Father Simon Says

Check out this awesome encore show from June 21, 2024!

• (2:06) Bible Study:
  • 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20
    • Father Unpacks this complicated Passage in the bible. You won’t want to miss this!
  • Mt 6:19-23
    • What does it mean to store up treasure where your heart is.

(18:12) Break 1

• (18:57) Letters:
  • Father answers letters as to why you should go back to church, if orthodox Jews adopt none Jews, why some Holy days of obligation are not obligatory to all diocese and what do you do if they have Mass but no confession.

(40:00) Break 2

• (40:17) Word of the Day:
  • Zion
•  (43:38) Phones:
  • Al - What is the chronological order, Sodom, Gomorrah, Ten Commandments, Moses and the Flood?
  • Winnifred - A Catholic marrying a protestant, they weren't married before a priest.  Are they considered married in the eyes of the Church, and receiving communion?

Check out this awesome encore show from August 23, 2024

• (2:05) Bible Study: 
  • Ez 37:1-14
    • Father talks about dry bones
  • Mt 22:34-40
    • Who is my neighbor

(20:47) Break 1

• (21:37) Letters:
  • Father answers if Aromatheopy is in line with the Catholic Church. Talks about who is like the son of Man and who is the son of Man and answers what the will of God is.

(34:17) Break 2

• (35:07) Word of the Day:
  • Unapipito
• (38:49) Phones:
  • Erica - What does he know about Catholic Charities of America, I haven't seen any presence, almost a nonexistent thing.
  • Dan - I play piano at Church, I always heard communion song is supposed to start when Fr. receives communion himself.  B/c I'm playing throughout the whole time, I can't get communion.  But I get communion on the weekdays, is that fine?
  • Nathaniel - What is the job and role in the parish of a married deacon, and how do you know if you're being called?
  • John - Shama, the first instance I found of Shama was in Genesis.   What do you think?

Check out this Encore show from August 30, 2024

• (2:30) Bible Study: 
  • 1 Cor 1:17-25
    • Father sheds some light on Paul.
  •  Mt 25:1-13
    • Father goes through this passage step by step.

(20:21) Break 1

• (21:27) Letters:
  • Father answers what the best text for the bible is and other word plays from words from Chick-fil-A to Adultery. Strange conversation, but fun!

Break 2

• (39:05) Word of the Day:
  • Foolishness
• (40:26) Phones:
  • Joseph - how can we love our priests better and not just see them as sacrament dispensers?
  • Therese - Is it true that divine mercy is the sacrament of Confession?
  • Young Thomas shares an email asking about the psalms and Vatican 2

Check out this Encore from December 19, 2024!

• (3:26) Bible Study: 
  • Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a
    • Father talks about the epic story of Samson in this reading relating his origin story.
  • Lk 1:5-25
    • Father explains the origin story of John the Baptist.

(17:33) Break 1

• (19:19) Letters:
  • Can you be forgiven if you are not repentant for your sin? How does God look from different perspectives? Father answers these and many other questions. Send Father a letter at [email protected]

(32:08) Break 2

• (33:33) Word of the Day:
  • X
• (34:52) Phones:
  • Vince - When I was an altar boy, our church at noon had a high mass; And the rest was regular mass. Am I remembering this correctly
  • Mary - My daughter was in confession and she noticed the priest was on an iPad and she said to the priest, 'you were on the iPad' the whole time, he denied it and she could hear him shut the iPad.  Did she do the right thing by calling him out.
  • Jeff - What Emmanuel and Jesus, why two different instructions for the naming?
  • Lisa - I have a son who is non-practicing Catholic and daughter in law whose non-practicing Jew; they’re hosting Christmas Day at their house.  And their children not raised. What is my role as a grandma and what if grandson asks me questions about Christmas and Easter?

• (3:03) Bible Study:
  • Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24
    • Be Faithful to the Lord and hand on what was passed down
  • Luke 1:57-66
    • Father talks about the name “John”

(18:31) Break 1

• Father talks about the Reverence theory of Saint Joseph
• (28:36) Letters:
  • Father talks about the meaning of the Lamb of God. Father helps a listener who returned to the Church and had some questions about the Church. Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected]

(38:06) Break 2

• (39:07) Word of the Day
  • IHS
• (40:34) Phones:
  • Katie - If Mary was born without original sin, why couldn't she have been our savior?
  • James – Are black Rosary beads bad?
  • Anthony - When were girls allowed to be altar servers? Why can't nuns do math?

• (3:24) Bible Study:
  • 1 Samuel 1:24-28
    • What does it mean to be dedicated to God?

(24:18) Break 1

• (25:07) Letters:
  • How do you explain the Trinity without committing heresy? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected]

(35:47) Break 2

• (37:17) Word of the Day
  • Kai
• (47:10) Phones:
  • Deacon Ray - Have you ever heard of Joseph and the reverence theory?

• (10:54) Bible Study:
  • Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a
    • Father shares the story of Sampson’s birth
  • Luke 1:5-25
    • Angry religion is a curse. Father explains

(22:46) Break 1

• (24:02) Letters:
  • Why has doing the minimum become the norm? What is cannibalism and are Catholic cannibals? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected]

(32:51) Break 2

• (34:15) Word of the Day
  • Sanctuary
• (37:59) Phones:
  • Sally - I want to be cremated but what should I do?
  • Maria - When we say 'poor banished children of eve' in a prayer is that a reference to Mary as the new Eve or to Eve the wife of Adam?
  • Chris - In Luke 7:18-20 it seems like John the Baptist doesn’t know Jesus even though they are related
  • Charlie - Why in Isaiah does it say he should be called Emmanuel, but we named him Jesus?

• (6:41) Bible Study:
  • Matthew 1:1-17
    • Father explains this list of names from yesterday’s readings.
  • Matthew 1:18-25
    • Today’s readings talk about Joseph but miss something really important.

(18:45) Break 1

• (21:20) Letters:
  • How do you tell you parents that you converted of the Faith? Can you get married if you aren’t confirmed in the Faith? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected]

(34:04) Break 2

• (36:12) Word of the Day
  • Jesus
• (40:57) Phones:
  • Tom - Can you reconcile the need to be buried but then also taking pieces off of saints. (not a catholic)
  • Franchesca - A heard about a priests who gave confession to a POW German who said he wasn’t sorry for begin a Nazi but did say he was sorry for not being sorry. Could you clarify this?
  • Jay - what is 'catholic Faith' does it mean a lineage from Peter?

Check out this Encore from December 17, 2024

• (3:11) Bible Study: 
  • Mt 1:1-17
    • Father proves that sola scriptura is false with this reading.

(18:54) Break 1

• (20:21) Letters:
  • Father Answers questions about the Christmas season, when it starts and when it finishes. Why are some mortal sins worse seemingly than others? Father Simon answers these and other questions. Send him an email at [email protected]

(34:42) Break 2

• (35:37) Word of the Day:
  • Worship
• (38:03) Phones:
  • Mary Alice - I agree 100% with the length of Christmas. I keep my decorations up until Feb 2. I put up the 3 Kings and move them closer as Jan 6 comes in.
  • Marie - Does anyone else ever sing Happy Birthday to Jesus? We made Christmas Tree out of cupcakes and sing Happy birthday.
  • Sharon - Exodus 24:10. Says they saw God. What did they see and how come we have not seen God since?
  • Joe - St. Hildegarde and saints saw hell. I don’t get how hell corresponds to the mercy of God.

• (3:05) Bible Study:
  • Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
    • Father talks about the resurgence of Faith in our world today among young people
  • Matthew 21:28-32
    • Does this say that works matter in the Faith?

(19:22) Break 1

• (20:59) Letters:
  • Father talks about non-Catholics coming to Catholic worship. How do you report a miracle in the Church? Father talks about yokes and how they relate with Jesus. Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected]

(31:22) Break 2

• (33:36) Word of the Day
  • Tax Collector
• (36:05) Phones:
  • Cathy - My stepson and his girlfriend are living together and I am having reservations about Christmas eve at their house.
  • Patrick – What are sins are covered by 'love covers a multitude of sins'
  • Chris - Why are Catholics forbidden to be Mason?
  • Alex - When Jesus said for give 'them' who is them?