Father Simon Says

Bible Study: (2:05) Rom 9:1-5 What is a conscience? Father explains Paul's powerful words.  Lk 14:1-6 Is it legal to cure on the Sabbath?  Father discusses the Charismatic renewal  Letters (34:35) - Proving the afterlife  (36:30) - Can Catholic women read romance novels?  (38:00) - Shofar & sung Jewish prayer  (41:00) - I sensed that the Kingdom of God is in my heart Word of the Day: Anathema  Callers:  (49:00) - Why the Jews allowed the mosque over the Temple in Jerusalem? (51:30) - Why anti-Semitism? (54:35) - High Mass vestments  (57:00) - Thank him for the show and I have joined the church once and left, but I want to go back!

All Soul's Day: We want this world to be like a sitcom, but death is an integral part of this valley of tears Wis 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hands of God  Letters: (21:24) - Father's interpretations of Genesis  (22:54) - Daily liturgies in the Orthodox (25:08) - Is heaven boring?  (28:07) - Reading the Bible  (31:59) - Thy Kingdom Come on earth...why not in the Universe?  Word of the Day: Want (35:17) Callers:  (37:42) - When somebody we pray for them and soul is already in heaven, I've heard that the prayer goes to other souls?  Could you clarify? (40:52) - My 11-year-old granddaughter, loves Harry Potter movies. Is that okay? (45:54) - In some of the Bible, 'Peace on earth and Goodwill' it seems to be an important distinction, which is more accurate? (48:37) - How do our Protestants treat the Fathers of Church? (50:23) - Is it a good idea to read Revelations?

Saint Walpurga Father explains the life of this amazing medieval nun  Veni Creator Spiritus  Saint Hildegard of Bingen  Father explains the extraordinary life of this nun & mystic O Frondens virga 

Bible Study: (1:48) Rom 8:18-25 What is our job as Christians? Lk 13:18-21 Father discusses building the kingdom Letters: (24:10) - Bible recommendation  (25:24) - St. Jude as patron of the impossible  (27:58) - Deuteronomy 20:5-7 (30:10) - Sons of God and intimate relations  (33:35) - Jewish army during the time of Jesus  Word of the Day: Adoption (35:37) Callers:  (37:23) - I had not been to a Latin Mass in 60 years. I went on Sunday and when the priest held up the host, I began to tremble. It seemed like a glimpse of the Kingdom.  (38:35) - When did we start having confession as we know it today? (41:41) - A lot of people at my Church leave after Communion. How important is the closing blessing? (44:34) - On the book of Maccabees. Do we know who wrote it? (47:14) - Can you speak to the origin of the legend that souls are with God in heaven before children are conceived? (50:10) - Did Abraham take a third wife?

Bible Study: (2:08) Rom 8:12-17 Father explains the smoking gun to his hairbrained theory  Letters (21:06) - Baptism & exorcism  (23:09) - Female diaconate (26:42) - Orthodox weddings (27:30) - What does it mean to blaspheme?  Word of the Day: Indignant (33:31) Callers:  (35:27) - I'm in my 20s, could you explain when Fr. Simon says 'new age music.' (39:44) - When the priest raises up the chalice and host at same time, is that the death of Christ?  When the priest places hosts in chalice is that the resurrection? (42:17) - Are ailments demonic?  (44:35) - All-male priesthood (47:01) - If people in state of mortal sin, are their prayers received? (49:00) - Could a priest skip the first reading and just say the Gospel during Daily Mass?

Bible Study: (2:05) Rom 7:18-25a Why don't we do the good we want?  Lk 12:54-59 Father discusses the political situation of Jesus' time Letters (23:36) - Priest and raising money (26:37) - St. Joseph and virginity (29:07) - Atonement of Christ and Mary's conception   Word of the Day: Wretched (32:26) Callers:  (36:22) - Paul & the Law of Moses  (40:38) - In the Bible, Jesus' name Yeshua, and Mary's name was Miriam.  How did their names change? (46:34) - Exodus 13: 11-15, question about ransoming your first born

Bible Study: (2:44) Rom 6:19-23 What is God like?  Father gives more dispatches from the Diocese of St. Dymphna in Northern Vermont  Letters:  (30:50) - Priest who is not in a state of grace?  (34:24) - Estate planning on mass Word of the Day: Gift of God (38:22) Callers:  (39:32) - 'Let us call to mind our sins', but priest says shortcomings. Is that OK? (42:23) - On how people complain about the mass, our son is a priest in Western Minnesota, and he has to travel 88 miles every Sunday and he has no Saturday night mass period.  (46:17) - God's covenant with Israel  (50:23) - Is it okay to be best man/maid of honor at non-Catholic wedding?  

Bible Study: (2:33) Rom 6:12-18 What do we have to become & What is grace?  Letters (17:23) - I was invited to a same-sex wedding; what should I do?  (22:23) - Was Fr. Simon ever a Shabbos Goy?  (23:34) - Who has daily liturgies?  (25:14) - what is the Spirit of Vatican II?  Word of the Day: Drunk  Callers:  (40:54) - How to process the spectacular gulf between the modernist parish and the orthodox parishes? (44:30) - How to deal with toxic people, from a Catholic perspective? (45:49) - As soon as the child is created, the child belongs to the devil.  Have you heard of that? (47:38) - Does Fr. Simon know what purgatory is like? (49:53) - Why is Adam greater than Jesus? 

Bible Study: (2:39) Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21 Father gives the history of the Pharisees  Letters (23:24) - I'm a Protestant and I need to clarify that Mary never sinned?  (31:19) - How can the holy souls in purgatory be holy?  Word of the Day: Gird your loins (35:16) Callers: (36:21) - My church is building a cemetery in front of the church and you can get your name put on the cross they are making. Your thoughts on this? (37:58) - Can we please have a second rosary during the day? (39:38) - Genesis - the moon and the sun were created on the 4th day, but why not when he said let there be light? (42:44) - Who are the new chosen people? Are the Jews still the chosen people? https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Christianity-Marginal-Religious-Centuries/dp/0060677015 (48:27) - Did people rise from the dead when Jesus died? (cf. Mt 27:51-56)

Bible Study: (2:01) Mt 22:15-21 Who bears the face of God? Rom 4:20-25 What are we saved by?  Letters (20:37) - Blood of the Prophets (23:31) - Doxology from the KJV (28:37) - "God wants us to be holy" - where is that from?  (31:47) - What if I can't say the chaplet at 3pm?  Word of the Day: Fools (35:51) Callers:  (38:39) - Where in the Bible does it say 'Catholic'? (40:28) - 2 Samuel, where David got a messenger friendly soldier and told a lie.  Could you explain?   (43:45) - What is his opinion of the Flame of Love Movement and mystical revelations? (47:49) - Ash Wednesday: If you wipe forehead accidentally and the ashes are on your fingers, what do you do? (49:29) - Holding the hand of the bless mother during last night's rosary. It touched my heart what you said, Father! 

Bible Study: (1:52) Rom 4:1-8 Father explains the foundation purpose of the Letter to the Romans & how Grace transforms us Letters: (23:33) - how did the last supper begin in simplicity and end in formality?  (27:15) - Origin of the sign of the cross (29:24) - Wedding garment - rejecting the grace of baptism?  (30:32) - Should older married men become priests?  Word of the Day: Leven (34:12) Callers: (38:22) - Liturgy of the Hours - how do I learn to love it?  (40:04) - Difference between Alleluia and Hosanna (41:27) - If there's no priest at all, how to have mass? (45:02) - Why we stick with the King's English, like using the 'thou' instead of more modern English. (47:02) - What to do when I get bad thoughts during prayer? (50:09) - Question about general confession and could you explain?

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Bible Study: (1:57) Rom 3:21-30 Father discusses righteousness and works of the law Letters (22:44) - Thank you for what Father said to a mom whose daughter is becoming a nun (24:16) - Are horror movies sinful?  (29:03) - Peter as elder; why not as Pope?  Word of the Day: Principle (33:24) Callers  (34:54) - Does a catholic sin if they receive communion but don't believe in transubstantiation? (37:37) - Question about the Ceremonial Law, where the priests would do the sacrifice, and no longer needed the priests do the sacrifice?  (40:39) - My sister was a cafeteria Catholic and died earlier this month.   (42:27) - What do you think about the Dia de los Muertos? (49:11) - Priest gestures at mass

Bible Study: (1:45) 2 Tm 4:10-17b Father discusses the very ordinary needs of St. Paul Lk 10:1-9 Father explains St. Luke and his Gospel  Letters (19:12) - Father discusses the liturgy  (20:21- - On receiving communion on the tongue or in the hand (26:58) - Does Jesus give us the power to heal?  (29:24) - Valid sacraments in Eastern Churches  Word of the Day: Deeds/Works (33:30) Callers:  (35:28) - Question about eucharistic adoration: why are there people waving hands at the monstrance? (40:17) - Is it okay to take th Eucharist to kneel and receive on hand? (42:01) - I just came back from Israel and a pilgrimage. When did the conflict start? (47:53) - Relationship between grace and free will

Bible Study: (2:10) Rom 1:16-25 What is a Tzadik? Lk 11:37-41 Who were the Pharisees?  Father Simon has a Professorial Pause discuss the state of the episcopacy  Letters (26:09) - I work for hospice - can we use an orthodox priest in an emergency?  (28:01) - My grandma won't go to Church; what can I do?  Word of the Day: Boundary stone (30:43) Callers:  (35:44) - A co-worker says The Bible can not be the basis for Catholicism because it was written by men. How should I respond?  (39:08) - What is the proclamation of the kingdom, the third luminous mystery? (43:51) - How do I explain that idolatry degrades humanity  (46:34) - What color was Jesus' hair when he was baby? (47:49) - Today is my b-day! (49:44) - I was at a prayer vigil at abortion clinic. The abortion worker, quoted a verse from Exodus, using that as their defense: Exodus 21: 22-23

Bible Study: (1:40) Rom 1:1-7 Who was the queen of the south? What is Talmudic reasoning?  Letters (20:19) - Rosary Novena - can you pray the rosary during chores?  (24:03) - Dowry system  (29:10) - Persistence in prayer & the local pregnancy center Word of the Day: Gospel (35:11) Callers: (37:21) - Question about the Holy Spirit prayer, could you explain when it says 'renews the face of the earth' (42:17) - Question about yesterday's Gospel, clarify about the person who didn't have the garments. Didn't the host provide wedding garments? (47:01) - Priests using only one hand holding the host during consecration?  Could you comment on that?

Bible Study: (2:06) Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2 What is a minister?  Lk 11:15-26 Jesus' authority, unclean spirits, & Beelzebul Letters (18:43) - Holy Spirit appearance in Scripture (21:52) - who else makes the sign of the cross? (25:35) - Do the deceased send signs from heaven?  Word of the Day: Camel (31:49) Callers (39:41) - Important writings of Ratzinger and what he could recommend?  (40:43) - I have a 25 year old daughter planning to enter the cloister in the spring, and I'm a newer Catholic.  I don't understand the reasoning for the Cloistered life. (44:29) - I'm Jewish, and the Torah there is no Devil.  And it was changed to fit Christian Theology.  Could you comment? (49:20) - Comment on sister who entered cloister.  Sister entered and changed family dynamic for the better.

Bible Study: (2:45) Mal 3:13-20b Who was Malachi?  Lk 11:5-13 The importance of persistence in prayer Letters:  (19:50) - I agree with Fr. Simon about music!  (24:10) - Grief & Gratitude  (27:21) - Prayer journaling  (29:42) - We don't build the kingdom of God  Word of the Day: Suppose (36:23) Caller:  (38:36) - When was the Exile in Isaiah exactly written and also about the taking of Babylon by the Persian empire? (40:20) - Diff between friar and priest? (42:00) - Difference b/w  messianic and Hasidic? (45:37) - Question about Eye of the Needle translation? (50:22) - What is sackcloth?  

Bible Study: (1:53) Jon 4:1-11 How do we talk about Jonah in a way that kids don't lose respect for the Scriptures?  Father discusses the difficulty of forgiveness  Lk 11:1-4 Father breaks down The Our Father  Letters (20:30) - Policy about dogs in Church  (21:51) - Too often the music at mass is too loud!  (27:20) - Our daughter wants to get confirmed  Catechism for adults: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/uscca/files/assets/basic-html/page-23.html (28:55) - Lutheran beliefs about the Eucharist  Word of the Day (33:31) Callers:  (36:33) - What do you think about me giving everything to charity instead of my family? (38:51) - Grandson asked why you have to confess venial sins if you are forgiven by going through mass? (41:47) - How to deal with family members who don't believe in the pope and what to say to them? (47:06) - Did people from the old testament have to wait to see Jesus until opened the gates of Heaven? (49:38) - Thou shall not worship strange gods vs false gods. What i

Bible Study: (1:59) Jon 3:1-10 Did Jonah really exist?  Lk 10:38-42 The good part & the better part How do we choose the good part?  Letters (18:38) - Mary appreciates Father's comments on music & the liturgy https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html Word of the Day: Anxious and worried (30:26) Callers:  (34:09) - In the Hail Mary, it says 'Blessed is the fruit of the womb'. How could Mary still be a virgin? (36:30) - Are unicorns bad? (37:27) - I'm legally blind, and searching for a good audio bible? https://bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio (37:54) - What does he think about what's happening in Israel? (44:17) - Does God also love the devil? (47:07) - The use of Greek in liturgical prayers? (48:21) - I appreciate his diatribe and his soapbox and enjoy hearing his perspective. (50:16) - There are unicorns, they have them in California, outside of Bakersfield, and they are unicorns.  They are one-horned goats