This is not to be done, because it is outside what is prescribed at this very important moment during holy Mass. Of course this … Read More
Another angle on kneeling for Communion
Michael Voris, of RealCatholicTV, has an interesting observation about something he saw in Nigeria compared to common practice in the USA. [wp_youtube]zjxuxyFbndA[/wp_youtube]
Still amusing, but it’s an old story.
Lots of people have sent me email begging me to write about an incident in which a Canadian Anglican “priest” named Marguerite gave “communion” to a dog. Yes, that really happened. Yes, I already wrote about it…. a year and … Read More
If you install it, they will kneel.
Is kneeling the new standing? From a deacon: We just finished a refurbishing of the inside of our church shortly before Christmas which included bringing out of the basement the old altar rail and re-installing it . For midnite mass … Read More
WDTPRS POLL – Preferences for reception of Communion: from priest or EMHC
Under another thread an idea for a WDTPRS was raised. Please choose your answer and give your reasons in the combox, below. Because this can be a delicate topic, I ask that you DO NOT ENGAGE each other in the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged Communion, Communion in the hand, EMHC
157 Comments
157 Comments
A look at Archbishop Conti’s pastoral letter which has stirred things up
Pursuant to the CNA article about the Glaswegian Archbishop Mario Conti’s exhortation to Catholics to stand for Holy Communion, there is now some considerable discussion out there in the blogosphere. Some are saying that Archbishop Conti has “decreed” in his … Read More
Archbp. Conti of Glasgow tells people not to kneel to receive Holy Communion
I wrote about the GIRM for the USA and standing or kneeling for Communion here. From CNA: Scottish archbishop tells Catholics not to kneel for communion By David Kerr Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 30, 2011 / 12:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants about Communion
Get rid of row by row Communion during Mass. Not much of a rant there, come to think of it. But the combox should be rich, if people will self-edit.
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Communion, row by row
82 Comments
82 Comments
Bp. Nickless (D. Sioux City) issues guidelines for Communion under both kinds and also EMHC’s
I have written before about His Excellency Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City. You may remember his outstanding pastoral letter. Bp. Nickless has issued Guidelines and Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under both … Read More
Austria – Where hell seems, in fact, to be prevailing.
When the Lord entrusted the Church to Peter and his successors He promised that it would endure. Hell will not prevail in the end. The Church will remain to the end. The Lord didn’t say it would remain everywhere. Andrea … Read More
QUAERITUR: Holy Communion at two Masses on the same day?
From a reader, comes a question I have answered quite a few times, but which bears repetitio. Are there any circumstances in which one can receive Communion more than once a day? I spent Christmas at Clear Creek Abbey in … Read More
QUAERITUR: Prayer for distribution of Communion at TLM and what to respond?
From a reader: Fr. Z: Our parish priest often resorts to using “Corpus Christi” from the Novus Ordo rubrics in the distribution of Holy Communion at our extraordinapeory form Traditional Mass— when the deacon is not present and presumably he … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Communion
40 Comments
40 Comments
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
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged chalice, Communion, Precious Blood, self-communication
9 Comments
9 Comments
QUAERITUR: lay Communion minister wouldn’t bless me
From a reader: Today I attended a mass at my university and had a difficult experience with one of the Eucharistic ministers. I approached with my hands folded in order to receive a blessing (no communion for me this time), … Read More
Anglican eucharist for the “other specied”
About eucharistic communion for the "other specied" members. I learned this morning about an Anglican giving their version of communion to a dog! If you are worried about Our Lord’s admonition in Matthew 7:6, don’t. No sacrament was violated because … Read More
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Anglican, Anglicanorum coetibus, Communion, communion for pets, dogs, Episcopalian, geese
52 Comments
52 Comments
QUAERITUR: conflict with priest over receiving Communion kneeling
From a reader: My pastor refuses to give me Holy Communion on my knees. I approached him privately. He claims that I am denying him his rights as a priest, destroying unity……he has tried to compromise with me by requiring … Read More
QUAERITUR: priest consecrates more Hosts during Communion
From a reader: At a Mass in our Diocese this past Sunday, the priest was running very low on consecrated hosts. Even after breaking some of the hosts in order to distribute more, it was clear that there would not … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Communion, consecration, de defectibus
37 Comments
37 Comments
BeatifyStickler on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I take great pride in the term, “we are our rites”, I see that more and more as the years…”
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