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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: non-Catholic maid of honor – CAUTION!
From a reader: My fiancee is wrangling about whom to choose as her maid of honor. [I can almost hear the writer’s inner voice: "For pity’s sake… just pick someone! Now… is there a game on?"] She has a cousin … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Lighter fare, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged maid of honor
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QUAERITUR: Can a priest say Mass alone?
From a reader: My question: is it valid and is it licit for a priest to say Mass when entirely alone? (ie no server, just the priest, the rites and God) I know this is not encouraged and that it … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Swiss Eucharistic Prayer
From a reader: This morning at Mass the priest used the 3rd Swiss Eucharistic prayer. Is that licit? What are the other Eucharistic prayers that are allowed other than 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the one for Masses with … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged chalice, Communion, Precious Blood, self-communication
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QUAERITUR: In the USA is it against the law to kneel for Communion?
From a reader: I know this may seem a bit odd, but I was hoping to get your perspective on the U.S. GIRM 160, which states: "The norm for reception of holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States … Continue reading
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Tagged GIRM 160, Holy Communion, kneeling, law, norm
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QUAERITUR: important kitchen tools
Here is a change of pace. A reader recently asked me about necessary cooking tools. Among the several things which more obvious, good bowls are essential. Sturdy, heat resistant and in different sizes.
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QUAERITUR: priest roams around to preach
From a reader: We have a new pastor, and I am trying desperately to acclimatize myself to his liturgical style. I’m wondering which things I should be concerned about and which I should just deal with. 1. When he give … Continue reading
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), … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Received baptism from SSPX – must I be conditionally baptized?
From a reader: I write inquiring about the validity of my baptism at the SSPX. I approached the Roman Catholic Parish in our area and inquired about this matter. The parish priest told me that i will be given a … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: keeping Hosts from different Forms of Mass separated
From a reader: We have a sung Sunday Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form at a local parish. The priest who says the Mass is not the pastor, but a diocesan priest who says Mass in both forms of the … Continue reading
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