Everything you want to know about Catholic Mass—but were too afraid to ask

Is there a question you have about the Catholic Mass that you’ve
always been too embarrassed to ask? Like: When we say, “Only say
the word and my soul shall be healed,”...what’s “the word”? You’re
in luck. This week, we’re talking to Father Dave Dwyer, the
executive director of Busted Halo, a media outreach of the Paulist
Fathers, and the author of the new book Mass Class: Your Questions
Answered. Zac and Ashley ask Father Dave their own burning
questions about the liturgy, what he would say to Catholics who
lost their “Mass habit” during the pandemic and how to make sure
Mass etiquette does not get in the way of true reverence. In Signs
of the Times, Zac and Ashley talk with Carol Zimmerman, who has
worked for Catholic News Service for 30 years reporting on
education, health care and the Supreme Court. What will the church
in the United States lose when the domestic operations of CNS close
on Dec. 30? Finally, it’s your last chance to submit questions for
Zac and Ashley mailbag episode! Post your questions on Twitter,
Facebook, Patreon or to jesuitical@americamedia.org by Monday, Dec.
19. Links from the show: U.S. bishops announce Catholic News
Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end Catholic News
Service provides vital context that secular media misses. Shutting
it down is a mistake. Mass Class: Your Questions Answered, by
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