Fr. Elias Mary Mills, F.I. served as Rector of the Shrine Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lacrosse, Wisconsin from 2016 to 2021. He was ordained in May of 2000.

 

In Today's Show:

• What was the first Marian apparition?
• I was wondering how you decided to become a Franciscan Friar rather than a diocesan priest or even joining another traditional order such as the FSSP or ICKSP. Also, how do your duties differ from those of other types of priests?
• I once attended a wedding on Saturday where it was stated that Mass attendance would count for the next day, even though the Mass was before 4. Is that correct?
• How morally responsible are we for the sins of others if we willingly decide not to speak up and correct them?
• ​​Is it ok to pray for something more than once or ask for the intercession of more than one saint for something?
• Are there any past sins that prevent you from becoming a monk/priest?
• Where does it say in the Bible that women cannot be priests, besides Matthew 16?
• Is it permissible to read the edifying works of modern Orthodox Saints without any desire to leave the Catholic Church?
• Generally speaking, do you think the Crusades were largely successful or unsuccessful?
• Do souls in purgatory know when we are praying for them?
• Why is it that Angels cannot receive Our Lord in Holy Communion?
• Do the Angelic choirs form part of the Mystical Body of Christ?
• If I think the death penalty is still a valid moral option in appropriate circumstances, and therefore disagree with the teaching of the modern Catechism of the Catholic Church on the death penalty, do I commit the grave sin of schism and risk damnation?

 

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