2/17/25 - Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP - What Was the Old Traditional Eucharistic Fast?

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020. In Today's Show

• Current Canadian/American hockey rivalry.
• How can I get my adult children to start praying and come to church?
• If God knows the future, how do we reconcile the notion of us having free will?
• Is receiving communion on the hand not blessed like communion on the tongue?
• In The Traditional Rite of Mass, how many hours should the fast be prior to receiving Holy Communion?
• Has the Church ever spoken on the topic of aliens?
• Is there a specific Church teaching on the use of marijuana?
• Do you have any good books to recommend on how God made creation and not evolution?*
• When did Canon he know that he had a vocation?
• Any idea if the author Matthew Kelly is Catholic or have you heard of him?
• Do all ICKSP go through the Traditional Orders, All Lower and one of the Major?
• What missal is used for ICKSP mass?
• Which version of the Divine Office does the ICKSP use?

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