Welcome Fr. Robert Healey to the show!  Fr. Healey was ordained a priest on June 26, 2020, and served for two years as the associate pastor at St. Anne Catholic Church in Broken Arrow, OK, before entering into his second assignment at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, OK. 

In Today's Show:

• Welcome Fr. Healey!
• What is Fr. Healey's favorite Catholic seasonal dish?
• What is Fr. Healey's favorite era in Church history?
• To how many Saints does Fr. Healey have a devotion to?
• Should prayer intentions attached to a particular prayer?
• Does intent help if I die before confession?
• Where do priests get their hair cut?
• Can recreational swimming lead to immodesty?
• What does the title "Father" mean?
• Do guardian angels exist?
• What happens to guardian angels when we die?
• Should I join a convent to escape the modern world?
• Why is a prayer for the dead said after the meal prayer?
• Is it wrong or dangerous to keep Kachina Dolls?
• At mass they don't say the Confiteor.  How should I address this?

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Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020.

In Today's Show:

• Can Catholics pray with non-Catholics?
• To what Divine Office or version of the Divine Office do the ICKSP pray?
• Can my baptized Catholic daughter attend a Baptist service?
• Why are the Psalms numbered differently in new translations?
• What does 'rest in peace' mean?
• What should one do if faced with certain death?
• What are we praying for when saying 'world without end?'"
• What does the expression "desire of the everlasting hills" mean?
• How can one apply to the ICKSP?
• Did the martyrs know they would die?
• How can we convert secular people?
• Can a non-denominational baptism be valid?
• How do you know if a statement from a pope is Magisterial?

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Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog.

In Today's Show:

• How can I safely wear a brown scapular at the beach?
• Is watching anime a sin?
• Is allowing an unmarried couple to share a bed a mortal sin?
• Why didn't Jesus give the ability to perform miracles to the Apostles' successors?
• Am I doing enough for my parish?  Should I be doing more?
• What is the difference between Thomistic predestination and Calvinist?
• Is there a biblical reference to God speaking about us in flight or fight reaction?  How should we handle it?
• How do we handle Sanctifying Sunday when travelling and not near a Latin parish?
• How do Catholics respond to claims that the 4th Council of Constantinople caused changes in the Nicene creed?
• How much can you spend on pet medical care without it being sinful?

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Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.

In Today's Show:

• Why go to church if I pray daily?
• What does 'proceeds from the Father and the Son' mean?
• Can divorced and re-married people take communion?
• When is it appropriate to kiss in a relationship?
• Why doesn't the Nicene Creed mention the Eucharist?
• When someone asks for prayers from a person who is not yet a canonized Saint, how does that work?
• How did the church decide on using leavened bread instead of unleavened bread?
• Were the first four Apostles immediately drawn to Jesus?
• Can civilly married Catholics get a dispensation for their wedding?
• What constitutes a complete rosary?
• Can a spiritual director be female?
• Does only God know how my "spiritual journey" is going?

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Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.

In Today's Show:

• How does the Catholic Church view the relationship between faith and science?
• Is it OK to visit psychic communities?
• Where is the line crossed into sin when consuming alcohol?
• What was the sin of the rich man?
• How do I choose godparents if I don't live near family?
• Is it a sin to eat an apple a day?
• Are household chores on a Sunday sinful?
• At what point should we accept our cross and stop asking for healing?
• Can a Requiem mass be said for someone who committed suicide?
• Should I go back to confession if I didn't understand the priest?
• Should a mother of two try to have more children if the husband is reluctant?
• Is blaspheming the Holy Ghost ever forgivable?
• What is the difference between an epistle and a lesson?
• Is Jesus consumed by us without really being "consumed?"
• Is my brother's upcoming second marriage going to be valid?
• Is there a process for cleaning purifications or cloths that touch the Eucharist?
• Should a priest say "Wow!" during a homily?

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Please enjoy this special pre-recorded edition of Ask A Priest Live with special guest Bishop Joseph Strickland. To get a question in for Bishop Strickland (or one of our other wonderful priests) on a future show, email us at [email protected] 

In Today's Show:

• Are we practicing Christian charity when we depend on the government to take money from earners and redistribute it in the form of government welfare programs?
• Can you explain the Church's position on "Social Justice"?
• What are the origins of bishops?
• What is His Excellency's favorite kinds of cars?  
• What is the optimal size of a diocese?
• Can bishops remove or censure a pope?
• What did Pope Paul VI mean when he said "the smoke of Satan has entered the church" in 1972?
• If a Catholic marries a Protestant outside the Church with no Catholic official present and/or without permission from the bishop, what is the status of the Catholic? 

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Fr. Michael Copenhagen is a Melkite (Eastern Catholic) priest, husband, and father, at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Melkite Catholic Church in Gates, New York. He holds a Bachelors of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

In Today's Show:

• Could you explain the difference in the concepts of original sin in the East versus West?
• As Western Catholics, are we able to venerate Eastern Saints or ask for their intercession?
• How does one experience a beatific vision?
• Do many, or few, go to heaven?
• Were my parents married in the proper way?
• Why are there so many "types" of Catholics, and do they get along?
• Are there any traditions in the Melkite church that have come about because of Latinization?

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In Today's Show:

• Since today is the The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, could you explain the beliefs and significance of wearing the Brown Scapular?
• While I believe in God intellectually or emotionally, I don’t know if I truly believe in a deep meaningful way. How do I deal with this?
• Why does the priest cross the stole in the traditional mass, but not the new mass?
• If I’ve received Holy Communion before attempting reconciliation with my brother, do I need to confess in Confession the times I’ve received Holy Communion without having tried to reconcile?
• Do angels get tired of our antics?
• How should I handle noticing the Eucharist accidentally on the floor during Holy Communion?
• How should we deal with parish priests being stretched too thin?
• Does Heaven have a hierarchy?
• How do I deal with getting bored and becoming lazy at work?
• Is the Bible written in chronological order?
• Has the Church removed the phrases 'For all of the intentions in our hearts' or 'all of our personal intentions' or does it vary from parish to parish?
• Who exactly was the James who presided over the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15?
• What is the Church's position on elderly people of the opposite sex living together chastely, as roommates?
• Is 5:00 in the evening too early to start vespers?
• What is the best advice for dealing with a sanguine's high sanguiness?
• Should my baptism be redone?

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Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP, was ordained in 2018. He currently serves at Most Holy Rosary Chapel (St. Vincent’s School For Boys) in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. 

In Today's Show:

• How do we respond if we turn to God, but still don’t get everything we want?
• A passage in Matthew says that the Lord gave the same sum of money to 3 individuals. One buried the money. Did he go to Hell? 
• ​​Is it ok for priests to smoke cigarettes?
• Can you explain a little about the different schools of spirituality within Catholicism, and how one can choose one that aligns with their own spirituality?
• Is there a different missal used for the ICKSP?
• Why does Leviticus 27:19 forbid shaved heads, cut-off beards, and tattoos?
• How can I support a struggling friend without risking my own limited funds?
• Is “Call to Action” a safe organization for Catholics to get involved with?

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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:

• ​​Does God hear the prayers of those in Mortal Sin?
• Can I an intention or indulgence for someone if they aren't Catholic?
• Does God deliberately will things to happen as part of His plan for us, or does He simply allow things to happen “naturally”?
• Is it appropriate (or acceptable) to say "God bless you" when someone sneezes? 
• If a congregation is acting sinfully, is that necessarily due to their priest?
• Who has the power to issue excommunications?
• What is "private judgement?"
• How do I explain purgatory to Protestant friends?
• If someone receives their sacraments only out of need, not necessarily desire, are the sacraments still valid?

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