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Liturgy Questions & Answers
The Seven Sacraments
Why Seven Sacraments?
Christian Initiation (Baptism/Confirmation)
Receiving Candidates into Full Communion?
Confirmation name?
Different godparents for second child?
Can I change godparents?
Episcopal godparents?
Mass: General Issues
Locking tabernacles?
Standing during the Easter Season?
Latin Masses?
Wearing stole over chasuble?
Saying the rosary during Mass?
Mass: preparations
When did fasting begin?
Announcing Mass Intentions?
Wearing Albs for Mass?
Dedicating an Altar?
Following the 3rd GIRM?
Mass: Introductory Rites
Procession Order for Special Masses?
Who processes in?
Sprinkling people?
Placement of the Book of the Gospels on the altar?
Which book carried in procession and by whom?
Mass: Liturgy of the Word
Singing the Alleluia After the Proclaiming of the Gospel?
Guidelines for petitions?
Liturgical greeting at the Gospel?
Seeking the proclaiming of the Gospel blessing?
Ending intercessions with "Hail Mary"?
Mass: Liturgy of the Eucharist
Purifying vessels?
Communion in the hand?
Blessing in Communion line?
Posture at the reception of communion?
Parts for Deacons?
Mass: Concluding Rites
Announcements done when?
Reconciliation
Why no "here comes the bride" at MY wedding?
Bride and Groom Greet and Process?
Rite 3 Still Valid?
New Rules for Rite of Penance?
Confessing our sins to a priest?
Marriage
Receiving communion if not married?
Renewing Vows?
Celebrated on Sunday?
Wedding Mass Readings?
Unity Candle?
Holy Orders
Ordination Not Count?
Anointing of the Sick
Non sacramental anointing?
Anointing and Viaticum of Infants?
Lay people and the sacrament?
No longer the "Last Rites"?
Extreme Unction
General Questions on the Liturgical Year
Why isn't the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 this year?
What Prayer during Morning Prayer?
Prayers and Readings for Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament?
Immaculate Conception?
Which Evening Prayer?
Advent/Christmas
Advent color?
Year when "new" "civil" calendar began?
12 Days of Christmas?
Mother of God or Circumcision?
Ordinary Time
At what time does Sunday begin?
Saturday Night Mass
Lent/Triduum/Easter
Response to receiving ashes?
Age requirement for Ashes?
Veiling statues?
Abstinence from meat?
Flowers during Lent?
Prayer & Spirituality
The Lord BE with you?
Rededicating Vandalized Church?
Glory "be"?
Praying the "Liturgy of Hours"?
Lay blessing at Morning/Evening Prayer?
Eucharistic Theology
Elements of Eucharistic Theology?
Same at Communion Service and Mass?
What does "real presence" and "transubstantiation" mean?
When did "transubstantiation" begin?
Rosary
Where is the official translation of the rosary found?
Seven decades of the Rosary?
Background to the "Hail, Holy Queen"?
New Rosary?
Lay person lead May Crowning?
Eucharistic Devotions
Vatican Document on Popular Piety?
Starting Perpetual Adoration?
Exposition Began?
Divine Praises?
Throne for exposition?
SSS/Eymard
Stained Glass Window Motto?
Obtaining a relic of Saint Peter Julian Eymard?
Issues
History of Indulgences?
Douay Bible?
What does "liturgy" mean?
Consecrating a bakery?
Getting indulgences?
Deacons
What can deacons bless?
Deacon Attire?
Kneeling deacons?
Flags
Papal Flag?
Flags in Church?
Documents on flags in the sanctuary?
Ecumenism
Non-Catholic Anointing?
Documents on Communion at Mixed Marriages?
Circumstances for a non-Catholic to receive communion?
Anglican orders recognition?
Eucharistic sharing?
Communion Ministry
Children receiving from the cup?
Where to Distribute Communion?
Giving Communion in Nursing Homes?
Germs from Communion cup?
Requirements to be a communion minister?
Sacramentals
Funeral Mass on Sunday?
What is the Angelus?
Sprinkling at Funeral Masses?
Always begin with the "Sign of the Cross"?
Consecration?