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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a black mass or an occult rite occurs that consecrates the sanctuary of a Catholic Church to Lucifer (heaven forbid), but before that sacred space has been reconsecrated and restored for Catholic use, what would … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: “Can a priest say the Latin Mass if he doesn’t know Latin formally?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a priest say Latin mass if he doesn’t know Latin formally? Message: For instance, could a Novus Ordo priest be convinced to do a Low Mass even though he is not fluent in Latin? By … Continue reading
REMINDER: Ascension THURSDAY – usually Holy Day of Obligation
It ought to be clear to everyone that THURSDAY 13 May is the Ascension of the Lord. THURSDAY is Ascension… not Sunday. There really is no such thing as Ascension Thursday Sunday. It ought to be either Sunday after Ascension (TLM) … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: What should I do with an old, now unused pyx once intended for Communion calls?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I can’t thank you enough for your ministry, it has been helpful in more ways than I can say. When I was a young man I converted to the Catholic faith from agnosticism via evangelical Protestantism. … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Asperges before Low Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can the Asperges rite can take place at a Sunday Low Mass if it is the principal Mass? Firstly, since this is still the Season of Easter, on these Sundays we are still singing Vidi aquam. Asperges … Continue reading
There’s a first time for everything.
The other day I repeated my Novus Ordo and Vetus Ordo food analogy. I’ve often compared the shift from attendance at the Novus Ordo to participation in the Traditional Latin Mass as a kind of growing up and out of … Continue reading
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ASK FATHER: Can priests refuse to hear confessions face to face?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A bishop made a comment about saying that a priest doesn’t have the power to deny a penitent face to face confession. In other words, a bishop basically said “ a priest can’t override a penitent … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Holding hands and then raising them up during the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a serious issue. At my TLM a small group of people have started holding hands during the Pater Noster, they hold them while Father sings the prayer and raise them high during the “sed … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: I forgot to confess a detail about a mortal sin. Do I have to re-confess everything?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I know we must confess mortal sins in kind and number and the details which change the nature of the sin. I confessed a set of past sins and mentioned an important detail which changed the … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Validity of Confirmation when an instrument is used and there is no hand contact
Recent I had two dubia about the same issue, one via email and another via SMS. I find it curious that they both came in within days of each other. The question was about the administration of the Sacrament of … Continue reading
