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Do you yourself ask your priest many questions ?
I know mine are often pressed for time…so if there arn’t many for confession I will ask a question or two if it’s connected to what I’m confessing .My relation is a priest and it’s wonderful to be able to ask him questions …usually on the phone while he’s driving
to visit the hospital …it can be hard to catch him though 🙂
 
Yeah, I do… I’m an MC, so I have to get to church around an hour before Mass begins, so if I have something on my mind, I am usually able to ask him.
 
No. Master of Ceremonies- Essentially, a "Head server’ who akes sure that Father’s vestments are laid out, assists the sacristan, and makes sure that the altar servers behave themselves and do things correctly during the Mass.
 
Yes. In fact I rarely ask anything online, CAF or elsewhere, because nearly all of my questions are better answered by a priest who knows me personally. Since they are indeed very busy, I don’t restrict myself to a single priest. I have recourse to a core of thirteen, over five dioceses in three countries. So far, there hasn’t been a time when absolutely none of them had the time to knock some sense into me.

Then there’s that whole “the Internet is forever” thing. Not sure I want my issues to be available for anyone to read about until the end of time. Ugh.

The vast majority of my questions are fielded by my pastor, simply by virtue of our seeing each other All. The. Time. Depending on the capacity in which a person serves, being active in one’s parish can give incidental access to the priest(s) that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Prime opportunity to ask questions.
 
Though not an MC, I’ve had to deal with that first hand. It was a nightmare.
 
Maximilian75 said:
makes sure that the altar servers behave themselves
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The first time I attended an Eastern Divine Liturgy I was AMAZED at the discipline of the altar servers. I remember thinking that the Latin Rite could use a lot more development in this area.
 
I never used to, because they always seemed so busy and I didn’t want to bother them, even my uncle.

But my uncle has since retired and my spiritual director is a priest, so if I have my uncle on the phone or an appointment with the spiritual director I’ll ask them. Or if I really want to, there’s a priest who’s very approachable. I do try to keep that to a minimum though, it’s easier for them if one could arrange it ahead of time so they’re not rushing between duties.
 
Extraordinary Form parishes are like that too, but most OF parishes? oh, a little bit of me dies every time I go to a new OF parish and see the altar servers…
 
The tennis shoes really bother me. Should that bother me? Slouching, not singing or otherwise following the mass, scratching, fidgiting. Don’t get me wrong, I would not want to be up there at attention either, being watched by everyone, but if I was, I would certainly be more conscious of how I appeared!
 
yes, absolutely. (IMO) other than at Daily Mass, sneakers have no place on altar server’s feet… And my parish’s servers are better than most with posture/fidgeting, but we certainly have work to do…

St. John Berchmann, Ora Pro Nobis!
 
I gave up altar serving long ago. Unless the world was ending I’d never do it again. The disorganized planning and nitpicking were irritating. 😑
 
I’m not sure I agree with this, at least not in all or perhaps not even in most instances. It depends on what the question(s) is (are).
 
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eh… it depends… If it’s after Mass on a day where Father doesent have much to do, and there is a line under 3 people, sure…

Before Mass, with people who may well need to get to Confession in order to reccieve Holy Communion, save the apologetics for later…
 
I got a job and said Adios to altar serving. I’m content sitting in the pew.
 
I don’t really ask my priest theological questions. Mostly logistical questions.
 
IIRC you work in a parish, correct?

I spend a disproportionate amount of time explaining to Father why, for example, the schedule he has proposed for me doesn’t work unless time is somehow not linear. The least he can do is answer my theological questions while we remedy these issues…
 
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I don’t restrict myself to a single priest. I have recourse to a core of thirteen, over five dioceses in three countries.
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Wow that’s impressive! You travel a bit do you?
And do you mean you email them questions? Call them up? Or meet them in person?
 
Yes, I do tend to wander around a lot. I’m not sure I would label it as “impressive,” though. Priests seem to find me intriguing, so I tend to bond in durable ways with the clergy wherever I go. I’m surrounded by priests on a daily basis and have no problem talking frankly with them.
 
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And do you mean you email them questions? Call them up? Or meet them in person?
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Sorry, failed to answer this the first time around. I either call, meet them in person or write a letter. I never send questions via email simply because I prefer to communicate in other ways.

When I have a spiritual director, the vast majority of my questions naturally go to him. I’m between SDs at the moment, though, so my priest friends are a greater blessing than usual.
 
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