Father Simon Says

Bible Study (2:04) 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33 Father's take on the Lord's Supper in the early Church Lk 7:1-10 Why is the Centurion's humility significant? Sunday's Gospel: Father gives his take's on the Gospel yesterday Letters (26:12) How much should Catholics do about the environment? What happens after a priest retires?  Word of the Day: Wrath (41:11) Callers (43:42) - I belong to a civic org, but some of their positions are contrary to the Church. Should I continue staying or should I leave?  (46:01) - Why did Jesus choose to ascend to heaven instead of just vanishing? (48:45) - When did the disciples become apostles?

Readings LK 6:39-42  Jesus has a sense of humor which comes through in this reading today.  1 COR 9:16-19, 22B-27 People questioned Paul's right or even obligation to preach the Gospel, since he wasn't one of the original Apostles. Emails Karen - Is it okay to get the covid vaccine and other letters  Word of the Day Liberal  Calls Patricia - I have an elderly father who has dementia and is not Christian. Can I baptize him and when would it be appropriate?  Jerry -How do I respond to an Episcopal priest and friend who said that the question of abortion is 'complicated.' Up to the individual. 

Readings  Rom 8:28-30 Agape sacrificial love is not a feeling, but is found in what we do. Father explains the difference between destiny and fate.  Mt 1:1-16, 18  (8:56) Father Explains the significance of the names in the bible. (17:01) Why we have become a sexualized society  Letters (29:53) Father Answers letters from listeners  Word of the Day (37:10) Ephratah (Bethlehem)  Calls Anne - Mary's parents and what is their lineage?  Steve -Question about genealogy.  Difference b/w 'begotten' and 'made'  Joe - Joe the Scientist., he hit the ball on what he said about marriage and family, and he really nailed it.  Rose - I went to a store and they had a product called 'Immaculate Consumption' .  I was offended.  Sadly, some friends didn't mine.  Also, I talked to the diocese, and they said they didn't want to really do anything, b/c they didn't want to bring attn to it.  What do you think Father?  Anthony - The roots of the current situation about contraception.  I think the roots are contraception and d

Readings   Lk 6:12-19 - If Jesus spent a night in prayer before choosing the 12 Apostles, we should always be praying with how less holy we are than Jesus. Father talks about the difference in the different Apostles. 1 Cor 6:1-11-  Father Simon breaks down Paul's words and gets into some topics that are best kept away from little ears. God calls us to imitate him Emails   Father Answers Emails about God being love and closely related with Sacrifice, Word of the Day  Fauria  Calls Margaret - Why doesn't priests talk about homosexuality, especially today, in regards to this first reading?  It's not discussed.  They're afraid to offend? Kathleen - I would like to know the diff b/w a covenant of grace and a covenant of work?

Bible Study: (3:58) 1 COR 4:1-5 Is St. Paul the head butler?  LK 5:33-39 What is a wineskin?  Letters: (22:10) Could Mary have said no to the angel Gabriel?  Do you need to process in with the cross?  Word of the Day: Servant (31:32) Callers  (34:42) - Can God cause anyone to sin?  (39:47) - The Crock-Pot was made by a Jewish man so he could make Cholent (41:16) - Are Jews today the same Jews back in Jesus' time? (49:41) - Should I get a new Godfather for my child now that I'm a strong Catholic?

Bible Study: (2:13) 1 Cor 3:18-23 Church Politics! Lk 5:1-11 What does God want?  Letters (21:14) When can a priest deny someone absolution?  Did Our Lady receive Holy Communion?  Listener has difficulty with her friend's Bible Study Word of the Day: Deceive  Callers  (35:55) -  What do you think of Pentecostalism? (38:53) - How was it possible for sin to multiply if God created everything? (40:45) - Can the devil read your mind? (42:32) - Thank you for all your advice! I've been listening to you for a long time! (44:52) - Latin translation help 

Bible Study: (1:52) 1 COR 3:1-9 Father discusses the ministry of Paul and Apollos LK 4:38-44 What does it mean that St. Paul's mother-in-law 'deaconed'?  Letters (24:36) Two books for studying the Bible (The Great Adventure) (Catholic Introduction to the Old Testament) (Navarre Study Bible) Why did Jesus 'rebuke' the fever in today's reading?  Listener says her parish charges for sacramental prep Word of the Day: Cholent  Callers  (41:04) How did John the Baptist not know that Jesus was the Messiah when he sent him a letter? (45:17) Sister Mary Lucy was kind to my family too! 

Bible Study: (3:48) 1 COR 2:10B-16 What does it mean that the spirit scrutinizes everything?  LK 4:31-37 What is the devil content with?  Letters (24:33) What does Christian revenge look like?  Why did the Church change its teaching on the death penalty?  Can I join a convent in my 70s?  Word of the Day: Thy (35:39) Callers  (40:47) - How late can I be to church before I can't receive Communion? (44:46) - If you were never married in the church could you receive last rights. AND if you are Gay can you still receive Last Rights? (50:00) - What does the Church teach about dreams?

Bible Study: (1:50) 1 Cor 2:1-5 What happens when you consider yourself above the law?  Letters (18:45) Joanne asks what episcopal means?  When did Christians stop commemorating Passover?  Is liking a post about an elicit engagement a mortal sin?  Word of the Day: Invited (34:38) Callers (39:22) - what happened to the head of J-Bap? (41:46) - Can a mass be said for more than one person at a time? (46:02) - How can I help someone learn about Catholicism? (47:43) - To what degree can we as laity correct clergy? 

Bible Study: (2:02) 1 COR 1:17-25 Father talks about the importance of Mass as a sacrifice  MT 25:1-13 Father explains Jewish wedding customs  Letters (22:44) Father revisits a letter about a Sunday wedding I once had a co-worker who moved in together with her boyfriend who didn't eat meat on a Friday during Lent.  The surrender novena Word of the Day: Witness (36:11) Callers:  (38:18) - Luke 1: 43, is Mary already considered the Mother of the Lord?  (40:08) - Granddaughter's non-Catholic wedding;  she's not Catholic at all, and never been baptized and I went to her wedding.   Her fiancé was Catholic, was baptized, I don't know he was confirmed. (45:56) - My kids go to a Catholic College out of state.  I went with them to the college's mass and the president was officiating mass.  He distributed communion inappropriately; should I talk to him?  (49:44) - Are gnats kosher? 

Bible Study: (1:49) 1 COR 1:1-9 If we found another sermon of Jesus, would we add it to the Bible?  MT 24:42-51 Who is the faithful and prudent servant?  Letters (23:16) When did evil first happen?  Are female ushers OK?  Word of the Day:  Simony part 2 (33:54) Callers: (39:43) - Zechariah 2:14-17 - why doesn't my Catholic Bible have these verses, but then when I looked online it's there? (43:28) - Can a couple that wasn't married in the Catholic Church have that baby be baptized as a Catholic.  (49:46) - Was Judas Iscariot an apostle?

Bible Study: (1:57) Rv 21:9b-14 What does Apocalypse mean?  Jn 1:45-51 What does the word Nazareth mean?  Letters (21:34) Where there always three persons in one God?  What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of Man?  Word of the Day: Simony (30:26) Callers  (35:49) - The number 3-3-3 given to Jesus and the number 6-6-6 given to Satan.  How did those come about? (39:26) - If the Church believes that there will be a 1,000 year reign on earth, when Jesus comes back? (43:31) - 'Do it in remembrance of me?' regarding the Eucharist, what does that mean? (46:17) - Was this just a punishment for Jesus, when he was scourged, carrying and nailed or did the others go through this too? (49:47) - Where could I find in the Bible, the existence of purgatory?

Bible Study: (2:05) 2 THES 2:1-3A, 14-17 Father gives a grammatical and biblical lesson MT 23:23-26 Is Jesus telling jokes in today's Gospel?  Letters (20:56) One of my friend uses the phrase 'I swear to God' what should I do?  I got a vasectomy, do I need to get it reversed?  What did arisen mean in Lk 13:22-30? Does it refer to the resurrection?  Word of the Day: Tradition (29:04) Callers (33:22) - Am I saved through the Catholic Church?  I no longer go to the Catholic Church, does that mean I'm no longer saved.   (40:10) - Is it possible for a non-believer to distribute communion? (44:53) - St. Bartholomew and Nathaniel and the diff b/w them? (47:38) - If I'm not receiving the holy eucharist, do I not go to heaven?

Bible Study: (1:59) 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12 Why should we include 2 Thes. in the Biblical canon?  Mt 23:13-22 What was Gehenna?  Letters (19:46) The scripture doesn't mention if the disciples needed Baptism I heard the Trinity as Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. This isn't Catholic! Is it OK for Catholics to practice Yoga?  Can I get married on a Sunday?  Do you need to carry the cross into mass?  Word of the Day: Queen (31:25) Callers: (33:57) - I don't think the Trinity is Biblical (36:38) -  Did Mary flee into the desert? (40:53) - What's the difference between Jew and Hebrew?  (44:36) - I listened to mass on Relevant Radio and then parked and entered mass as communion was being given at Marytown.  Was it okay to take communion? (46:28) - How they get church bells to play certain keys, like in Notre Dame? (48:41) - How were the Jews released from Babylon?

Bible Study: (1:26) EZ 36:23-28 What is the justice of God? MT 22:1-14 More kingdom conversation?? Letters (15:26) Did God feel pain when Jesus was crucified?  Was there a group that didn't go to the temple b/c it was corrupted What did the Resurrection do?  Word of the day: Baptism (32:05) Callers  (39:45) - A callers shares an analogy of purgatory (43:26) - What is meant by the word 'discourse' like Last Supper Discourse? (45:32) - Soul is not immortal a Jehovah witness said to me.  What do you think?

Bible Study: (1:28) EZ 34:1-11 Father muses about episcopacy and banquets  MT 20:1-16 Father talks more about the kingdom of heaven!  Letters: (13:52) Is there mention of the Holy Spirit in the OT?  Father answers a question about Ezekiel  Are all of the sins of the Ten Commandments mortal sins?  Word of the Day: IHS (26:59)Callers  (29:56) - There's a Saturday 3:30pm mass.  Could that count for Sunday? (31:19) - Is the day of rest changed from Saturday to Sunday?  (39:45) - Catechism 441-445.  Question about 'Son of God'  and 'son of God'  and the capitalizations? (44:09) - What is the importance of the relationship b/w Joseph & Mary? (47:20) - Italian priest celebrated mass in ocean; was that sacrilegious? 

Bible Study: (1:30) EZ 28:1-10 Father gives some historical background on the first reading MT 19:23-30 What's the emblem of our prosperity?  Letters: (12:49) Listener asks a question about the temple tax  Can I go to Saturday mass for Sunday?  Where does it say in the Bible that we should pray to Mary?  John asks about the Grand Inquisitor scene in the Brothers Karamazov  Word of the Day: Camel (32:04) Callers  (39:36) - If somebody refuses to be baptized, is there a chance they could still go to heaven? (45:41) - Does prayer in other religions works? 

Bible Study: (1:02) RV 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB Father discusses the connection between today's feast and Revelation 1 COR 15:20-27 Do we have universal salvation?  LK 1:39-56 Mary offers her prayer of thanksgiving  Letters: (15:06) Fr. Mike writes in to Fr. Simon about the Bible in a Year program  A listener writes in about becoming an oblate  Story about inviting a Mormon in for food Is the Pope updating the teaching on contraception?  Listener asks about the Cross being the Kingdom What is the best way to read the Bible?  A caller asks about the Matthean exception for marriage Do I have to go to Mass if I'm going on a trip in a remote area?   Word of the Day: Assumption (32:47) Callers  (39:11) - Could you explain the 28 Holy Stairs Devotion?  (41:17) - Could I go to a wedding of a non-practicing Catholic in a secular setting? (46:13) - I just love Fr. Simon and appreciate him and I'm a contributor 

Bible Study (2:39) EZ 16:1-15, 60, 63 the perils of vanity and where our treasure lies MT 19:3-12 The exclusivity of marriage Letters (23:39) what does it mean to 'cast your pearls before swine?' What does 'seek his kingdom' and these things will be added to you?  Word of the Day: Eunuch (34:35) Callers  (42:02) - How do I interpret my dreams?  (46:52) - How does he explain the fact that Jesus believed in a theocracy?

EZ 12:1-12 Prophets are weird!  MT 18:21–19:1 Sin and slavery  Letters: A Jewish Catholic writes in to Fr. Simon thanking him Do our kids have to be named for saints?  Listener got out of a long term relationship without a lot of money  What's new in the New Testament? Are Jews theologically different from Catholics?   Word of the Day: Fanatics Callers  (39:50) - Did Jesus ever have a bar mitzvah? (43:40) - What is the role of the Charismatic Catholics? (48:24) - 2 Thessalonians 2:13 People are 'chosen' as first fruits;  Could you explain?