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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: Which ’62 altar missal should I buy?
From a priest reader: Fr. Z, I’ve decided to take the plunge and use my Christmas money to buy a 1962 Missale Romanum for the altar, so I can get up to speed on the EF in the next year. … Continue reading
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QUAERITUR: priest switches from incense censer to a bowl
From a reader: Our pastor has stopped using the traditional censer at Solemn Masses (of which he has very few –only the highest of feasts) in favor of using a free-standing incense bowl that he places in front of the … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: priest in track suit for sacraments
From a reader: Well.. a priest I know of, turned up late for a baptism and didn’t vest before baptising this baby, he stayed in the tracksuit he was wearing…and also he does not wear a stole while hearing confessions … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: obligation to go to Christmas Mass twice so as to bring the squeakers
From a reader: My wife and I this year were going to attend Midnight Mass this year. My father was going to stay at our house to watch our 2 and 1 year olds since they will be sleeping. Are … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: confession during Mass, not just before
In a comment under another entry, a reader asked: I have been told by some older folks that this was a very common practice at all Masses in years past. Is this no longer allowed in the NO Mass? Did … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: positive promotion of good practices rather than correction of abuses
From a reader: You have posted numerous times regarding how to address issues of abuse within a parish in respect to how to compile evidence regarding said abuse, and by what channels to contact the local bishop or the prefect … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Pastor changes the offertory. What do I do?
From a reader: How should I approach my pastor about liturgical abuses he has been committing? The recurring abuse has been his changing the Offertorium to “Lord, accept this bread and wine. It comes from the earth, and it comes … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Are Mass intentions for the living forbidden?
From a reader: Recently, I went to my parish office to make an offering for a Mass to be said for the young daughter of a friend of mine that is recovering from …. The receptionist informed me that the … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: When Mass is in an unconsecrate place do you still kneel?
From a reader: Every year we attend a youth conference held in a local hotel. Ever since I can remember, they have everyone stand during Mass. They have even had announcements before the Masses saying that “we will follow the … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: recording my own confession
From a reader: Under stress, my mind goes blank. I find Confession really stressful, so therefore can not mentally absorb the advice of the priest nor remember hardly anything he says afterwards. I feel I am missing a lot of … Continue reading
