Fr. Francisco Nahoe, OFM Conv., has served the Church and the Franciscan Order in Catholic education, campus ministry, parochial ministry, and catechesis. He is a chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California, and focuses his scholarly efforts on Renaissance rhetoric and Polynesian ethnohistory.

In Today's Show:

• Why is purple the liturgical color of Lent?
• In the Litany of the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is it required that one say Blood of Christ so many times?
• When we do someone else wrong, do we need to tell the other person that we are sorry and ask their forgiveness to be right with God?
• What is the difference between Holy water, oil, and salt?
• Did Our Lady say no Franciscan shall ever die of hunger?
• How do we honor our mother and father when their words are contrary to the faith?
• What are religious orders, and how do priests choose them?
• How can someone stay consistent in prayer life?
• How can we surrender ourselves to God?
• Did changing the dialectic of the mass in Vatican II change the intention of the mass?

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