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Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

• How much is too much in cultural adaptation?

Jn 8:31-42

• Do we follow the Lord only for ourselves? 

Letters

• Can Father explain, 'Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." 
• Reader writes in asking about fasting rules 

Word of the day: Bagpipe 

Callers

• Who is in the Sanhedrin?
• What is the connection of the tree of life and the cross of Christ? 
• Can I get a source that talks about folding your hands in prayer? I asked my priest, and he told me to call RR.

• (2:45) Bible Study:
  • Numbers 21:4-9
    • Why is 40 an important number in the bible?
  • John 8:21-30
    • Jesus is saying that He is God but also dependent on the Father. How can that be?

(21:32) Break 1

• (22:23) Letters:
  • Father answers a question about the resurrection, whether or not there are sins that only the Pope can forgive and the importance of the Latin language. Send Father a letter at [email protected]

(38:04) Break 2

• (40:33) Word of the Day
  • Mount Hor
• (42:32) Phones:
  • Casey - who were the people that were supposed be killed in Holy Land?
  • David - what is the humanity of Christ? can you explain this?

• (4:01) Bible Study:
  • Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62
    • Don’t be carried away by wrath. Father explains
  • John 8:12-20
    • Father explains the context of this reading in light of the woman caught in adultery.

(21:10) Break 1

• (24:31) Letters:
  • Father talks about the life of the Church growing in Europe; He also answers a question on the topic of the sacrifice needed after the Messiah comes. Father answers these and other questions today. Send him a letter at [email protected]

(32:50) Break 2

• (34:00) Word of the Day:
  • Writing a List
• (34:59) Phones:
  • Rebecca - friend says that when people struggle really hard that means they are 'anointed'. what does this mean?
  • Bill - Aramaic language. how did parts of the Bible come to be written in Aramaic? can you give me some history of this.
  • Ray - I make sign of cross. why don’t others do this during mass. friend wants to be baptized but has ADHD. Can stay in class and keep attention. how can I instruct him on faith?
  • Colette - what does it mean to love God?
  • Helen - original sin. not sure I still understand this. can you explain?

• (3:13) Bible Study: Wisdom

• (18:48) Break 1
• Letters:
  • (20:48) Estelle - Why do Catholics believe what we believe and what makes our religion  more right than the next guy?

• Phones:
  • (29:12) Jim - Why won't they let priests get married?

• (33:38) Break 2
• • (43: 30) Greg - How did April Fool's come about and can you explain it?

(2:58) Bible Study: 

• Exodus 32:7-14
  • God makes the offer to Moses to make of him a mighty nation and Moses declines. God new what God was going to do but Moses had to know what Moses was going to do and that was to intercede on behalf the Israelites. God in difficult circumstances reveals what’s in our own heart.
• John 5:31-47
  • The human author wrote this to tell the audience that Jesus was the Messiah and not john the Baptist.
• Break 1
• (24:19) Fr. Simon addresses a previous question: Is receiving Communion in the hand wrong?
• Letters:
  • (32:26) Is hypnotism a sin? – 40
  • (33:38) When do we empty the holy water font?
• (35:02) Break 2
• (35:02) Word Of The Day: "Friday"
• Phones:
  • (40:15) Greg - Other than prayer, what else can we do to help release the souls from Purgatory?
  • (47:29) Cynthia - Ho do people receive grace if they have not been baptized?

(4:02) Bible Study from Isaiah 49:8-15 and John 5:17-30 

(9:43) To work obsessively is to say that God can't do it without me.

(23:24) Break 1

(24:21) Letters: Claudine - A question about getting your reward when you go to heaven. What does it mean to get our reward?

(33:51) Break 2 

(34:50) Word of the Day: Land of Syene

(36:31) Frank - Question on Communion In The Hand.

(43:08) Francisco - Was my Confession sufficient?

(48:15) Kris - What is Purgatory?

• (3:04) Bible Study: Ezekiel 47: 1-9, 12 and John 5:1-16 
  • Ezekiel The façade of the temple was toward the East which is exactly what is. Ezekial was in exile at the time and died in Babylon. The temple had been destroyed and he describing a Temple that was to be rebuilt. He is describing the rebuilt Temple but not the one that was rebuilt after the return from the exile in Babylon. 
  • John: What Jesus is saying here is that sin is worse than a physical disease.

• (20:17) Break 

• Letters:
  • (23:52) Miles – Please consider an alternative term for “black mass”. It is unfortunate that we use this term.
  • (34:04) Should the Tridium actually be the Quadrum?

• (38:56) Break 2

• (39:51) Word of The Day – "Bayith" 
• Phones:
  • (41:11) Margaret - Who is supposed to read the gospel at Mass? Also, why don't we say 'Amen' after the Our Father at Mass? (52)
  • (43:30) Bobby - If God created Satan, and Satan is evil, then did God create evil?
  • (46:56) Greg - Can you clarify the different terms for slave in scripture?

(4:25) Bible Study: 

• •              John 4:43-54
• What is Jesus saying about signs and wonders? To understand this you have to back to the first chapter of John. John the Baptist testifies that Jesus is the Messiah and John is not. This helps us understand why the Gospels were written. The story of Christ at the time was well know. The ancients trusted the spoken word more than the written word. Who is the “you” whom the human author wanted to reach with this? The “you” who John was writing to were the followers of John the Baptist. John the Beloved puts the story of the cleansing of he Temple at the beginning of his Gospel because of who he was writing to. 
• (22:28) Break 1
• (27:37) Letters:
• Does Church Law requiring reception of sacrament of penance apply if there are no mortal sins to be confessed? 
• (37:27) Break 2
• (37:56) Word of the Day
  •  “new heavens and a new earth”

Phones:

• (41:21) Susan - When I go into shops, I always have Holy Water on me, and when I go into these stores,  I put Holy Water on some of the stuff and that's how I deal?
• (43:23) Suzanne - Divorce;  When a couple divorce, and they have children and then they remarry and then they have a child, with their 2nd spouse. How will God see that?

• (2:41) Bible Study:
  • Hosea 14:2-10
    • Father explains that the timeline of salvation history which anyone can follow!
  • Mark 12:28-34
    • Father Explains the great commandments

(21:36) Break 1

• (24:31) Letters:
  • Father answers a question about the timing of the exile of Israel as well as talks about the sacraments and how they are accepted by Catholics in the Protestant Church. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at [email protected]

(33:32) Break 2

• (34:00) Word of the Day
  • Far
• (39:31) Phones:
  • Joseph - I read that the Jews in Spain were from the family of David. What do you think?
  • Marlene - If someone stole a consecrated host for the black mass, wouldn't Jesus take himself out of the host to prevent desecration?
  • Bill - Is the form you are using on the radio a valid Baptism? Leaving out the 'of' and 'and'?
  • Maureen - What is the difference between Sirach and Ecclesiastes?

• (2:53) Bible Study:
  • Jeremiah 7:23-28
    • What does it mean to believe?
  • Luke 11:14-23
    • Father talks about the need for a sign from heaven.

(22:57) Break 1

• (24:24) Letters:
  • Father talks about how worship works and what God’s love has to do with worship. Father gives his thoughts on the episode of the Chosen about Lazarus. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at [email protected]

(36:03) Break 2

• (36:41) Word of the Day:
  • Beelzebul
• (38:54) Phones:
  • Steve - The name of God is not spoken.  It's only spoken by the High Priest or whoever would go into the Holy of Holies.  They would tie a rope around the ankle of who was elected to go in.  Could you explain?
  • Todd - On The Chosen, my opinion is Jesus relationship w/the Apostles is way too casual.
  • Pat - A priest told me I'm going too much to confession, once a week.  What do you think?
  • Henry - What 'haste makes waste' means and where in the Bible?