Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes

ASK FATHER: Difference between Latin “Ave” (Ave Maria) and “Salve” (Salve Regina)

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Do you have any insights on the distinction between the Latin words “ave” like “Ave Maria” and “salve” like “Salve Regina”? I’m teaching Latin Prayers to Catholic Schoolhouse students and one student asked about this. I … Continue reading

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28 Jan ’24 Septuagesima Sunday – Will you bury your “Alleluia” this year?

Well? Are’ya gonna do it? Do you have to call the priest RIGHT NOW so you can have a plan in place for your Sunday TLM… or Novus Ordo for that matter.  WHY NOT?  It’s called “Solidarity with the oppressed”.  … Continue reading

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Have a Catholic site or concern to build or maintain? ANY business Catholic or not? Make a bee line to… FEDERATED COMPUTER

Have a Catholic site or concern to build or maintain? I’d make a bee line for this service. Safer. Cheaper. Better support. Can’t be “cancelled”. Today with the way “Big Tech” is openly hostile to customers like us, why – … Continue reading

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AUDIO: Singing the 2023 Christmas Proclamation or Kalendas in Latin

For years I’ve posted about this custom.  This year I had pretty much forgotten about it until I was unfortunate enough to pull up a page that was live streaming the Mass from St. Peter’s in Rome and some guy … Continue reading

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ASK FATHER: Priest told my CCD class NOT to kneel at the Consecration

From a reader… QUAERITUR: An assistant priest at my parish is telling my ccd class not to kneel during the Consecration of the Eucharist during mass. Any advice? I pondered this for bit and then asked some trusted clerics including … Continue reading

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ASK FATHER: Michael Voris

There are enough emails in my box asking me my take on the resignation of Michael Voris from Church Militant to merit a post. CM issued a statement that Michael was asked to resign for breaching their “morality clause”. Michael … Continue reading

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Fr. McTeigue responds to the response about the “Eucharistic Revival” without sufficient emphasis also on the Sacrament of Penance

A couple weeks ago, I brought to your attention a 4 November piece at Catholic World Report by Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, which commented on the “Eucharistic Revival” which is underway under the impulse of the bench of bishops.   Fr. … Continue reading

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WDTPRS – 6th Sunday remaining after Epiphany: Wherein Fr. Z rants about authentic “active participation” at Mass

As we approach the end of another liturgical year, an odd thing happens in the Church’s traditional, pre-Conciliar calendar. The Sundays left over after Epiphany, after Christmas, are finally dusted off and prayed until the liturgical year is concluded.  This has … Continue reading

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You, dear reader, have an immortal soul.

You, dear reader, have an immortal soul. One of the most important things we pray in the Litany of Saints … those who know and use only the Novus Ordo perhaps have never heard this… is “A subitanea et improvisa … Continue reading

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