5/29/24 - Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP

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:

• How does a Catholic truly forgive someone? When do bad thoughts of people who have caused great harm turn into grave sin?
• I had the wonderful privilege of hearing the Canons of the ICKSP chant Lauds, then, later during the Triduum, Vespers. To my ears, it sounds like the vocal technique used in recto tono is different. It has a sustained buzzing quality that seems to suspend in the air. Am I correct about this? If so, please explain the technique for vocalizing recto tono and why it would be done that way.
• What would happen to a person who left the Catholic church for the Russian Orthodox church?
• How often can an ICKSP priest or seminarian visit their family?
• Do you have any concern about the future of the ICKSP or the Latin mass?
• Are the four temperament theories helpful for growing in virtue?
• It's my understanding that the Ecclesia Dei communities can continue so long as the priests celebrate the new rite periodically. Do I have this right?
• I have stage four cancer and I'm currently in hospice. I've been told different things about medically assisted passing. Is it considered permissible by the church? Is it acceptable because I'm in hospice?
• I believe the FSSP ordinations took place today. When are the ordinations for the ICKSP?

 

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