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What is Catholic "Gold ring mass"? What kind of liturgy it is?
What is the Catholic "Gold ring mass"? What kind of liturgy it is?
Wow, I never thought anyone would ask this question. It is unbelievably hard to track down, but several years ago I ...
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Can Requiem Masses be said for the souls of the unbaptized?
Yes, if they're catechumens:
1983 Can. 1183 §1. When it concerns funerals, catechumens must be counted among the Christian faithful.
Yes, if they were children whose parents intended to baptize them:...
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What is the incense-like fragrance one may smell in a Catholic Church during Sunday mass?
Not trying to be funny, but the incense-like fragrance is incense.
It is used in the Catholic liturgy at a few moments. Typically the altar is incensed at the beginning of the Mass, the Evangelical (...
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Does any Catholic Liturgical Rite follow the Ad Orientem form of Holy Mass?
Do any Catholic Liturgical Rite follow the Ad Orientem form of Holy Mass?
The short answer is yes.
The tradition of ad orientem worship is apostolic in origin. But despite that fact, there are more ...
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Is the time-gap as mentioned during Consecration of significance to the Christian faith?
Is the time-gap as mentioned during Consecration, of significance to Christian faith?
It is not so much a statement of significance as it is rather done in imitation of what Christ did. Thus priests ...
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What is the incense-like fragrance one may smell in a Catholic Church during Sunday mass?
Frankincense is the hardened resin obtained from the Boswellia tree. This incense formed an integral part of the ingredients used in worship. In the Bible, we find the first mention of it in Exodus 30:...
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Does any Catholic Liturgical Rite follow the Ad Orientem form of Holy Mass?
Even though this is just a very particular situation, maybe it adds a little colouring to the answer of Ken Graham:
In the parish where I started as a deacon, the priest and I really studied on both ...
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Catholics Fulfilling Their Sunday and Holy Day Obligation to Attend Mass Who are Late
How late can a person arrive at Mass, say on a Sunday, in order for that Mass to fulfill that person's obligation to assist at Mass?
While it is true that before the Second Vatican Council some moral ...
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Has the Catholic Church ever considered substitution of the "Peace Be With You" salutations in the Liturgy?
I am not at home in the English translation of the liturgy, could you please state what Latin words at what place in the liturgy you think the Church should or might consider replacing?
Even without ...
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When only one species is validly consecrated, does the Sacrifice of the Mass take place?
This is an interesting question because the separate consecrations of the bread and wine represent in an unbloody manner the sacrificial immolation of Christ, where His blood and body were separated ...
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Are there parishes that celebrates Novus Ordo mass in Latin?
Are there parishes that celebrates Novus Ordo mass in Latin?
Yes there are parishes that celebrate the Ordinary Form of the Mass in Latin and in the best of the priest’s ability to be somewhat close ...
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History and theological purpose of the Sequence portion of the Catholic Requiem Mass liturgy
History and theological purpose of the liturgical Sequence portion of the Catholic Requiem Mass?
The sequence as you mention is a traditional Latin hymn and traditional religious poetry at the same ...
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How can the congregation know whether a hymn is also a prayer after Mass?
How can the congregation know whether a hymn is also a prayer after Mass?
First of all, let us look into the history of recessional hymns. Neither in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass nor in the ...
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Historically what percentage of the Catholic Church's liturgical function was done in Latin?
Historically what percentage of the Catholic Church's liturgical function was done in Latin?
It seems logical to assert that the majority of the Roman Rite Masses were entirely in Latin, except for ...
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