Q: Regarding your answer  https://paulturner.org/exposition-adoration/, (see below) that was my reading, as well, of HCWEOM—that the incensation at the end was part

Q: In the Order of Mass, just before communion, why does the priest say those are blessed who are invited

Q: I am currently planning a few evening prayer services at my parish in August, and have been reading in

Q: The Roman Missal’s Order of Mass, n. 137 has: “When the distribution of Communion is over, the Priest or

Q: I have another pastoral question.  Someone requested a funeral song at sunday mass as their (abroad) relative died. They

Q: May the priest omit the homily on Fridays? == A: GIRM 66 says, “On Sundays and Holydays of Obligation

Q: Our deacon group has been discussing whether a deacon should lead the Confiteor as part of the Penitential Rite.

A: I pray this message finds you well! I heard a rumor that we have a new lectionary translation coming

Q: Within the Roman Canon the conclusion “Through Christ our Lord. Amen” appears in parentheses. If the celebrant includes these

Q: What are your thoughts about the use of an iPad with iBreviary by the celebrant during Mass–especially for sight-impaired

Q: I have just viewed today’s Australian Plenary Council Mass celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney. During the Universal Prayer,

Q: If using multiple chalices, is a water drop placed into each chalice or just that being used by the

Q: A parishioner wants to develop a deeper understanding and love for the Eucharist. Any suggestions on books – yours

Q: Thank you in advance for your help with our question. We truly appreciate your writing and your blog! Here’s our

Q: I have a liturgical question and I’m sure you know the answer. Can there be words in the Gospel

Q: I’ve asked questions in the past, often related to the worship space and what is appropriate to the art

Q: You have had a couple of recent questions (Masses celebrated in memory and Masses celebrated in memory – Updated)

Q: I’m sure you have noticed that many of our churches (served by younger clergy in general) have put a crucifix on

Q: If a eucharistic procession follows Mass, is it appropriate for a concelebrant to remove his chausable after Mass and

Q: I was just reading and catching up on emails and I saw the email regarding the $10,000 donation for

Q: Is it required that concelebrants kiss the altar before or after Mass? == A: GIRM 211 says that upon arriving

Q: I have been following your blog since you came to the UK and am very grateful for your generous

Q: Regarding your post about UNLYC 58 https://paulturner.org/moving-a-solemnity/, it says “such celebrations may be used at all the celebrations of Mass

Q: I hope this email finds you well. I’ve got a funeral for a miscarried child in a few days. Your

Q: Recently, our parish received a $10,000 check (made out to the parish) for Masses to be celebrated in memory

 Q: We have a funeral with 6 con-celebrants this Saturday. The pastor & I are wondering if he as main presider

Q: I have been asked in preparing a couple for their upcoming wedding if it would be allowed that they

Q: I hope you are well and appreciate your continued help. Could I move the Solemnity of the Nativity of

Q: I find conflicting answers when I look up information and instructions concerning the placement of First Communicants in the

Q: I’ve asked variations on this before and seen your reply and others. It has to do with the Saturday

Q: Is it proper to wear a Beretta while celebrating mass, and while preaching from the ambo? Our pastor/administrator has

Q: I have questions regarding the use of the choir dress:  I have seen bishops present at a priests Mass

Q: If someone wants as their confirmation Saint “Virgen de Guadalupe ” what would you tell them? Have them change

Q: My brother and his fiancée are slated to be married on April 15, 2023. That day is liturgically the Saturday within

Q: Our Parish is Our Lady of the Assumption, and our feast day would be on Monday the 15th,  but

Q: I have been hearing that some priests are re-installing communion rails, and distributing the Eucharist as if before Vatican

Q: A question please? What is the bare minimum in terms of administering the Sacrament of the Anointing of the

Q: As always, your posts I get on email are a huge service and I learn from your skillfully worded

Q: We have only one priest, and with Monday as his day off it is also the only day the

Q: I have a wedding on Saturday evening of Pentecost weekend. Do I wear red vestments or white? == A:

Q: We celebrate infant baptisms both during and outside of Mass. The baptisms outside of Mass take place immediately following

Q: I received a call inquiring about a catechumen who will have 38 weeks of RCIA instead of the normal

Q: If the auxiliary bishop carries the pastoral staff, is there any difference in the direction of the crozier for

Q: I get these questions and usually don’t have the answer. I have an idea for the second question, but

We have been using the Sprinkling Rite during the Easter Season in place of the Penitential Act. I realize the

Q: Can you help us clarify some of the protocols around auxiliary bishops?  My sense is that only the bishop

Q : A question has been raised at our parish about how to properly store consecrated wine overnight. The situation

Q: Our Bishop will come to celebrate the mass of Confirmation and First Communion for our children. I just realized

Q: If a Silver Jubilee is on a Saturday of the year, would Vespers be of the Jubilee or that

Q: In our Church, the Altar and the Ambo are situated at a higher level than the pews, as is

Q: At the seminary I attend we have one hour of Eucharistic Adoration every day. Most days Benediction and Reposition

Q: Do you have anything that we can share with parents who balk at their unbaptized 7 y/o receiving all

Q: In the missal’s blessing of baptismal water, the priest says God willed that “even souls should be cleansed.” Is

Do you agree that replying to a lay minister “And with your spirit” is not permitted for Communion of the

Q: We have two churches in our parish with three Sunday masses, two at one Church and the other at

Q: In your blog post of 28 April about posture in the Liturgy of the Hours you wrote: “There are

Q: My pastoral assistant wants the first Holy Communion children to be involved in the Mass and has suggested they

Q: Parish Patronal day (usually occurring on a weekday)…Feast or Solemnity?…I would presume that the answer would indicate whether the

Q: Forgive me if you’ve answered this previously. How should I send the children to their liturgy in the hall?

Q: I know this is a bit late for this season, so we will file it under “for future reference.”

Q: Are there any instructions pertaining to posture in the Liturgy of the Hours? == A: Only when recited in

Q: Could you point me in the direction of solid reasoning and scholarship behind such things as special priest chalices,

Q: I hope this email finds you well. I may have previously asked you this question, so I apologize if

Q: What’s allowed to be prayed or used in a presider binder and what has to be said from the

Q: I was taught that the option communicated the rubric in the Sacramentary / Roman Missal that says the deacon

Q: I have noticed a wide variety of placement of hands for priests during presidential prayers at Mass. These range

Q: Thank you for this service—for your calm, reasonable voice.  In my limited exposure to the celebration of Mass outside

Q: This year the Feast of St. Ignatius (July 31) falls on a Sunday. It is deemed a Solemnity in

Q: I’m reaching out with a quick question, of which you might have already addressed on your blog. We have

Q: In visiting other parishes, I have seen a variety of ways the seating of Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of

Q: I was wondering if there are any guidelines for using Marian hymns during the liturgy in May.  Is there

Q: I have a follow-up question to an answer you recently posted.  If the guidelines allow for 4 different entrance

Q: In this morning’s Mass (Friday 5 Lent) there was an optional collect that includes the words, “imitate devoutly the

Q: What’s up with the optional prayers after Communion during Lent? Where did they come from and why are they

Q: I have a question regarding Holy Thursday and I’m hoping you might be able to share your thoughts.  I

Q: I’m assuming that alot of refugees coming from Ukraine will belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church.  At a time

Q: In your Glory in the Cross, you mention that while other marks of veneration (such as candles and incense; as well

Q: I have a question that may be a canon law question: can a diocesan bishop give a priest in

Q: Stations of the Cross as I understand usually is an altar server going around each station with the cross.

Q: Looking through the Missal and your Glory in the Cross, I came up with the this chart … does that

Q: Firstly thank you for your generosity of time and knowledge in responding to so many questions.  It is greatly

Q: Our parish is the result of two parishes that had been distinct but have been officially combined and now

 Q: I have understood the Easter duty as being the necessity of receiving the sacrament of reconciliation during the Easter

Q: Which Holy Days of Obligation lose their obligatory status, when the day falls on a Saturday or on a

Q: I have three kids who are all over the age of reason that have been delayed entering the Catholic

Q: Our parish is one that replaces the entrance antiphon with an opening processional hymn.  I think it is sad

Q: I have a couple of questions that are liturgical in nature. I was looking at my calendar, and I

Q: I love the ritual of the blessing of the Holy Oils during the Chrism Mass. I have a couple

Q: For a wedding celebrated in the morning on a Saturday during Lent, is it customary to sing the Gloria.

I am a member of a women’s religious community. We have been privileged over the past 60 years to have

Q: Thanks for providing on-going liturgical formation. In addition to the opportunity to memorialize altar flowers and sanctuary candles, a church in

Q: The second paragraph:  [intentions for the Church and the whole world are to be added to the following intentions

Q: With reference to paragraph 1390-1399 in the Book of Blessings.  The rite states water may be blessed by a

Q: We have a large church which years ago moved the baptismal font from the narthex into the church nave.

Q: The Roman missal does not say anything about the posture of hands while praying the our father in the

Q: I am sure you have answered this before, and if so, can you just point me to where you

Q: Question. Planning mass for the Easter vigil. Is it possible to replace one of the responsorial songs with a

Q: Hello Fr. Paul, always enjoy your blog and the questions submitted to it. There was a question on which

Q: The Third Edition of the Roman Missal includes, after the Epistle, the Priest solemnly intoning “the Alleluia three times,

 Q: I am intrigued.   You did not mention at all what we have been doing here in our Diocese — or