Ask A Priest Live

• What is a silent retreat like?
• Are priests primarily obedient to the Pope or Church Tradition?
• While praying the traditional compline, is it okay to sing the canticle of Simeon using the newer translation?
• Are fleeting passing thoughts of anger or frustration a mortal sin when not willfully entertained?
• When dealing with intrusive impure thoughts, does it only become a mortal sin when one dwells or delights in them?
• Is it a sin to make an online purchase on Sunday?
• Can I attend a mass where the priest is quietly a Sedevacantist?
• When considering applying to the seminary. Should I finish college first or go ahead and talk to my vocation director?
• What is your opinion on the Magdalene laundries that existed back in the day?
• Is it a mistake to identify St Mary Magdalene with the sinner in John 12 and Luke 7?
• Has Fr. ever had to bless a house with any kind of reported demonic activity in his time as a priest?
• What must I do to be saved?

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• If one accidentally eats within the eucharistic fast period, should he refrain from receiving communion?
• How should Catholics view Francisco Franco, as a hero or villain?
• Is it sinful to use your friend's Netflix account?
• At the pontifical high mass why do some of the Master of Ceremonies have lace on their surplices?
• I had a co-worker who was abused by a priest when he was young, is it appropriate to try and bring him back to the Faith?
• Should Catholics refer to the Holy Land of Biblical times as Israel?
• I'm concerned with the lack of reverence in the church near me, what can I do to help the situation?
• Can my baby be baptized with more than one godfather and one godmother?
• Is intrusive thoughts that wish harm or death considered a mortal sin?
• Did censuses such as that of Quirinius include children?
• Are there any studies on Catholic meditation improving health?
• Is it possible to get an annulment for a civil wedding with the couple still married?
• I had an abortion when I was young, am I obligated to tell my son who is a seminarian?
• How can I cultivate a rich seminary personal rule of life?
• Why does the celebrant wear a cope and why is it held up during the procession?
• Is it a mortal sin to eat beyond fullness with full knowledge?
• Is the popular song Viva la Vida by Coldplay blasphemous?

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• 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?

• Should Catholics stay away from Luisa Piccarreta's Divine Will Devotion? (Part 2)
• What is the blue cape that ICKSP altar boy's wear? Do they have special permission to use one?
• In the past there were arraigned marriages of saints who wanted to join the religious life, would the marriage be resisting God's will?
• What is the Orthodox vs Catholic discussion about the Filioque?
• Did the crusades help or hurt the relationship between Catholics and orthodox Christians?
• Why in contrast to pre-Vatican II do traditional TLM priests not wear the coin sized clerical tonsure in their haircut?
• Canon, what are your top 3 whiskeys?
• How did you discern your vocation to enter the ICKSP?
• How can we know God's will for us without letting our emotions get in the way?

Filioque - from New Advent

Finding God’s will for you by St Francis de Sales

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• What are the Lessons in Latin program?
• What are the marks of a good spiritual director?
• What is a casket called when there is no body present?
• How does a priest celebrate the Latin mass alone?
• How does listening to a lot of confessions affect your physical and mental health?
• Can a Latin rite priest celebrate the Eastern Divine Liturgy?
• Who was St. Mother Cabrini? Also, discussion about the movie.
• What is Canon's favorite movie?
• Why do we say "Holy God" three times during the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
• If a person drops the host, what should the priest do?
• More discussion on movies.

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