#12615 Is It Appropriate to Pray the Rosary During Mass? Annulments, Eucharist - Tom Nash
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
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“Is it appropriate to pray the Rosary during Mass?” This question opens a discussion on the integration of personal devotion within communal worship. Other topics include why many Catholic parishes serve only bread during Communion, the historical context of the Holy Family’s journey to Egypt, and the process of seeking annulments while preparing for the sacraments.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:30 – Is it appropriate to pray the Rosary during Mass?
- 17:03 – I’m not Catholic. Why do many Catholic churches only give the bread and not the wine? It seems like if we’re following scripture it should be both.
- 29:15 – I heard that when the Holy Family went to Egypt they were robbed by two thieves, and these same thieves were crucified with Jesus. Is this true?
- 33:33 – My wife and I are going through OCIA. Both of us are seeking annulments for our previous marriages. The annulments will likely not be done by Easter. Can we still receive the sacrament of reconciliation?
- 43:11 – Could the new Mass of Paul VI be considered a new rite? Especially considering the new Eucharistic prayers, and the fact that the Roman Canon is not required?
- 45:21 – What are your thoughts on making noise in the church before Mass begins? Should it be silent preparation, or should we greet and talk to people? Or somewhere in between?
- 50:07 – Is Aquinas’ belief that Jesus did not have the theological virtue of Faith a doctrine of the Church? Or is it just Aquinas’ opinion?
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| 1:04.9 | Answering the questions for us in the second hour will be our good friend William Albrecht, who will join us, as I said in the second hour. In the first hour, in the meantime, we're welcoming back, of course, our regular guest, a staff apologist here at Catholic Answers, has been appearing on this show for more than 15 years. Tom Nash, welcome back to the show. Thomas, good to be with you. Thank you very much. Glad to have you here, Tom. Tom, of course, is the author of books such as the biblical roots of the Mass. To whom shall we go, the biblical case for the Catholic Church? And Catholic Answers Very Own Book, 20 Answers, The Rosary. And Tom, of course, it seems like we have you on a lot. We have you on these, Ask Me Anything shows, but it seems like we have you on a lot to discuss |
| 1:47.1 | the Mass, too, is that right? |
| 1:48.5 | Yes. |
| 1:49.7 | I've got a background, as you mentioned, writing about the Mass, and then I did a lot |
| 1:52.9 | of work in my work service with Catholics and I have faith dealing with various |
| 1:57.1 | liturgy questions. |
| 1:58.2 | So yeah, I enjoy doing that, and I enjoy being in-house, too, versus working remotely |
| 2:04.8 | when I wasn't staff apologist for most of the time when I wasn't staff apologist. |
| 2:09.0 | So it's good to be in the office here, and I'm looking forward to spending time with you today, |
| 2:13.0 | and our Catholic Answers' audience, as always. |
| 2:15.4 | Yeah, it's really nice to have someone in the flesh in the studio, |
| 2:18.3 | you know, a bit like it's good to have the Mass in person in the flesh with, with the whole congregation around us and our Lord present with us right there. |
| 2:26.2 | Amen to that. Same thing with adoration. Absolutely. Ain't nothing like the real thing. I mean, being present, you can always pray. You can pray anywhere, but our Lord makes himself present in the Eucharist, |
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