Father Simon Says

Check out this show from May 7, 2024

• Bible Study: (2:19)
  • Acts 16:22-34
    • Father discusses knowledge of the future 
  • Jn 16:5-11
    • We have to admit we're sinners
• Letters: (17:33)
  • St. Paul - Women will be saved through child-rearing? 
  • Distrust or disobedience as the original sin? 
  • How did we get liturgical seasons 

Break 1 (26:59)

• Word of the Day: (31:39)
  • Saturday and Sunday Worship
• Callers (41:14)
  • Are there specific blessings that priests should make to bless different articles?
  • Is it dishonoring the sabbath by driving sister to airport on Sunday?
  • Brown Scapular, received at first communion; what happened to that tradition?

Check out this great show from May 6, 2024

Bible Study: (1:00)

Acts 16:11-15

• Paul's maritime life & Gentile conversion

Jn 15:26—16:4a

• We have a prophetic religion

Letters (18:41)

• Why does Scripture say, 'beware of the wrath of women?'
• What is Snake Eating in Mark?

Word of the Day: Believe (27:47)

Callers: (31:35)

• If I'm working throughout my day while praying the rosary and interrupted; is it still beneficial?
• Whoever follows my commandments is my friend, could you help me understand that?
• Honor Father and Mother and is that also translated as 'fear'?
• Is it okay to wear the medal brown scapular, instead of the cloth one?

Check out this great show from May 20, 2022

Acts 15:22-31

• Can we eat meat sacrificed to idols?

Letters

• Why did Pilate and Herod become friends?
• Why is Egg Harbor called Egg Harbor?
• When Ez says water is flowing from the side of the Temple, where was that?

Word of the Day: Eucharist

Callers

• Is it a sin to smoke marijuana?
•  Can Father help me distinguish these passages? Matthew 5:39 & 1 Corinthians 5:13

Check out this show from May 19, 2022

Acts 15:7-21

• How did one become a priest in ancient times? 

Jn 15:9-11

• How did the Father love Jesus? 

Word of the day: Apocalypse 

Letters

• When we kneel during the Passion narrative, what are we supposed to do? 

• Can God do evil? 
• Will the promises made by the Lord for those who pray the chaplet apply to me? 
• What does eternal security mean (Jn 10)
• Is my confirmation valid? 
• What are the steps of forgiveness?
• Listener has a question about ancient Lebanon 

Check out this great show from May 18, 2022

Acts 15:1-6

• Father discusses the religious and cultural dimensions of circumcision

Jn 15:1-8

• God’s purpose is to do what in our lives?

Letters

• Can Catholics see R-rated movies?
• My friend is being charged $200 for a baptism; is that OK?
• Can priests watch secular TV shows?
• Why does Father talk about Pentecostalism?
• What’s the tradition about where Lazarus went?
• What is spy Wednesday?
• What was the follow-up after the soldiers rolled the dice?

Word of the Day: NEW

Check out this show from May 17, 2022

Acts 14:19-28

• When has the Church been strong?

Jn 14:27-31a

• What was one of the great messianic expectations?

Letters

• What is the Holy Communion fast?
• What's Father's take on Ez 20:25-26?
• Listener talks about her experience of confession and forgiveness
• Listener asks Father Simon about Milton's Paradise Lost

Word of the Day: Believe!

Callers 

• When we die do we go right to heaven? 
• Is it a sin to go to a Protestant service, while also still going to mass on Sunday?  Is it a sin to not play music for mass, when you have the ability to do that?
• I'm a cabinet maker, and I have Indian clients that want me to build a temple. Is that okay?
• I'm unclear about the Gods like Zeus, Jupiter;  did they have power?

Check out this great show from May 16, 2022 

Jn 14:21-26

• What does Logos really mean? How can we speak by the Holy Spirit? Father explains both

Letters

• Father explains some Church customs in light of Grecian bonfires
• Listener asks about the "Lamb of God" at mass
• Sam asks if Judas had to betray Jesus to fulfill Scripture? 
• Someone told me that the Eucharist isn't Jesus if the host touches the ground; what should I say? 

Word of the Day: Zeus 

Callers 

• 'Despise not my petitions' sounds like an insult from the Memorare
• Fr. quoted something in Latin about confession--what was that? 
• Prayers for my cousin w with glaucoma issues
• Why do we have "suffered under Pilate" in the Creed?

Check out this show from May 12, 2022

Acts 13:13-25

• What does it mean to be born from water and wind?

Letters

• Jeff asks for prayers for his son
• What do I do if I'm struggling to listen to both the Church and my husband?
• Is lying always a mortal sin?
• Erin enjoyed what Father said about notional faith?

Word of the Day: Men

Callers

• Could the thorn in Paul's side have been blindness or visual impairment?
• What is the kabbalah?

Check out this show from May 11, 2022

Acts 12:24—13:5a

• Where was the first chancery office?

Jn 12:44-50

• What's the main benefit to being a Christian?

Letters

• Do we respond to the priest at mass when he says alleluia?
• Listener disagrees with Fr. Simon's take on altar servers

Word of the Day: Synagogue

Callers

• Why does Apostles Creed use 'creator' and Nicene creed says 'Maker'
• If Father wants beauty, maybe we should go back to the Tridentine Mass in English 
• Our obsession with sciences one reason people leaving the Church. 
• What was the reason that God would have Judas pick Jesus out of the crowd? Didn't people know who Jesus was?
• If someone is pregnant and the baby has issues, could the person be anointed for the baby?
• Are there more than two dogmas that have been declared infallible?

Check out this great show from May 2, 2023