2/23/24 - Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Does Fulton J. Sheen have a place in your spirituality? Books such as Calvary and the Mass and The Priest is Not His Own. Your comments, please. What is a sin against the Holy Spirit and how do I know if I've committed one? Is it morally OK to draw caricatures or create scenes/parodies using public figures such as politicians? For example, cutting out a presidential statement to create a humorous song? Could you please explain the symbolic meaning or historical origin of the formations of the ministers in a solemn mass in the Roman Rite? Why do they stand at times directly behind one another in a straight line, and at other times diagonally? I have seen that in the Dominican Rite, the ministers stand directly to the right of one another for the orations, and am not sure of the reasoning for that either. Could you please remind me of the technical term for the part of certain collects where we "remind" God of various events in the history of our salvation in order that He might do them once more for us now, and what this second part of the collect would also be called? Are those who suffer from mental illness held accountable for their sins in the same way that any other person would be, or are they given a benefit of doubt? I recently attended a discussion about the feast of Divine Mercy. During the discussion, we were told that all sins are remitted with no temporal punishment. In other words, you would go straight to heaven. However, if you go to confession every two weeks, would all sins be remitted? Can a priest have a pet, and if so, does Canon Bourgeois have one?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!