Father Simon Says

Check out this great show from May 30, 2024

Bible Study: (1:52)

1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12

• Growing into salvation! 

Mk 10:46-52

• Trust & salvation 

Letters:

• (28:00) - Thank you, Father for your views about the Diocese! 
• (30:55) - Catholicism, the Jews, and killing Jesus 

Word of the Day: Boundary (39:03)

Callers: 

• (42:52) - I do the Liturgy of the Hours, I always thought the Feast of Corpus Christi was on a Sunday?  
• (44:53) - Could you explain the Agnus Dei? 
• (45:57) - Guardian Angel Prayer, to light and guard and rule and guide. Could you explain the word 'rule'?
• (47:23) - Fornication, divorce and remarriage and how is that word interpreted and diff from the Protestants and way they look at it?
• (49:16) - Conversion process in the early Church, and I'm involved in RCIA, what was it like converting during the Roman times?

Check out this encore from May 29, 2024

Bible Study: (2:11)

1 Pt 1:18-25

• Commandments & obedience 

Mk 10:32-45

•  The cross of Christ 

Letters: 

• (22:22) - Born of the Spirit 
• (27:24) - Should priests be publicly hostile to each other? 
• (31:14) - Speak now or forever hold your peace
• (33:24) - Vision of Jesus 

Word of the Day: Ransom (36:58)

Callers: 

• (39:31) - If my friend where to die before getting last rites, is that the same as if you die before going to confession?
• (42:38) - What has happened to the animals in Eden after the fall?  And Where's Aretha Franklin music that you used to play? I'm an old neighbor of his.
• (45:24) - Where can I find information about indulgences and visiting cemeteries?
• https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1178
• (46:38) - Regarding reconciliation, what does persona in Christi mean when confession is happening?
• (48:49) - I noticed that the Eucharist looks like a roaring lion in the reliquary, does that have anything to do w/the 2nd coming?

Check out this great show from May 28, 2024

(1:54) Bible Study

1 Pt 1:10-16Father guides us through the importance of today's readings.

(23:13) Letters
Father shares a letter thank him for "getting on his soap box"

shares his insights on priests being moved around in the Church

and answers an email about the rich young man who didn't want to give up his riches for Jesus.

(38:40) Word of the Day
Mystery

(40:52) Phones
Mary - I went to mass today, the music was about Trinity Sunday, psalm was not the one listed.  Even though there were all these mistakes, including homily, do I still get the grace of the sacrament?

Stuart - How to determine what parish I should attend as a new convert?

Check out this great show from May 17, 2024

• Bible Study: (3:17)
  • Acts 25:13b-21
    • How did we become Roman & Catholic? 
  • Jn 21:15-19
    • We hear the first confession of the first Pope

Break 1 (18:10)

• Letters: (19:31)
  • Biblical languages program
  • Why do we say the Gloria at Mass? Third Luminous mystery - what does it refer to? 
  • Private property in the Bible? 
  • Consecrating Matza?
  • Eucharistic procession; in what order should everything go? 

Break 2 (34:00)

• Word of the Day: The emperor (35:09)
• Callers: (37:28)
  • Is there a document that tells me everything I should believe as a Catholic? AND After St. peter died - is it true that there were 5 patriarchs that shared power and not just one?
  • At Easter morning service - when the priest is doing the Holy water a lay person was helping him. Are they allowed to do this?
  • Question about Gluten Free hosts - how do they fit in with what Father was saying?
  • I became an usher and now I can't focus on the Mass. Any advice?
  • Two people are trying to get divorced. They don't go to church and weren't married in the church. Do they need anything from the priest when they divorce?

Check out this great show from May 25, 2023

Acts 22:30; 23:6-11

• Father explains Paul's zealous observance of the law 

Letters

• 25:30 - Has Father ever read the Purpose Driven Life? 
• 27:27 - Can I pray deliverance prayers? 
• 31:45 - Father talks about why God prays
• 34:45 - We have to be one! 

Word of the Day: Leaders 
Callers 

• 48:00 - Is having impure dreams a sin?
• 50:30 - I was told that Victory was won at the Cross. Why does it matter that he rose from the dead?
• 55:20 - Are there more than five decades of the rosary and how did they develop?

Check out this great show from May 24, 2023

Bible Study: (5:07)

Acts 20:28-38

• What does beatitude mean? 

Letters

• (25:44) - we do need better Church communities 

Word of the Day: Anger (35:48)

Callers 

• (42:51) - My daughter has lost her faith. How can I help her?
• (46:46) - What should my daughters wear as far as modesty?

Check out this great show from May 23, 2023

Bible Study: (2:22)

Acts 20:17-27

• How can Paul be one of the Apostles? 

Letters

• (29:52) - who got Bibles after the printing press? 

Word of the Day: Glory (38:34)

Callers 

• (47:34)- One church I went to for mass provided missals and also gave Precious Blood However another Church didn't have those.  Why the difference and who makes the decisions on that?
• (50:27) - Corporal on the Altar, I'm always concerned that there are host fragments.  Is it continued to be used, is it shaken out?
• (53:25) - I think more Catholics should bring their friends to Church and invite them?  What do you think about that Fr. ?
• (53:25) - How the peasants back in the old days, grew spiritually b/c they didn't have a bible and catechism like we do now?
• (55:48) - Why does the priest add water to the wine

Check out this show from May 22, 2023

Bible Study: (1:48)

Acts 19:1-8

• Father discusses prophecy and Baptism

Letters

• (22:34) - Is it OK to steal? 
• (31:50) - I had a poor parish upbringing, what should I do? 

Word of the Day: Mass (37:50)

Callers

• (39:33) - The priest used to say that before funerals and weddings, if you're not Catholic, don't receive communion.  Why don't they do that anymore?
• (44:09) - Could we assume Jesus made mistakes?
• (46:32) - Is it God's will for divorce, or is it my husband's fault that he wants to divorce.  I've been married for 25 years.
• (48:35) - 'Despise not our petitions', could you explain 'despise'?

Father Simon Shares today's scripture readings, whether or not Animals go to heaven and much more on today's show!

• Bible Study: (1:29)
  • Acts 17:15, 22—18:1
    • We honor the image of God in another 
• Letters (14:38)
  • Get well card
  • If God is for us, who could be against us
  • Can Catholics give Protestant sermons? 
  • What is the seal of the Holy Spirit? 

Break 1 (26:55)

• Word of the Day: To be irritated (27:45)
• Callers:  (40:25)
  • Can you explain the Sabbatine promise associate with the Brown Scapular?
  • Is it okay to have a Mass said outside of a Catholic Church?
  • When Jesus says 'the Father is greater than I'?
  • Permission for Orthodox Communion