The following were added to www.paulturner.org: Homilies in English and Spanish for November 8. Workshops on the RCIA in New Jersey and New York on November 5 and 6. Blog Posts about the Biretta and reverencing the tabernacle.
Reverence to the tabernacle
Q: I have begun service as a deacon at a different parish that has the tabernacle centered on the wall behind the altar (the traditional sanctuary layout). When I cross from my chair to the ambo, should I bow toward the altar or to the Real Presence in the tabernacle? A. Genuflections to the tabernacle are made only at the beginning and the end of mass, never during the middle. If you are carrying the Book of the Gospels in procession, then you do not even genuflect to the tabernacle at the beginning of mass. When crossing from your chair …
Biretta for Mass
Q. A newly ordained priest here uses a biretta for mass, much as a bishop does with the miter. I work from this starting point: In reforming the Missal of 1962 to the Ordinary Form If there is a stated change from Extraordinary to Ordinary, do what the new says If there is a drop in rubric from old to new, but new is silent, do not add it back in; cannot presume “somebody just forgot” E.g., do not now carry the chalice and paten etc. under the veil in the opening procession So I think, about the biretta: use noted in the older Missal, is not noted in the new, …
November 1
The following were added to www.paulturner.org: Homilies in English and Spanish for All Saints, November 1. Workshop on the lectionary in Spanish at St. Anthony on October 26. Books with Other Authors were added. Article written for AIM was added to the Articles page. Blog Post about the returning catholics. Grades for the Royals pregame activities during the World Series.
Leaving the Church and returning
Q: Two women (one who will be getting married and the other someone who wants to become active again in the Catholic Church) came to us with very similar stories. The first was baptized and received Eucharist in the Catholic Church; was never confirmed. The second was baptized, confirmed and received Eucharist in the Catholic Church. At some point in their adult lives, they explored the Lutheran Church and were confirmed in the Lutheran Church. The question is “now what?” My read on this is that through the confirmation ritual in the Lutheran Church, they became members of the Lutheran …
October 18
The following were added lately to www.paulturner.org: Homilies in English and Spanish for October 18. Workshops in Nebraska on October 12 and 13. Blog Post about the Children’s Lectionary. Grades for the pregame activities during the playoffs of the Kansas City Royals.
Lectionary for Children
Q. We recently had a Mass on Sunday at our parish for catholic education or for religious education, I can’t remember which. The youth did all the readings. The readings were modified so the text was changed to read more like today’s writing. The same point was made. Is this OK, meaning can the readings be modified to make them more easily discerned by the youth? A. The Vatican has approved a Lectionary for Masses with Children. In the United States we use the Contemporary English Version of the bible, rather than the New American Bible. The introduction to the …
October 12
The following were added lately to www.paulturner.org: Homilies in English and Spanish for October 4 and 11. Workshops for the 2015 Convocation of Priests in the Diocese of Grand Rapids Grades for the pregame activities during the playoffs of the Kansas City Royals.
September 30
The following were added this past week to www.paulturner.org: Homily in English and Spanish for the Blue Mass on September 27, 2015 Blog entry about interpretation of EP II and another about the 1641 Roman Ritual Workshop on Exorcism for the Society of the Holy Trinity in Mundelein, IL Grades for the pregame activities of the Kansas City Royals.
Use of the 1614 Roman Ritual
Q: Is use of the 1614 Roman Ritual of Pius V permitted? Didn’t Benedict’s moto proprio only permit the use of the Roman Missal of 1962 for the sacrifice of the Mass? We have a seminarian saying the local bishop can give permission to use the older Roman Ritual. This does not seem to fall into Summorum Pontificum. A: I understand that the 1614 Roman Ritual may also be used. This has raised questions for confirmation, for example, for which the very formula of the sacrament has been changed. But my understanding is that a bishop can authorize and use …