tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post6221214580860386756..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Questions, questions, questionsFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-75199718561194153592009-01-13T09:32:00.000-06:002009-01-13T09:32:00.000-06:00Patrick,CTA: dissenting dinosaurs well on their w...Patrick,<BR/><BR/>CTA: dissenting dinosaurs well on their way to extinction.<BR/><BR/>Usual dissenting agenda: ordain women, Catholics can be pro-abortion, contraception is OK, elect the bishops, term limits for bishops and the Pope...blahblahblah.<BR/><BR/>To their credit: they would make excellent Protestants.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-83995623264199264402009-01-13T07:59:00.000-06:002009-01-13T07:59:00.000-06:00Dear Fr.,What is your take on Call to Action?http:...Dear Fr.,<BR/><BR/>What is your take on Call to Action?<BR/><BR/>http://www.cta-usa.org/<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-4412923959775822572009-01-09T04:47:00.000-06:002009-01-09T04:47:00.000-06:00FT thanks for clearing up the catechumens vs candi...FT <BR/>thanks for clearing up the catechumens vs candidate question. I specifically asked the team member at my table last Tues this question as I figured there might be a Penance Mass that I was required to go to and therefore needed to know DATE AND TIME cuz I'm already having to sign up for work shifts during Holy Week. The Chrism Mass is on the schedule but no Penance Service...then he tells me some vague answer about there being a Penance service for the whole diocese sometime in Lent. He goes and asks someone else if I (a candidate) needed to go to Confession. I don't know who he asked but he came back and told me it was a good idea if I wanted to, but not required. <BR/><BR/>So, now, more questions. At what point in the process is this a good idea?MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-89153574421652799282009-01-07T09:55:00.000-06:002009-01-07T09:55:00.000-06:00Anon, regarding Galveston-Houston:The bishop is th...Anon, regarding Galveston-Houston:<BR/><BR/>The bishop is the chief liturgist in his diocese. Within the limits of universal law, he can approve most anything he wants to.<BR/><BR/>My problem is with brides and grooms who demand that the unity be used despite its extra-liturgical status. The bishop's approval for a practice is not the same as the requirement of the practice; in other words, permission is always permissive but not binding.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-32866933364300855022009-01-07T09:36:00.000-06:002009-01-07T09:36:00.000-06:00Father Philip - this is a wonderful post. Thank y...Father Philip - this is a wonderful post. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>The sign of a great teacher is to be able to explain complex issues in a simple, easy to understand way.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-77631163373575387962009-01-07T09:35:00.000-06:002009-01-07T09:35:00.000-06:00Re: #6: At the Catholic wedding of a couple I went...Re: #6: At the Catholic wedding of a couple I went to college with we heard "a reading from Walt Whitman." The kicker is that the presiding priest taught the Theology of Marriage course. (The couple is now Unitarian.)<BR/><BR/>I'm happy to say that at our wedding Mass my wife and I had no secular music (aside from Pachelbel's Canon in D for the wedding procession, which preceded the opening hymn) and no unity candle. It helped that <I>our</I> presiding priest taught the liturgy courses. =)<BR/><BR/>Many of my family commented that it was the nicest wedding Mass they had been to in a while.sullijohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523394073183945255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-37202576759114978652009-01-07T09:30:00.000-06:002009-01-07T09:30:00.000-06:00Regarding the unity candle ... in the Archdiocese ...Regarding the unity candle ... in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, it is placed in the same category as other extra-liturgical traditions such as the "lazo" and laying flowers at the feet of Mary. See the booklet, "Getting Married in the Catholic Church": http://www.archgh.org/FamilyLife-NEW/pdf/GettingM%20booklet-English.pdf<BR/><BR/>"The Church allows cultural adaptations within the ceremony as long as they are in keeping with the nature and spirit of the liturgy. Such adaptations<BR/>should not be overpowering, though. Be careful not to duplicate<BR/>symbols that might have similar meanings; for example, the lazo and the unity candle are both cultural adaptations which emphasize the union of two persons into a new life in Christ."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-32225313012845070752009-01-07T08:05:00.000-06:002009-01-07T08:05:00.000-06:00Terry,The governing document here is Redemptionis ...Terry,<BR/><BR/>The governing document here is Redemptionis sacramentum. Paragraph 123 reads, quoting the GIRM: “'The vestment proper to the Priest celebrant at Mass, and in other sacred actions directly connected with Mass unless otherwise indicated, is the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole.' Likewise the Priest, in putting on the chasuble according to the rubrics, is not to omit the stole. All Ordinaries should be vigilant in order that all usage to the contrary be eradicated."<BR/><BR/>Concelebration is not strictly required. For example, a priest who has already said two Masses that day, will not usually concelebrate a third. A priest attending a Mass should assist with communion. IOW, Communion Ministers should not replace an attending priest. RS 157 reads: "If there is usually present a sufficient number of sacred ministers [ordained] for the distribution of Holy Communion, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion may not be appointed. Indeed, in such circumstances, those who may have already been appointed to this ministry should not exercise it. The practice of those Priests is reprobated who, even though present at the celebration, abstain from distributing Communion and hand this function over to laypersons."<BR/><BR/>An attending priest could vest and simply participate, but he should do so from the sanctuary. Bishops attending the solemn professions of religious will often vest for choir but concelebrate. This allows the "ordinary," i.e. the religious provincial, to preside and the other ordained members of the Order to concelebrate.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-63348773181967593792009-01-07T07:21:00.000-06:002009-01-07T07:21:00.000-06:00A follow-up to "the priest sitting in the congrega...A follow-up to "the priest sitting in the congregation":<BR/><BR/>Isn't it written in one of the governing documents on liturgy that a priest who is NOT the presider is NOT to sit with the congregation but is to concelebrate, subject to obvious and reasonable limitations (such as an absence of adequate vestments)?<BR/><BR/>One of our assistant pastors comes to daily Mass and sits with the congregation on the days he isn't the presider, even when there are other priests concelebrating (such as priests visiting their families for the holidays). He's obviously ABLE to concelebrate, but just chooses not to.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention that our PASTOR never vests with a chasuble during the week, just the alb and stole, when he is presiding.<BR/><BR/>Would $50 and a promise that there's more where this came from if he behaves really work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-56249893099912470452009-01-07T07:01:00.000-06:002009-01-07T07:01:00.000-06:00MightyMom, as an RCIA teacher who actually teaches...MightyMom, as an RCIA teacher who actually teaches the lessons on the Sacrament of Penance, yes, candidates must complete the Sacrament of Penance prior to completing the Sacraments of Initiation. I'm surprised your RCIA group isn't having a communal penance service with individual confessions for the candidates.<BR/><BR/>(Technically, catechumens are those who are not baptized. Candidates are those who have been.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-46064478646973757872009-01-07T06:10:00.000-06:002009-01-07T06:10:00.000-06:00#5: You can't make this stuff up. Wow. My gosh.#5: You can't make this stuff up. Wow. My gosh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-4087059951879152602009-01-07T05:09:00.000-06:002009-01-07T05:09:00.000-06:00Mom,Hubby is right. Confession is part of the pro...Mom,<BR/><BR/>Hubby is right. Confession is part of the process before Conformation.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-31537748923494482492009-01-07T04:30:00.000-06:002009-01-07T04:30:00.000-06:00Here's a question for you either here or email...Here's a question for you either here or email....<BR/><BR/>Do catecumens who have already been baptized need to go to Confession prior to Confirmation & Eucharist?<BR/><BR/>I was told no at RCIA last night..hubby thinks different.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.com