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:

• Is it okay to watch the Lord of the Rings Movies?
• Is it okay to watch videos about paranormal subject matter?
• Are Catholics required to believe the Assumption or Immaculate Conception?
• What is the Catholic view on dancing?
• What is the reason for the second confiteor in the pre 1955 low mass?
• If I couldn't make my Easter obligation for medical reasons, can I go back to receiving communion when I physically get back to mass?
• Do Catholics and Protestants have a similar view on penal substitution, and atonement?
• How to respond to a Catholic who doesn't believe in purgatory?
• What are some good books for discerning the priesthood?
• Can Catholics participate in sports betting?
• Since love requires at least to people and God is loving doesn't that prove the Trinity?
• What are the requirements for public recitation regarding Indulgences?
• How do you recommend a Catholic family celebrate Halloween?

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Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004.     In Today's Show

• What are the rubrics for tabernacle candles?
• I was just baptized a long time ago but had no first communion or confirmation. Can I go to mass?
• I went to a medium after my wife died and now, I'm seeing weird signs at my house.
• Should Catholics watch the movie Conclave?
• Is it sinful to watch horror movie? And more on Conclave.
• Who wrote the collects and what does "world without end" mean?
• What does the word Atrazoth mean?
• Can I attend a Anglican baptism?
• Is there a book you can recommend helping a Protestant understand that the Catholic Church is Christ's only Church?
• What is happening to all the beautiful high altars? Don't they have relics in them?

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Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP currently serves as Chaplain of the ICKSP Oakland Apostolate at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Oakland, California. He was ordained in 2018.     In Today's Show:

• Is hypnosis permissible?
• What exactly is the sin of weakness?
• I've heard we receive signal graces if we pray the rosary daily. What are they?
• Any advice for a Catholic men's workout group?
• What does Canon think about the Pope cardinal appointments?
• What is material heresy, and do I have to go to confession over it?
• What is Reiki, and why should Catholics avoid it?
• What exactly is a near occasion of sin?
• Would it be a sin to allow my son to stay in the same room as his girlfriend?
• Can Catholics have acupuncture?

 

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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

• Did all the souls who were in Sheol enter Heaven
• immediately after the Ascension, or did some of them end up in Purgatory?
• Did Jesus have physical imperfections?
• Did our Lady die, or was she alive when she got assumed into Heaven?
• My friend committed suicide. Will I ever get to see him in heaven?
• Can suicide be considered an unforgivable sin?
• Is it permissible to pray in the shower?
• If a deacon blessed my religious items, should I get them blessed by a priest?
• How does the Church view the wars and bans that Israel had after Exodus?
• Is it okay to use my own name as my Confirmation name, or should I rectify this?
• So you have to go to confession after every mortal sin?
• Is separation of church and state a good or bad thing?
• Was St. Joseph in limbo till Jesus opened the gates of Heaven?
• Is there a point where the particles that fall off from the Eucharist are so small that they are no longer the Eucharist?

 

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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

• Happy Feast Day and celebrating the anniversary of Lepanto!
• Why was Zechariah made mute when Mary wasn't, when they both questioned their angel's message?
• Is it a mortal sin, if it takes a little time before I fight off lustful thoughts?
• Would cheating on a test be considered grave matter?
• Does Father suggest any Bible studies?
• The Church banned images depicting God in the form of a man with three faces, could you speak on this? (Answered Now with sources. Originally asked on 9/25/24)
• There are some private revelations that saw Martin Luther in hell and other who saw Mussolini in heaven. Should we be taking these revelations seriously?
• What is Church teaching on obedience to the Bishops/Pope?
• As someone who work with the elderly in healthcare, how do I try to save the souls who are resisting God?
• Is it required to drink the blood in order to receive the Eucharist?
• If a priest is struggling with alcohol addiction, is he required to drink the Precious Blood?
• I need someone to talk to. Do you have any suggestions on where to look for guidance?

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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 and the TAN Direction Blog.     In Today's Show:

• Happy Anniversary to Fr. Rock's Parents!
• Can I pray the Liturgy of the Hours all at once?
• Why is it necessary to have multiple gospels included in the Bible, and why is just 4 and only 4?
• FSSP priests are permitted to both celebrate and concelebrate the Novus Ordo?
• Could Father please tell me how to translate the name of Votive Mass 16 in the Roman Missal? In Latin it is: “Ad vocationes ecclesiasticas servandas.”
• A friend of mine thinks that the Church supports abortion in some situations. Is it true?
• I have a lot of Protestant family. How do I explain to them the use of sacramentals?
• Do sedevacantists have any apostolic succession?
• Do you have any advice for those falling into the rabbit hole of sedevacantism?
• How should we decorate for Halloween? What should we avoid?

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Fr. John-Mary Bowlin serves as Parish Priest at St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army and was ordained a priest in June of 2012.     In Today's Show:

• What does Father think about "children's masses"?
• For the 9 First Fridays devotion, can a spiritual communion suffice? Or do I have to start over?
• Wouldn't it be charitable to attend those weddings outside the Church, to show that we love them no matter what?
• What should be the age for receiving communion?
• People say that Church Tradition is set in stone. Others say that it updates and changes itself over time. Which is true?
• What should I focus on/take away from the readings this upcoming Sunday? (October 6th, 2024)
• How do I deal with the loss of a loved one and fear of death?
• How do I deal with the loss of a loved one and fear of death? - (Continued)
• If St. Thomas defines charity or love as willing the good of another, how would our love of God be defined since God is already perfect goodness itself?

 

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Fr. Joseph Dalimata, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Church in El Paso, Texas. He was ordained in May of 2021.

 

In Today's Show

• Should I push for my daughter to wear skirts?
• I touched a rosary to a relic of St. Padre Pio, would it be okay to have it blessed as well?
• Is it immoral to destroy the abortion equipment, when the abortion facility is closed?
• Are Catholics allowed to attend Jewish Rosh Hashanah or Seder Meals?
• Can my parish regularly have communion services when the priest is out?
• Can monthly missalettes be blessed?
• If I lose my rosary, do I have to get it blessed again?
• How do I explain the Trinity to children?
• Can a priest bless items through a TV?
• Why are Catholics allowed to attend some Protestant services?
• If sleep like drugs rob us of reason, wouldn't sleeping be 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

• Both the East and West mix a few drops of water into the wine before transubstantiation. Is this a holdover from the Jewish Rites?
• What if your partner has yet to know Jesus through a Catholic lens?
• Should a priest learn the Latin Mass even if he wouldn't understand everything while he would say it? Is it necessary to understand everything?
• How can homosexuality be a sin if God, our Creator, created people like this?
• Someone told me that the Catholic Church glorifies suffering and being miserable, how can I respond?
• Is the definition of marriage objective?
• My protestant friend wants me to give them the definition of IVF, and why it goes against Church Teaching.
• A friend told me that the name Peter doesn't translate to rock but instead it means small stone. Is this true?
• Can a Catholic attend a Lutheran service without partaking in their "communion"?
• Can a Catholic attend a Protestant baptism like with valid weddings and funerals?
• I was wondering what one should do if a family is often using the cry room as a playroom? 

 

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Fr. Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP is Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Providence, Rhode Island. He was ordained in 2008.     In Today's Show

• Should I have relations with my spouse even if I don't feel like it and offer it up in order to lower the risk of adultery?
• Does the Church view polygamy in the Bible as morally wrong?
• What should I do if I can't get married to the Muslim father to my children because he is being pressured into having an Islamic marriage ceremony instead of a Catholic one?
• When did the St. Michael prayer stopped being commonly said at the end of mass in most churches, when and why did this happen?
• My relative had a dream where I was acting crazy, should I take any meaning out of this?
• What should Catholics think of the nouvelle theologie (New Theology)?
• What does Pope Francis mean when he says that all religions can get you to God/Heaven?
• For one discerning the priesthood, how should they go about asking for a spiritual director?
• NFP, is there a different perspective for traditional Catholics on it vs what St. John Paul II said?

 

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