Paul Turner

Q: I hope this email finds you well.  I have a question.  I know that white vestments are used during […]

Q: Thanks so much for all your posts. They are very helpful in ministry. The question I have is as

Q: Is there anything liturgically amiss about an urn with cremated remains being placed in a casket for the celebration

Q: In Eucharisticum Mysterium, 9, speaks about “the principal ways in which the Lord is present to His Church in

Q: Father Turner – Thank you so much for your new book Eucharistic Reservation! It is very helpful in understanding

Q: Good evening! I am a longtime reader of your blog and books and thought I would submit my first

Q: Thank you, Fr. Paul, for everything you do! If a priest is to wear a Roman (fiddle back) chasuble,

Q: Greetings Fr Paul Regarding this blog entry: https://paulturner.org/eucharistic-prayer-iv-3/ The current Missale Romanum is available in the Verbum (and Logos)

Q: In the absence of a deacon, and when one or more priests are present to concelebrate, a concelebrant is

Q: Thank you for your time and attention to the many questions you are asked.  Personally, I value your work

Q: I had a mom ask me a question for her child. Her child has ongoing, chronic pain and migraines

Q: Hello Fr. Paul. I’m a layperson trying to get more acquainted with our Eucharistic Prayer IV. I would like

Q: When I was young in my religious community there was an older priest who made a point of speaking

Q: We have a number of parishes named “St. Mary” – but not further specified. May the parish simply choose

Q: Thanks for your helpful blog!  I was speaking with a fellow Deacon and the topic of the prayer that

Q: We have been revising our worship aids for Exposition and Benediction according to the new edition of “Holy Communion

Q: In our convent, there was a beautiful stone altar that was removed from its base some years ago and

Q: I just wish to share my surprise, being a foreigner. I am wondering why at numbers 51, 88, 276,

Q: I have a question.  Can you recommend a good resource, book or articles, for the theology and practice that

Q: If our parish is having an evening, daily Mass on August 14, do we need to celebrate the Vigil

Q: We have been discussing the ministry of Anointing the Sick, especially what the Church teaches or gives as guidelines for

Q: I just received my copy of Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass, the 2024 edition.

Q: We are being told that the 2015 revision to the Roman Missal changed the wording of the Solemn Intercessions

Q: Regarding the recently released edition of Holy Communion and Worship of The Eucharistic Mystery Outside of Mass. The rubrics

Q: I’m coming to you with a question which I feel certain you can help me with. A discussion has

Q: I lead a choir. My concern is body posture in a visible choir loft on the side of the sanctuary.

Q: Longtime(ish) reader and writing from Canada as someone who has often been helped by your work.  I recently became

I hope you’re well this summer. I have a liturgical question which I’d like to get your opinions.  In the

Q: Trusting you are well…and finding American politics as compelling as me?! If there is no body present at a

Q: Quick weary: a certain religious community in the area wants to revert from using white at funerals (pall/ vestments)

Q: My question deals with two (relatively common – I believe) practices viz. weekend preaching. One is that each presider

Q: You have addressed the posture of a deacon at Mass when it comes to kneeling and standing in a

Q: I’m planning on using patens for the distribution of Holy Communion. The altar server would place the paten below

Q: Thank you again, Fr. Turner, for sharing your expertise so generously. I was reading about the timing of the

Q: I recently discovered that a member of our staff has been reconfiguring the first and second readings of our

Q: We will celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption this year as a Holy Day of Obligation.  I do not

Q: As we know from the Bible, Deacons were called into service for the fair distribution of food to the

Q: Fr. Paul, in a recent post titled “Mass to Adoration” https://paulturner.org/mass-to-adoration/ you clarified some things regarding omitting the blessing and dismissal

Q: I am seeking your opinion.  A friend sent me the following Zenit article <https://zenit.org/2024/07/17/questions-about-liturgy-incensing-a-deacon-at-solemn-vespers> that seems to suggest that

Q: You posted before that you do not believe the Triduum is one continuous liturgy.  The USCCB, however, says the

Q: When you transition from Mass to Adoration, you don’t give the final blessing until the end of Adoration. Our

Q: We have been told our parish ministries are now to be called “apostolates” instead of  “ministries. “ Does that

Q: I receive frequent criticism of publications in our parish related to liturgy because they do not contain “reverential pronouns.” 

Q: We have a priest who joined our staff this month and he is asking for bells to be rung

Q: At both of my parishes, we have been purifying the Altar cloths as we should (i.e. soak them in water

Q: I ran across a wrinkle that has me (canonically) curious regarding Sacraments of Initiation received at the Easter Vigil. 

Q: I’m afraid I have a mundane request. I was looking online for a simple answer to the question of

Thank you for your counsel, which has helped me and many others minister to the People of God. I have

Regarding this post, https://paulturner.org/vestments-3/, I found this link:  https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/orientchurch/Istruzione/pdf/istruzione_inglese.pdf. In the Instructions for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of

Q: Who, perhaps, penned this ‘unspoken’ prayer? I pray it silently as the deacon does.  At daily mass, if there

Q: Two versions of the Apostolic Pardon are found in the Rite of Pastoral Care and Anointing of the Sick.

Q: At both of my parishes, we have been purifying the Altar cloths as we should (i.e. soak them in water

Q: Is there a standard for the type of wine to be used at Mass? Is a “jug” wine acceptable?

Q: Last November, I and a couple of my team members joined the webinar —- “Ritual Celebration Series-Order of Christian Funerals”

Q: May I know whether ICEL has intentions of composing or updating the Eucharistic Prayers for Children? If so, is

Q: I hope you are doing well these days. I have a question about the reception of holy communion. It

Q: Reaching out since my wife and I are preparing for the Baptism of our first child in a couple

Q: I am trying to get a hold of the second Latin typical edition of the Baptism of Children to

Q: I have a question regarding electronic devices used during Mass: I was at a daily mass and the priest

Q: Thank you again for your knowledgeable and generous responses to the numerous questions posed to you.  I know I

Q: I recently saw an Eastern Rite priest (with facultuies to celebrate the Roman Rite) preside at a liturgy in the Roman

Q: I have a question about the use of the proper Prefaces provided for the Eucharistic Prayers for Various Needs

Q: I’d like to self-publish my original songs I’ve written for Catholic liturgy. (Many are used at my parish, allowed

Q: The word “consecration”…In both the liturgical, and devotional contexts – I’m not quite sure how to wrap my mind

Q: Fr. Paul I appreciate your blog. My question is – A priest on two occasions has left out the

Q: At a parish church that I frequent, there is a statue of Our Lady on the Sanctuary (to the

Q: Paul, let me begin by putting my question this way … Is there any provision in the Church’s Burial

Q: I remember a conversation I had when I was in the seminary with a seminarian from another diocese that

Q: I have been reading a number of canonical texts and older legislation regarding the consecration of altars. I saw in

Q: Fr. Paul, I wondered if the opening words of the Collect for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body

Q: Teachers in Catholic and public schools thankfully and skillfully design and lead a range of prayer services and rituals

Q: Blessings to you! This is not urgent: but an inquiry regarding an antiphon from the Liturgy of the Hours:

Q: I’ll be receiving someone into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church at Mass on a Sunday in Ordinary

Q: A family in our parish wants to schedule a funeral on May 31, which is a feast day. Which

Q: Fr. Turner in a Post-Covid world I have seen a number of people receive the Precious Blood while kneeling.

Q: What is the regulation on “set up” for former altars against the back wall, behind the present free-standing altar?

Q: Recently I attended a Mass in a city distant from where I live and minister.   The aspects about the

Q: I remember a conversation I had when I was in the seminary with a seminarian from another diocese that

Q: I have a parochial vicar from Nigeria that has the people stand when the bread and wine are brought

In a wedding within a Eucharist is it permissible for the couple to distribute holy communion and not the priest? (I’m

Q: Our diaconate ordination is taking place on Saturday, September 14. In my reading of the intro to the diaconate

Q: I have Confirmation in the Parish next Sunday. Regretably the bishop cannot attend so I have delegation to confirm

Q: I went to mass at a local high school that has several sisters who teach there.  One sister sat

Q: Thank you for all you do!  Recently, I found it difficult to pray the liturgy of the hours. I’ve

Q: I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, a commissioned Minister of Care and a commissioned Lector.  I was

Q: A point of clarification, please – thanks!Recently in conversation, the question arose about the liturgical use of Alleluias in

Q: First, we need to have the bishop’s permission for Corpus Christi Processions correct? Even if they are just in

Q: I no longer have my copy of your book. I do remember that you mentioned something about the phrase

Q: Thanks for the presentation you made for the presbyterate of our diocese.  I had two follow-ups. I had asked you about concelebration

Who does what? When neither know their role. Who carries the Gospel in?  Who leads the Prayer of the Faithful?

Q: I always appreciate your insights, Fr. Paul. My question is multi-part, and concerns the Book of the Gospel.  First,

Q: Hello Fr. Paul, thank you for your patient and wise responses to the variety of liturgical questions posed to

Q: Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy

Q: I received an email from our diocese in addition to a flyer for the book Holy Communion and Worship of

Q: Father, do you any suggestions on Old Testament readings for my son’s wedding? He asked me today about this.

Q: Good Afternoon Fr Paul, I am heading into a meeting shortly but was wondering if you knew more about

Q: Thank you for your continued time to make this blog possible and answer questions. Can you please clarify crowning

I so very much appreciate your blog.  I don’t mind admitting that when it comes to liturgy I tend to

Q: I join the many other voices who appreciate your willingness to share with us. I had a question come

Q: For the first time our cantor led a setting of a Gloria with a refrain. One of my parishioners