2/16/24 - Fr. John Brancich, FSSP

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

• Why do Catholics say Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit?
• What is the difference between what Catholics and Protestants teach on being filled with the Holy Spirit at Baptism?
• Can a wife bless her husband?
• Is it possible for a Christian to be demonically possessed?
• I was receiving Holy Communion unworthily all these years. If I confess, will these sins be forgiven, and is there any chance for excommunication?
• Scripture says that we should be courageous but we are being taught that we should have a spirit of docility, which is right?
• We have missed mass a few times, I gather that I shouldn't go up to receive it because of the state of my soul. But my husband and child go up. What can/should I do?
• Scripture says to call no man your father, yet this show and Catholics call priest father. How do you square the two?
• What is the difference between liturgy prayer in the mass and prayer in our daily life?
• What is the Catholic view on protestant services?
• About the story of the rich man and Lazarus. What does the impassable chasm between the rich man and Abraham signify?
• Can non-Catholics still be saved and go to Heaven even without receiving any of the Sacraments?

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