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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: absolution without any confession
From a reader: There is a parish in our diocese that offers a rather unique penance service with no individual confession offered. A penance service is held and people simply file up in a line, say to the priest “I … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: seminarian wants advice about going to a fuzzy seminary
From a seminarian: I was wondering if you could offer some advice. I am what people in today’s church would call ‘ultra-conservative’ I love the Old Mass, Old Breviary etc. etc. I’m at a very [minor] seminary right now …. … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: strange things for a First Confession
From a reader: My son recently made his first Confession as part of a Reconciliation service for his entire grade. While they did have individual confessions, there were parts that seemed illicit and possibly invalid. 1. No one was given … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: cutting back confession hours before Christmas
From a reader: In the parish where I presently reside, it was announced today that the normal two hours of confessions heard on Saturdays, would be only one hour next week, and no more Saturday confessions before Christmas. The three … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: How to explain devotion to TLM to people who don’t like it
From a reader: Do you have any tips for charitably explaining one’s devotion to the TLM with those members of the Church, who, having attended the TLM in their youth, remember it as something dreadful or imposing? I think this … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: unbleached beeswax candles
From a reader: My wife recently completed a course on how to make yellow beeswax candles. My pastor has indicated he would love to receive them as a donation for requiem Masses, funerals, Tenebrae, All Souls, Good Friday, etc. (we … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Nuptial blessing during a TLM
From a reader: For a traditional Latin Solemn High Nuptial Mass with three priests, are there any known restrictions on which priest may administer the nuptial blessing, and which priest may deliver the homily? In other words, may the priest … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged nuptial blessing
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QUAERITUR: “Vamp till ready” during the “Lamb of God”
From a reader: It seems that recently our parish, at the direction of or with the consent of our priest has changed the wording of the Agnus Dei. Apparently, saying “Lamb of God” three times is boring and silly so … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Agnus Dei, Dave Brubeck, tropes
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QUAERITUR: using really old Holy Water
From a reader: Retrieving some books from storage this afternoon, I came across a bottle of holy water that I filled at the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham a *long* time ago — more than 20 years ago. The … Continue reading
