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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
ASK FATHER: Am I obliged to tell an old priest about his liturgical ad libs?
From a seminarian… QUAERITUR: Thank you very much for everything you do on this blog. I am a seminarian and an avid reader of this blog. My seminary is orthodox, but these are difficult times in the Church and it … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Was I automatically excommunicated?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Since latae sententiae excommunication is not incurred without committing a mortal sin, and acting against one’s conscience regarding something one thinks might be mortally sinful is itself a mortal sin, is excommunication incurred if one thinks … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: As a youth minister, I don’t think clergy have my back.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father have you seen this recent Pew poll on how we as Catholics view the Eucharist? I’m a Youth Minister @ my Church. I can do talks till I’m blue in the face, but feel I … Continue reading
Your Sunday Sermon Notes and ASK FATHER: sermons and birettas
Was there a good point made in the sermon during your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know. Today I had the pleasure of being deacon for this morning’s Solemn Mass. One of the local priests had, at the last … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Priests who bless with their fingers in the Greek icon “ICXC” style
From priest… QUAERITUR: At the moment I’m at a presbyteral retreat. When you get a bunch of priests together, you’re bound to see the whole range of liturgical “sensibilities,” leaving aside entirely the dinner table conversation… [For sure. I look … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Repeat a wedding ceremony with a friend presiding?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Long time reader, first time questioner. I have a friend that will soon be getting married. On Saturday he will have a traditional Catholic Church wedding. However, on Sunday he is having a reception in which … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Traditional “Supplied rites” after emergency or modern rite baptism
From a reader on Twitter… QUAERITUR: @fatherz Thx for posting about the Taylor Marshall & Fr Nix talk which I also watched. How can we get the Baptism old rite elements supplied? My priests r unaware it’s permitted. Is there … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Sex before Communion
UPDATE 15 July 2019: Rev. Mr. Kandra remarked at his blog about this post. He disappoints. The non-canonist deacon disagrees with the canonical arguments of the esteemed canonist Ed Peters. Fine. Kandra can state a position and attempt to defend it. So … Continue reading
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Tagged abstinence, can. 277, Roman Catechism
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ASK FATHER: Should Catholic parents attend wedding of daughter outside the Church?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, should Catholic parents even attend the wedding of their Catholic daughter to a non-Baptized man outside the Church? Unitarian, to be exact. The father is going to walk his daughter down the aisle, and Catholic … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: “Funeral Liturgy Outside Mass”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Earlier this week, my wife attended what she thought would be a Funeral Mass for a Catholic relative, but was dismayed to find that it was merely a Liturgy of the Word service, followed by schmaltzy … Continue reading
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Tagged CCC 1689, christian burial, funerals, Requiem Mass
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