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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Frequent confession to overcome pornography
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, I am a new Catholic and I’m struggling mightily to overcome a past life filled with pornography. Sometimes I fail the day after a confession. Some Priests have told me not to go more than … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can’t go to Mass on Sunday. Are we obliged to go on Saturday?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m satisfied that Canon 1248 clearly grants us a generous concession to fulfill / satisfy our obligation to assist at Mass on a Sunday by going on Saturday evening. If my Church has a Saturday evening … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Does a chalice have to be consecrated before use?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My family plans to give a priest a chalice (he is from Ireland and does not have one of his own here in the US) and I have the following questions: [Usually I take one question … Continue reading
Reason #8573 for Summorum Pontificum
A priest friend sent a video of a Portuguese priest, Fr. José Cruz in Moita dos Ferreiros from Easter 2014. I can imagine statues of Our Lady of Fatima weeping at the sight of this. Enjoy more of Cruz HERE.
ASK FATHER: Prayer services and lay people extending hands to “bless” an Advent wreath
From a reader… I have recently noticed something strange at my school. We had an Advent Prayer service in which the students were told to extend their hands to bless the Advent wreath. Is this alright? I heard that lay … Continue reading
SSPX reacts to Pope Francis concession for the Year of Mercy
For the Year of Mercy Pope Francis has (in an indirect way) granted to the priests of the SSPX the faculty validly to absolve penitents in routine sacramental confession. HERE Under normal circumstances, the priests of the SSPX do … Continue reading
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SSPX
Tagged Bp. Fellay, confessions, faculties, SSPX, Year of Mercy
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ASK FATHER: Use of the Advent Preface in the TLM, Extraordinary Form
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hello Father, Happy Advent! Today, our priest didn’t use the Preface for Advent which my hand missal says was promulgated (along with one for the Holy Eucharist, All Saints, and the Dedication of a Church) in … Continue reading
Blue Vestments: wherein Fr. Z rants
The use of blue vestments during Advent is pretty much cliché now, so cliché that not even the aging hippies are clinging to it. Here’s my annual rant about the use of blue vestments in the Roman Rite. At this … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Parody Songs, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ADVENT, antinomianism, blue vestments, cerulean
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ASK FATHER: No Catholic Mass on Sunday. Are we obliged to attend Orthodox Divine Liturgy?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My question comes from what my professor said in class and it doesn’t seem correct. In class, we were told that if a Catholic was in Russia [and there being no Catholic Church; either Latin or … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Christ the King (2002MR): The world will be consumed in fire
We approach the last Sunday of the liturgical year. In the post-Conciliar calendar of the Roman Church this is the Solemnity of Christ the King. In the older calendar, this is celebrated (with a rather different meaning!) at the end … Continue reading
