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 symbolism of the humeral veil worn by the subdeacon during the canon?
• Why does the celebrant wear a cope during the processions and why do the deacons hold it while they process in?
• Why does the subdeacon take off his tunicle while chanting the epistle?
• Why did the roman soldiers give Jesus, vinegar to drink, and why did he say, "I thirst"?
• In St. Paul last epistle, why did they mention heaping coals on someone's head?
• Why is Jesus called an angel of the great council in the Litany of the Holy Name?
• Will animals or pets go to heaven?
• When does the ensoulment of a child take place?
• Did Moses go to heaven after he sinned, because God was upset with him?
• How do I respond to someone who says that the KOC and the Freemasons are aligned, because their meetings are secret?
• Must someone accept every saint declared by the Catholic Church?
• In regard to St. Timothy, why did he need to become circumcised as an adult?
• Had a wall crucifix blessed but it fell off the wall and broke in lots of pieces. Should we have it re-blessed?

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