3/21/25 - Fr. William Rock, FSSP - How Should Catholics Deal with a Past Vasectomy?

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: Are elves in the Santa myth giving it a pagan slant? How can one repair the damages caused by getting a vasectomy? In my missal it mentions what a priest should say in "a black mass" what does it mean by that? How often do Church councils happen? What is the difference between a Council and a Synod? Does "Live by the sword, die by the sword" apply to guns and self-defense? What are your top three book recommendations on the four temperaments? Does my grandma's suffering take time off of her purgatory? What does it mean to join suffering with charity? What is the difference between active and passive offering up? Can souls in purgatory pray for each other? When a sin confessed do you still have to do purgatory time for it? What kind of music is acceptable to listen to? Do you think the Orthodox and Catholic dates of Easter will ever change to be on the same day? 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!