2/11/25 - Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP - Whiskey and Arranged Marriages!

02/12/25 • 50 min

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:

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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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:

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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2/10/25 - Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP - Girl Altar Serving & Infallible Canonizations?

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

Regarding the price of KOC regalia.
Is it true that historically, men did not always attend Mass often?
Is it bad advice to think of sinning being similar to harming an image of Jesus?
Are canonizations infallible?
Can we interpret parts of the Song of Solomon (Chapter 4) to be a reference to Mary?
Does the Church believe that Jonah is a saint?
Must we belong to the parish in the geographic location where we live?
My girlfriend and I cohabitated for a while, how should we move forward?
Do you think Jonah and Lazarus are parallels to the resurrection?
Do souls exist before conception, or does God create them at conception?
My local pharmacy dispenses abortion pills, is it okay to get other medication from there?
How can the souls in purgatory intercede for us?
How do introverts handle becoming priests?
Why do Catholic altars face east?
How can encourage my immigrant friend who is worried to go to mass?
When does it become a problem to use a rosary for marketing?
I altar served as a young girl, was what I did considered a sin, since girls shouldn't be in those roles?

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2/12/25 - Fr. William Rock, FSSP - Can A Catholic Become Batman?

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?