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- Archlaic on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “The two questions I have been turning over and over in my mind: why didn’t Pope Leo offer to meet…”
- on ASK FATHER: Frequency of confession and confession of venial sins: “What is “attachment to sin”? That’s one of the conditions of a plenary indulgence: “no willful attachment to sin, even…”
- on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “The consecrated bishops and consecrtors are now excommunicated, outside the Church. May they penitenly return, I also believe the Holy…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@WVC The May 5th protocol did not promise a bishop. It became the basis of the FSSP. Have a look.…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “Was said of Bergoglio, “Can someone who publicly dismantles the faith, actually be the visible head of the Roman Catholic…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “(Also apologies for the typos, EN/ES keyboard does weird things when typing in Latin and/or Church terms)”
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Tag Archives: first Mass
Brick by Brick in San Francisco
The newly ordained are celebrating their First Masses. I had a note about the First Mass of a new young priest in San Francisco. Congratulations to Fr. Alvin Yu. Here he is at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, where he … Read More
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ASK FATHER: First Mass of a new priest – Requiem?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have heard that there is an ancient tradition in which a newly ordained priest offers either his first Mass or one of the following Masses for the souls of the faithful departed, specifically for his … Read More
Indulgences, blessings for a priest’s First Mass – ATTENTION BISHOPS & ORDINANDS! ACTION ITEM!
Here is something useful from Ed “the academic” Peters. NOTE TO BISHOPS and ORDINANDS: It would be great were you to make this known to people before the opportunity has passed! Consider putting a note about this things in the … Read More
A reader’s impression of 1st TLM (Pontifical!)
A reader sent in impression of the first Holy Mass he attended in the Extraordinary Form, and not just a Low Mass, either: I attended my first TLM this past week. It was a beautiful Solemn Pontifical Mass said by … Read More
To gladden the heart and encourage the brethren: Another First Mass in the Extraordinary Form
Some time ago I asked seminarians and new priests to drop me a line about what their real preference would have been for their First Holy Mass: Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form. More and more new priests are opting for the … Read More
QUAERITUR: A new priest fulfilling a promise for his first three Masses of thanksgiving.
From a son-to-be ordained deacon: Many years ago, as I was beginning in seminary, I made a private vow to the Blessed Virgin that I would offer the first liturgically free Mass in her honor if she would help me … Read More
REQUEST to readers – New priests and their first Masses (and maybe some of you older guys too?)
I have a request. Let’s have some first Mass tales. This is the season for ordinations to the priesthood in many places. I would appreciate notes especially from new priests about their choices for their first Masses. I am especially … Read More
QUAERITUR: Papal blessing at 1st Masses of newly ordained
From a seminarian: I understand that in a rescript issued from the Holy See, on November 5, 1964, Paul VI granted the newly-ordained priest the privilege of offering a papal blessing on the occasion of his first Masses. Is … Read More
Archlaic on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “The two questions I have been turning over and over in my mind: why didn’t Pope Leo offer to meet…”
