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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
A Must Read. Important post at the UK’s @CatholicHerald today.
There’s an important post at the UK’s Catholic Herald today. It has to do with the HERE I’m always going on about how, for success, every initiative we undertake in the Church has to start in and go back to … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: How to break the bondage of bad habits, vices?
From a priest: QUAERITUR: Father, you stated: “Create a vacuum and something else will rush in to fill it. Think of this in our human, lived experience. If you have a bad habit, you will more than likely never break … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged bad habits, confession, sacrament of penance, vices
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ASK FATHER: Little daughter interested in the Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My daughter, aged 5, was playing and I saw she had set up a little altar with bread and fruit juice. I jumped in and went over the mass with her; including why and what the … Continue reading
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Tagged children, formation of children
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Stupid angry lib (I know, tautology) at The Atlantic against priesthood
UPDATE 22 May: Fr. Robert Sirico responded to Mr ex-priest, angry lib Carroll, also in The Atlantic. Sirico’s piece is as measured as Carroll’s is unhinged. It is as succinct as Carroll’s is prolix. As clear as Carroll’s is muddled. ____ … Continue reading
Donations, PayPal, alternatives, and you
Dear readers, your donations are gratefully received and I remember donors and benefactors in prayer and with Mass intentions. The same goes for those of you who send items from my wishlists (right side bar). And there are options for … Continue reading
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ASK FATHER: The TLM’s Orationes Diversae and Oratio Imperata
UPDATE: My good friend Fr. Finigan has a post about Votive Mass which is sort of related to this. HERE ___ From a reader… QUAERITUR: In the Missale Romanum of the traditional Mass (1962), there is a section called “Orationes … Continue reading
“Don’t bite the priest!”
This is a great tweet. I am reminded of a post on this I wrote in April. HERE. And I even once had a post with the phrase, “Don’t bite the priest!” HERE Today we celebrated First Communions at our … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Lutheran service more reverent than the Sunday Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m on vacation visiting my sister in Orlando. I try a new parish every time I come because they all seem to be lacking in reverence. (After Mass, I attended a Lutheran service with my sister’s … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can lay people assist with sprinkling rite and give homily?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I had to use my territorial novus ordo parish for a valid mass instead of the TLM since I work in emergency medicine and sometimes shift work makes it difficult to get to a TLM or … Continue reading
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Tagged laity
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“Meno chiacchiere… più processioni! … Less chattering … more processions!”
I received a video which has some good grist for our Catholic identity mills. First, note that people are happy. Joy is a mark of the working of the Holy Spirit. Even in adversity it is possible to have Christian … Continue reading
