Index of Liturgy & Sacraments FAITH FACTS:
- Announcements at Mass
- Approved biblical Translations for Mass Readings
- Baptism of Desire
- Baptism: Is There a “Rite” Time?
- Baptismal Fonts
- Bread and Wine Used in the Consecration of the Eucharist
- Catholic Funeral Rites: Common Questions
- Catholic Funerals & Burials in Catholic Cemeteries
- Catholic-Protestant Weddings
- Children’s Masses: Don’t ”Play” with the Word of God
- Children’s Masses: May Lay people Read the Gospel and Give the Homily?
- Communion Services
- Cross or Crucifix at Mass?
- Defending Our Rites: Constructively Addressing Liturgical Abuse
- Dogmatizing Discipline: Papal Authority, Modifying the Mass & the Truth About Quo Primum
- Elevation of the Host
- Eucharistic Consecration: Kneeling or Standing?
- Eucharistic Exposition: Appropriate Devotional Activities
- First Confession & First Communion
- Gathering Around the Altar at the Consecration
- General Absolution
- Genuflecting at Mass
- God’s Dwelling Place: The Placement of a Tabernacle in a Church
- God’s Gift to His Bride: Priestly Celibacy
- Gospel Truth Concerning Lay Readers: The Role of the Laity During the Liturgy of the Word
- Holy Communion for Catholics with Celiac Sprue, Alcoholism and Other Related Diseases
- Holy Communion Under Both Species
- I Believe in One God: The Nicene Creed and the Mass
- I Confess: The Biblical Basis of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Indelible Characters of Ordination
- Intinction
- Invalid Masses
- Is the Washing of Hands Required at Mass?
- Kneeling After Communion
- Lay Preaching
- “Let the Children Come to Me”
- Music During the Proclamation of the Prayers at Mass
- Music in the Sacred Liturgy
- Norms for Confession
- Norms for Cremation
- Norms for Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition
- Norms for Infant Baptism
- One Hour Fast Before Communion
- Ordinary and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
- Posture after the Agnus Dei
- Postures and Gestures During the Mass
- Preparation of the Gifts: When to Stand
- “Pro Multis” For Many or All?
- Proper Handling of Eucharistic Species After Communion
- Saturday Vigil Mass
- Self-Communication
- Signs of the Christ: Sacraments of the Catholic Church
- Smells, Bells, and Other Liturgical Odds and Ends
- Spiritual Parents: The Role of Godparents in the Catholic Church
- St. Blaise and the Blessing of Throats
- The Gloria
- The History of Daily Mass in the Church
- The Mass: Timeless and Changing
- The Placement of Gifts During the Consecration
- The Sacrament of Confirmation
- This is My Body: Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist
- What Must be Done for a Valid Baptism?
- Who Receives Holy Communion First?
- Why Not Women Priests?
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