FAITH FACTS: Sacraments & Liturgy

Index of Liturgy & Sacraments FAITH FACTS:

  1. Announcements at Mass
  2. Approved biblical Translations for Mass Readings
  3. Baptism of Desire
  4. Baptism: Is There a “Rite” Time?
  5. Baptismal Fonts
  6. Bread and Wine Used in the Consecration of the Eucharist
  7. Catholic Funeral Rites: Common Questions
  8. Catholic Funerals & Burials in Catholic Cemeteries
  9. Catholic-Protestant Weddings
  10. Children’s Masses: Don’t ”Play” with the Word of God
  11. Children’s Masses: May Lay people Read the Gospel and Give the Homily?
  12. Communion Services
  13. Cross or Crucifix at Mass?
  14. Defending Our Rites: Constructively Addressing Liturgical Abuse
  15. Dogmatizing Discipline: Papal Authority, Modifying the Mass & the Truth About Quo Primum
  16. Elevation of the Host
  17. Eucharistic Consecration: Kneeling or Standing?
  18. Eucharistic Exposition: Appropriate Devotional Activities
  19. First Confession & First Communion
  20. Gathering Around the Altar at the Consecration
  21. General Absolution
  22. Genuflecting at Mass
  23. God’s Dwelling Place: The Placement of a Tabernacle in a Church
  24. God’s Gift to His Bride: Priestly Celibacy
  25. Gospel Truth Concerning Lay Readers: The Role of the Laity During the Liturgy of the Word
  26. Holy Communion for Catholics with Celiac Sprue, Alcoholism and Other Related Diseases
  27. Holy Communion Under Both Species
  28. I Believe in One God: The Nicene Creed and the Mass
  29. I Confess: The Biblical Basis of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
  30. Indelible Characters of Ordination
  31. Intinction
  32. Invalid Masses
  33. Is the Washing of Hands Required at Mass?
  34. Kneeling After Communion
  35. Lay Preaching
  36. “Let the Children Come to Me”
  37. Music During the Proclamation of the Prayers at Mass
  38. Music in the Sacred Liturgy
  39. Norms for Confession
  40. Norms for Cremation
  41. Norms for Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition
  42. Norms for Infant Baptism
  43. One Hour Fast Before Communion
  44. Ordinary and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
  45. Posture after the Agnus Dei
  46. Postures and Gestures During the Mass
  47. Preparation of the Gifts: When to Stand
  48. “Pro Multis” For Many or All?
  49. Proper Handling of Eucharistic Species After Communion
  50. Saturday Vigil Mass
  51. Self-Communication
  52. Signs of the Christ: Sacraments of the Catholic Church
  53. Smells, Bells, and Other Liturgical Odds and Ends
  54. Spiritual Parents: The Role of Godparents in the Catholic Church
  55. St. Blaise and the Blessing of Throats
  56. The Gloria
  57. The History of Daily Mass in the Church
  58. The Mass: Timeless and Changing
  59. The Placement of Gifts During the Consecration
  60. The Sacrament of Confirmation
  61. This is My Body: Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist
  62. What Must be Done for a Valid Baptism?
  63. Who Receives Holy Communion First?
  64. Why Not Women Priests?

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