Father Simon Says

(7:28) Bible Study: Luke 4:14-22 Spiritual Warfare revealed. 1 John 4:19–5:4 You can sacrifice a lot for yourself but can you sacrifice for others? (22:54) Break 1 (25:33) Letters: Is it okay to disfigure yourself if you don’t want to get married? What is the meaning of the word kingdom of God? Why was Lot’s wife punished so harshly for looking back? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (36:19) Break 2 (37:08) Word of the Day Antichrist (41:32) Phones: Mark - How can you tell someone is sincere when they cross themselves? It seems people want to show off when they do that, like if they were more holy. Joseph - How far back in history to we have written records? How old is the world? Patrick - My son has his mother's ashes, sister ashes. What is the church standing on ashes? I don’t think you can hold them up forever. Jaime - Reflection on the 10th commandments based on a comment Fr. Simon said. Thomas - Sacrifice

(3:51) Bible Study: Mark 6:45-52 What makes this the central point in the Gospel of Mark? 1 John 4:11-18 Father talks about love and Agape love. (23:05) Break 1 (26:29) Letters: Father tackles a tough question about choosing who to fie and who to hire. Why’d didn’t they name Jesus Emmanuel in accordance with what the angel said. Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (37:23) Break 2 (38:41) Word of the Day Remain (41:14) Phones: John - Do you when Pope Leo might be coming to the US? 1:53 Mary - Why were there hearts hardened in the reading today? Laura - could you clear up the phrase 'judging the living and the dead'?

(5:51) Bible Study: Mark 6:34-44 We always do what we think is right, but our hearts’ are misguided. 1 John 4:7-10 What is love really? (24:02) Break 1 (26:35) Letters: Who can preach at Mass? Why does it say that all of Jerusalem was troubled by the coming of the Messiah? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (36:24) Break 2 (37:14) Word of the Day Expiation (39:59) Phones: Irma - How do Protestants translate Luke 2:34-35 with the fact that they don’t believe in Mary's intercession. Tom - Was I out line for stepping in to tell Father that someone had pocketed the host? John - If someone is a practicing catholic but is also gnostic and doubtful of God are they going to heaven? Mary - Can you give me the timeline of the early life of Jesus and his travels?

(7:41) Bible Study: 1 John 3:22–4:6 What does it mean to believe in the name of Jesus Christ? Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 The Kingdom of Heaven explained (24:38) Break 1 (26:22) Letters: How do you preach Jesus without forcing your religion on others? Why is John compared to Elisha? How do you understand different passages from Revelation? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:56) Break 2 (36:09) Word of the Day Synagogue (38:59) Phones: Heather - Should the tabernacle door remain close or open once the priest takes out the Eucharist? Gloria - When I go on YouTube and look for Catholic Prayers. One video says the St. Gertrude Prayers can save 5,000 souls; another one says it can save 10,000 souls. Why are we not praying this prayer after Mass?

(3:08) Bible Study: John 1:19-28 Who were the Gospels written for? 1 John 2:22-28 Who was Saint John’s first mentor? (24:49) Break 1 (27:19) Letters: Why do Catholics need to go to Mass on New Year’s Day? In what way is Sola Scriptura? Can you go to a memorial service in a Messianic Temple? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (37:18) Break 2 (37:55) Word of the Day X-Mas (39:28) Phones: April - What happened to all the people who lived before Jesus and if they're in hell, why is that okay and if in heaven, why was Jesus needed? Michael - What do you think about this?  I think when the Eucharist is in there, they could contain int in the Sacristy, but I don't think the walls don't stop from permeating God outward.  And each and every one of them throughout the world. Maria - I don't believe that St. John the Baptist actually ate bugs and locusts, what do you think?

Check out this great encore show from July 14, 2023! Bible Study: (1:53) Gn 46:1-7, 28-30 What is punishment for?  Mt 10:16-23 Father discusses the importance of St. Thomas Moore  Letters (18:14) - I'm troubled with antisemitism in the Church Word of the Day: Simple (32:36) Callers  (38:29) - Is burying a statue of saint Joseph in your yard superstitious? (42:32) - When we do the presentation of the gifts is the blessing supposed to be prayed? (47:31) - Were you able watch the movie 'Mortal Storm' with Jimmy Stuart made in 1940?  (48:24) - How did the Biblical authors compose their text?

Check out this awesome encore from July 14, 2023! Bible Study: (1:53) Gn 46:1-7, 28-30 What is punishment for?  Mt 10:16-23 Father discusses the importance of St. Thomas Moore  Letters (18:14) - I'm troubled with antisemitism in the Church Word of the Day: Simple (32:36) Callers  (38:29) - Is burying a statue of saint Joseph in your yard superstitious? (42:32) - When we do the presentation of the gifts is the blessing supposed to be prayed? (47:31) - Were you able watch the movie 'Mortal Storm' with Jimmy Stuart made in 1940?  (48:24) - How did the Biblical authors compose their text?

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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 -

(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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 simon@relevantradio.com (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 simon@relevantradio.com (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?

(2:38) Bible Study from Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a and the Gospel of Matthew. In addition, Fr. Simon gives some context behind Balaam of Beor who is in the first reading from Numbers.   (22:52) Break 1 (23:23) Letters (23:34) Donna - A question about Sabellianism and analogies that don’t work for the Trinity. It is important to understand the differences and distinctions. (30:02) Laura – My mother has become angry and disagreeable after getting Alzheimer’s. How do I handle this?   (34:48) Break 2 (35:40) Word of the Day: “tapeinos” (42:43) Phones: (42:54) Nicole - What is the best chapter of scripture in the New Testament that mentions free will? (45:38) Andrew - Could you clarify your view on how the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son?

Check out this Encore from December 12, 2022 Bible Study: (1:58) ZEC 2:14-17 How did this prophecy come to be?  Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab Father explains who the woman clothed with the Son is  LK 1:26-38 Father explains a little-known tradition about Mary (24:43) Father gives a history of Our Lady of Guadalupe   Word of the Day: To 'over-do-it' with joy (35:33) Caller: (37:48) -  Question about Mary as the New Covenant (41:16) - Is the only reason Jesus went to the Holy Land was because he needed to clean house? (43:31) - How can I manage frequenting businesses that support things that are not Catholic? (45:30) - I get emotional when I'm filled with Grace. How can I get religious without getting emotional about it? (47:57) - I think God alone is immortal. How come we are taught that we are immortal?

(5:12) Bible Study: Isaiah 41:13-20 Father talks about the meaning of Threshing floors. Matthew 11:11-15 God’s royal nature is there for those who really want it. (20:35) Break 1 (22:16) Letters: The decent of the Holy Spirit on Mary a fulfillment of the Spirit of God Descending on the Ark of the Covenant? Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (30:48) Break 2 (34:30) Word of the Day Reincarnation (37:00) Phones: Chuck - What is the sin of presumption? What was the relationship between Mary and relationships? Chuck - What does Romans 12:2 mean. What does it mean to offer ourselves as living sacrifices? Barbara - The deacon baptized my grandson with one drop o water for the Baptism. Is that ok? Colleen - What does the scripture about cleansing in the Temple mean? Steve - I say the Rosary a lot and I find myself replace the Old English words in the Rosary. Is this, ok? Dan - Did the thief