About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
PLEASE donate using VENMO!
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265
YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
Jacob on LIVE VIDEO – 18 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – RequiemHello, all those who view Father Z's livestreamed Mass each day. With Father being away for a few days, those...
Semper Gumby on ASK FATHER: Can I be a Catholic AND a Libertarian?KL wrote: "Alot of the sexual revolution stuff is indirectly connected to this decline in living standards..." Some would say...
Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)many good points. our pastor is an excellent homilist. i would like him to be more frequently at the Mass...
ProfKwasniewski on ASK FATHER: Can I be a Catholic AND a Libertarian?The great American publisher and political commentator, Neil McCaffrey Jr. (father of Roger McCaffrey of Roman Catholic Books and The...
Lindy on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)Our priest (visiting) actually spoke of sin! Wowza! He said sin is so minimized today... called so many other things...
crule on CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – #ZedNet reminder – Sunday 17 Jan ’21Jonpatrick - you just need the talkgroup ID. The only reason you would want to download radio ID's would be...
philothea.distracted on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)First of all, about attendance. It was standing room only at the EF Mass I attended. Granted, half of the...
JonPatrick on WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (TLM) & WDTPRS – 2nd Ordinary (NO): God knows our needs better than we doThis made me think how fleeting things of this world are. Places we knew change beyond recognition. In my 40...
Fulco One Eye on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)Our priest gave an excellent overview of our blessed Mother’s role as a mediator for us taking off from the...
NancyP on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)Our homilist commented on how, although it looked like Jesus was walking casually past John's followers, everything in Jesus' life...
Kathleen10 on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)We had an amazing Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Heaven must be something like the Mass we had today....
MWindsor on CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – #ZedNet reminder – Sunday 17 Jan ’21Any suggestions on getting in from Wires-X? 28598 hasn't been working for the past couple of months. It says there's...
ex seaxe on WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (TLM) & WDTPRS – 2nd Ordinary (NO): God knows our needs better than we doI can't get my head round the idiocy of translating Tempus per annum as Ordinary Time, my 1975 missal just...
Gab on LIVE VIDEO – 17 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – 2nd Sunday after EpiphanyOutstanding sermon, Father, have never heard the Wedding at Cana explained with such a thorough explanation. Thank you. I have...
SWP on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)Also we had a Sanctity of Life blessing of the Memorial Garden for Unborn Children after one of the masses...
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add 200 $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
So far ... 1 towards the 200 target, or 1% of the total.
For a one time donation...
I set up a
CONTINUE TO GIVE
account, which functions rather like PayPal. Some of you use it. Here is a QCode you can use with your smart phones. Try it!
Also, to receive a link to donate via Continue To Give using your smart phone SEND MESSAGE:
4827563 TO: 715-803-4772 (USA)
Some donations also come through CHASE. That works well. I don't think they take any percentage as fees.Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
GREAT causes to support
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
Tag Archives: deacons
ASK FATHER: Deacons in the Novus Ordo
From a diaconal reader… QUAERITUR: I have begun serving Solemn High Masses, at local parishes near my assignment for a couple of years now. The experience of serving at the Latin Mass has enriched my diaconal ministry in ways that … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can a deacon serve as acolyte in the Extraordinary Form Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a deacon serve as acolyte in the Extraordinary Form Mass? Sure. If there are not enough servers for the sake of a Solemn Mass, and for some reason you have a plethora of deacons and … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Deacons vesting in dalmatics for concelebrations
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, I know priests are allowed to vest for Mass (chasuble, stole, etc.) together and concelebrate. It’s not a good thing, but it makes theological sense because many priests can consecrate one host as St. Thomas … Continue reading
#OafForADay – Deacon in vestments and a dog mask
I’ve seen this from different sources, including lots of email. However Dcn. Greg Kandra has the most prominent post. An idiot deacon – listed among the Permanent Deacons of St. Rose of Lima Church in Eddystone in the Archdiocese of … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged culpability, deacons, Herodotus, Oaf For A Day!, permanent deacons, sacrilege, sports
37 Comments
ASK FATHER: Deacon told by priest to let a layman take his role
From a deacon Could you please address the all too common occurrence where Deacons are asked (or told by the priest) to relinquish their liturgical role to a lay person? Case in point: I was told to allow the music … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can priests serve as and vest as deacons in the Novus Ordo?
UPDATE: I’ve received quite a bit of mail about my response. The preponderance says that I was right in my argument, but also that the Caerimoniale‘s directions do NOT prohibit priests from vesting as deacons. Here is an example: When the … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can the Novus Ordo be “ad orientem”, in Latin, with Deacons?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a Novus Ordo be ad orientem with Latin, chant, a subdeacon and deacon in traditional vestments? Not only can the Novus Ordo be celebrated ad orientem, it ought to be. The rubrics indicate that this is the standard, … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Are deacons required to wear the dalmatic at Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, last year we began attending a more traditional parish in our diocese. It struck me just today that I’ve never seen our deacon at Mass without a dalmatic, whereas we saw the deacon frequently without … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Deacon wore the priest’s stole
From a reader… I am a sacristan at my parish. This past Friday we had Stations of the Cross and Benediction led by our Permanent Deacon. The strange thing was that the deacon wore the priest’s stole with the cope … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Are deacons permitted to distribute Communion in the Extraordinary Form?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In the Extraordinary Form of the Holy Mass (EF), are Deacons (either transitional or permanent) allowed to distribute Holy Communion? Or is this a faculty reserved to only the Priest and Bishop? On the Correct Handling … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! POLL ALERT! “Should women be ordained deacons?” – UPDATED
Get to it! ___ ORIGINAL Published on: Oct 16, 2015 @ 09:15 I have an ACTION ITEM for you. Perhaps other bloggers, in a spirit of collaboration, will pick this up. You might consider going over to CRUX – again, in … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Married deacons and the fascia
From a permanent deacon… QUAERITUR: Can a married Deacon use a fascia with his cassock, considering that it symbolises chastity? If it symbolizes chastity, most certainly then, a married deacon can wear it, since he should be living a life … Continue reading
My View For Awhile: Bye for now, KC
It was a quick trip, too quick, but duty calls. As I leave Kansas City, I thank my amiable hosts, whose son was, today, ordained a deacon. They always try to provide the best for the weary clerical guest. Thanks … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: What can deacons bless?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I recently witnessed our parish deacon blessing an image of St. Francis. Do deacons have the power of blessing images. And if not, does the image to be “re-blessed” by a priest? Given that this is the season … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Priests acting as deacons in the Novus Ordo
From a priest reader… QUAERITUR: In light of par. 22 of the Ceremoniale which states that presbyters are not to wear diaconal vestments but also in light of the return of cardinal deacons and the Vatican’s explanation of it, what can … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Wives of deacons aren’t deacons too, are they?
From a reader: Over Mother’s Day weekend I attended mass at a church I do not usually attend. I noticed their bulletin listed a “Deaconite Couple.” Is that allowed? Women aren’t allowed to be deacons are they? This church is … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Are deacons “ministers of the cup”?
From a reader: I am a Candidate for Holy Orders as I prepare for ordination to the diaconate in 2015. We are being told that as deacons we are ministers of the Cup. For our formators this means when there … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Is it an insult for deacons to kneel during the consecration? (I’m not making this up.)
From a deacon: I was reprimanded today for kneeling at the altar during consecration and told there is an insult in the US church against this -I can find no documents that lead me to believe this is true. Any … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Word and Communion services with a deacon permissible?
From a reader: We have a shortage of priests in our diocese in England, not so short that we can’t have Sunday Mass. but occasionally weekday Mass might not be available in a Parish. When are these services of Word … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Dalmatics on deacons! Maniples all around!
From a priest: I enjoyed reading your post a month or so ago about how the use of maniples is really a sine qua non for the New Evangelization. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?] As a relatively-new, hip, young priest, … Continue reading
