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ASK FATHER: Not adding water to chalices for Mass
CLICK TO BUY From a reader… QUAERITUR: Like many other parishes, we have communion under both species. However, the deacon only adds a water to the chalice that the priest is consecrating. He does not...
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ASK FATHER: Priest puts too much water into the chalice. Valid?
The Scruple Spoon From a reader… QUAERUNTUR (I generally take ONE question at a time, but I am feeling benign this afternoon… a rare occurance): Your recent post this afternoon about validity around a...
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ASK FATHER: Father sprinkles water with fingers into chalice
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it liturgically correct for a priest to dip their fingers into the water pitcher and then shake them off into the chalice as a means to add water to the chalice before the...
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QUAERITUR: Of the color of wine, the amount, and the addition of water
From a reader: First off is the wine to be consecrated have to be red and how much wine poured into the chalice is enough to make it a valid mass? One of my priests told us if they don’t pour enough...
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Blessed Waters and You.
In another entry I answered a question about water suitable for valid baptism. Someone asked about Holy Water. Here are a few notes about different blessed waters we Catholics use and enjoy. This is...
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QUAERITUR: Validity of baptism when water touches only the hair – Fr Z rants
From a deacon: I was wondering how safe it is to assume that water flowing over the hair along with the correct words constitutes a valid baptism. I ask because there were just 12 babies baptized in my...
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QUAERITUR: Of the Precious Blood, wine, water and dilution
From a reader: Fr., Perhaps one of your ossified manuals would address this. Today at Mass, the priest had a cruet of wine on the altar during the consecration. I am sure he did not intend to...
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well project
I would like to bring to your attention the Miaani well project. In Mianni, Kenya, it has not rained for over 10 months. Disaster My friend from Rome, Msgr. John Mutiso-Mbinda is from that village...
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