Episode Details

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:

• What is the history of using altar cards for mass?
• Would any deviation from the missal render a mass illicit?
• Does Father trip up over Latin words?
• In the votive mass for any necessity, does the priest have to know the particular necessity that is being prayed for?
• If the priest does not have to know the necessity, could the different people attending the Mass each have their own necessity that they are praying for?
• What did Mary experience during the Annunciation? Did she have to ponder the question?
• What is the oldest rite in the church that is still practiced today?
• In the votive mass for any necessity, could a person or each person have more than one necessity, and are there any guidelines to what would count as a "necessity"?
• The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has their own pope. Would it be okay for us Catholics to refer to him as pope?
• What is the Church's teaching on vigilante behavior? Can a Catholic become Batman?
• How can I reconcile the mercy of God with the fewness of the saved?
• Do you have to be in a state of grace in order to receive the Eucharist and what does being in a state of grace entail?
• Can you recommend a Bible passage for a troubled marriage?
• My relative keeps telling me to be quiet when I point out something sinful they are doing. Should I just pray for them?
• When praying the rosary, is there a proper way to hold the beads with folded hands?
• When the priest distributes Holy Communion, why is his gesture not a 'full' cross?
• How come a priestly distance blessing is okay as opposed to a distance confession?
• What should one do with something made by a relative when they joined the Elks?
• What is the difference in being wary of modern pagan objects vs old statues of Greek gods?
• My job as a plumber sometimes requires me to work on Sunday, is that okay?

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