Father Simon Says

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Father Simon Says is your daily bible study hosted by Father Richard Simon, who jokingly refers to himself as Reverend Know-it-All.

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  • Our Father - Father Simon Says - June 19, 2025

    19/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (4:38) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 11:1-11 Why did Saint Paul have to learn a trade? Matthew 6:7-15 What does it mean to not babble like the pagans when you pray? (20:56) Break 1 (23:06) Letters: Why do we need an alter in order to offer sacrifice of the Mass? What does it mean Jesus’ sacrifice was made once for all? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (36:23) Break 2 (37:14) Word of the Day Chaste (40:43) Phones: Ellen - Why is St. Joseph Foster Father and Adoptive Father? Sandy - My son was born on the feast of St. Romuald and became a Camaldolese monk.  What do you think about that Father? Julianne - Interpretation of the 1 Corinthians 11: 4-17about women being veiled?  Could you explain?

  • Righteousness - Father Simon Says - June 18, 2025

    18/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (4:04) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 What Is righteousness? – father explains Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 What does it mean that Jesus always does what is pleasing to the Father? (23:21) Break 1 (24:27) Letters: Father talks about the feeding of the five thousand, Father talks also about blessing of houses. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (38:36) Break 2 (40:24) Word of the Day Trumpet (42:19) Phones: Kathy - we are trying to get to know our priest. seems standoffish. scrutinizes people who come to parish. criticizes how people dress. Brian- when Christ rose from the dead didn’t he bless Apostles with Holy Spirit? I am confused

  • God Works With Us - Father Simon Says - June 17, 2025

    17/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (6:16) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Paul didn’t want money, he wanted souls. Matthew 5:43-48 What does it mean that we should pray for those who persecute us? (22:33) Break 1 (23:31) Letters: Father answers some difficult questions during this letter segment. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:23) Break 2 (36:44) Word of the Day Tunic and your cloak (40:36) Phones: Kelly - my husband is investigating Catholic Church and compares it to Eastern Orthodox. why do they not use wine with Eucharist? Dan - In Isaiah. it mentions the day of Midian. what does this phrase mean? Therese - indulgences. once you know you have received indulgence, how do you ask the Lord to be able to use that indulgence?

  • Modest Dress - Father Simon Says - June 16, 2025

    16/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (5:40) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Father explains the context of this passage. (24:02) Break 1 (25:07) Letters: What is the way to count days and nights in Jewish thought? What is the best way to dress modestly as a Catholic woman? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (38:03) Break 2 (42:16) Word of the Day Abrogation (44:56) Phones: Dylan - Can you explain salvation and how the Eucharist ties into it? Scott - I need clarification on something from the bible in a year. in the old testament,  when they had the ark of the covenant they used a tent to cover it. were any people other than the priest who could go in? Steve - 15 years ago there was a tv show called God, the devil and Bob.

  • Clay Pots - Father Simon Says - June 13, 2025

    13/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (4:05) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Father explains how we are like clay pots Matthew 5:27-32 What is Jesus speaking about with looking at a woman with lust? (19:18) Break 1 (21:43) Letters: Father explains some new words in the in Yiddish. Father talks about the importance of adoration in doing what God wants you to do. How can you use the lectionary to find the daily readings? Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:49)Break 2 (35:32) Word of the Day Clay vessels (38:38) Phones: Glen - Was Judas in mortal sin at the last supper? Chris - father said that veiling is sacred. there is an old saying that goes 'she veils because she is the glory of man while the men do not because they are the glory of God.' women need to start veiling again. it goes back to the old testament Lisa - I heard that the holy water from Lourdes is not holy water but its miraculous water. It isn’t holy water unless its blessed Caden - is it ok to stay at my grandparents’ house when my gra

  • Veils - Father Simon Says - June 12, 2025

    12/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:55) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 3:15 - 4:1, 3-6 What is the hidden letter to the Corinthians? Father explains (21:58) Break 1 Father expounds on the meaning of the Veil. (27:24) Letters: Who was the woman well known among the apostles? When is a lay person permitted to open the tabernacle? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (35:07) Break 2 (35:40) Word of the Day Father shares three words of the day today? (37:49) Phones: Ken - question about Paul: I believe Paul had a near death experience and went to heaven. Ken - I love you Father Simon and appreciate you coming on every day. Father Simon needs to hear it from his listeners Carlos - there were people giving communion to out to patients in hospital without asking if they were catholic. is that right? John - when exactly did Thomas receive the holy spirit? Rocco - in the past as early Christians did they take the Eucharist home for the week after mass? Jan - can you recommend any re

  • The Early Church - Father Simon Says - June 11, 2025

    11/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (7:23) Bible Study: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 The church has been structured from the beginning. Matthew 5:17-19 What does the word break mean in this reading? (19:57) Break 1 (21:06) Letters: Is stoicism in opposition to Catholicism? Where does the word lord come from and what is the origins of the word belief? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:42) Break 2 (36:04) Word of the Day Jot or tittle (38:07) Phones: Leah - What does the Catholic church teach about having a biological child but then giving it up for adoption to a friend? Dan - Protestant chaplain asking if he could combine services with a catholic chaplain. Kris - difference between apostles and disciples? Dana - What do you think about dramatizing readings during church?

  • Salt of the Earth - Father Simon Says - June 10, 2025

    10/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (5:03) Study:  2 Corinthians 1:18-22 How did the bible come about? Matthew 5:13-16 What does it mean to be salt of the earth? (22:16) Break 1 (24:23) Letters: Can you attend the wedding of non-Catholics? What is the best vocation? Why was Solomon considered good and wise? Father explains these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:59) Break 2 (35:40) Word of the Day Down Payment (39:01) Phones: Gerard - Fr. has mentioned that the words faith and belief really mean 'trust'. Is that reflected in the Creed? Deanne - Question about mass: when the bell rings during consecration why do some people beat there chest three times. Pat - where is Corinth? Diana - what is considered exorcised holy water? is salt exorcised by priest blessing or does it need special blessing? Nora - How did St. john end up in Crete before he died there.

  • Who Guards the Heart? - Father Simon Says - June 9, 2025

    09/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (4:39) Bible Study: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Men and women are meant to protect and care for each other. (19:31) Break 1 (22:50) Letters: What is the difference between a vow and a promise when it comes to vocational discernment? What is the problem with trying to make Christianity more contemporary? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:28) Break 2 (35:17) Word of the Day Posca (37:33) Phones: John - In the romans it says 'nothing shall separate us from the love of God' some translations say 'of God' some say 'from God'. Can Fr. explain the difference in translations? Sally - how is the liturgy of the hours composed. Does it change year to year? Who puts it together? Lou - When did the sacrament of ordination get instituted. was it at the last supper? Thomas shares a letter from Sammy about the time frame of receiving communion after confession

  • Don't Try to Win Praise - Father Simon Says - June 6, 2025

    06/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:55) Bible Study: Acts 25:13b-21 The dark politics going on around the Paul in the Acts of the Apostles. John 21:15-19 Father shares the deep meaning of love in this passage. (23:49) Break 1 Letters: (26:56) Don’t try to win praise. A listener writes in and asks what it means that Jesus descended into hell? (39:27) Break 2 (41:10) Word of the Day Religion (42:37) Phones: Sebastian - Explain why in the OT why did animals as well as humans have war sackcloth and ash? Jackie - I think the problem with the Catholic church is that if you have a lot of money you can get an annulment. Could you address sketchy annulments? Elijah - What's the tradition behind confirmation St. names.

  • Month of the Sacred Heart - Father Simon Says - June 5, 2025

    05/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (5:28) Bible Study: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Why was Paul trying to be a good Jew? (21:22) Break 1 (27:34) Letters: Father explains the perseverance of the Saints and how it relates with the sacrament of penance. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (35:56) Break 2 (36:26) Word of the Day Mission (44:56) Phones: Vee - I'm a non-Catholic; How do you view non Catholic Christians salvation? Bob - Pentecost Sunday 'Receive the Holy Spirit' and 'Sins you retain'.  Since Pentecost is the reconnection of the Holy Spirit, don't we need Sacrament of Confession to regain the Holy Spirit.

  • Inspired Scripture - Father Simon Says - June 4, 2025

    04/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (2:27) Bible Study: Acts 20:28-38 Who is the Holy Spirit? Father explains. (23:08) Break 1 (24:22) Letters: What is involved in a blessing of a house? What is the Shekinah and how does it relate with the shroud of Turin? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:27) Break 2 (35:05) Word of the Day Consecrated in truth (42:52) Phones: Regina - Was St. Joseph baptized? By whom and where? Juan - why should we pray to Mary if Jesus died on the cross? Margaret - how do you determine what is inspired by the holy spirit in reference to the canon? Martha - my brother just left the catholic church. His son is getting married to a Jewish Christian. Should I attend the service as a catholic?

  • Paul's Preaching - Father Simon Says - June 3, 2025

    03/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    (5:08) Bible Study: Acts 20:17-27 Father shares the background of this passage. John 17:1-11a What does Jesus mean in this passage? Father explains (22:42) Break 1 (24:23) Letters: Why can’t nuns go to funerals? What does it take to be guilty of presumption? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (31:39) Break 2 (32:24) Word of the Day Penetrating (38:24) Phones: John - question about the lectionary number. does the number on the USCCB website correspond with the volumes at the church? (today is # 298) Melissa - if two baptized people, one a catholic on not, get married outside the church why does the marriage need to get blessed if its considered sacramental already. David - do you see a connection between the second creation account and the resurrection story. Chris - why does the church allow for so many exceptions to rules of the church so that it seems like a new norm rather than an exception.

  • Does The Pope Have To Take A New Name ? - Father Simon Says - June 2, 2025

    02/06/2025 Duración: 51min

    Bible Study: (2:56) Acts 19:1 – Apollos was a Jew from Alexandria from Ephesus who had been baptized with the baptism of John and had not received the Holy Spirit. He ends up being a very important member of the Church. John baptized with a baptism of repentance and that is what we see in the Gospel of John. John the Baptist is constantly saying in the Gospel of John that he is not the Messiah.   Break 1   Letters: (25:05) David – Has a question about Evangelism and introducing someone to prayer. (31:04) Jim – Does each cardinal consider a name he would choose as Pope just in case? (33:30) Does the Pope have to take a new name? (38:57) – Why are you down on people calling themselves “pet parents”.   Break 2   (38:57) Word Of the Day – Take Courage   Phones: (41:15) Roy - Does the Catholic Church believe in speaking in tongues.  (44:11) Anne - It takes away the dignity of human life to use 'pet mom'.  (48:09)

  • Plenary Indulgences Explained - Father Simon Says - May 30, 2025

    30/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (5:22) Bible Study: Acts 18:9-18 God picks the wrong person for the job? (18:16) Break 1 (20:07) Letters: Father answers a question about the Cistercian witnesses and explains the origin of the Sistine Chapel, Father talks about these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.cm (35:47) Break 2 (38:28) Word of the Day Vow (40:28) Phones: John - why is Elijah conserved a minor prophet instead of a major prophet? Rosemarie - Plenary Indulgence. Site of Plenary Indulgence. if I go there what do I do? how does indulgence work? Greg - we can go to Communion when we have venial sin. how can Jesus say we can receive him from venial sin yet at end of life we still have to go to Purgatory?

  • God Picks the Unlikely - Father Simon Says - May 29, 2025

    29/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:45) Bible Study: Acts 18:1-8 Father explains the time line of the Acts of the Apostles. John 16:16-20 What does Jesus mean in this passage? Father explains. (21:09) Break 1 (21:49) Letters: How do pets fit into salvation? What are plenary indulgences? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:29) Break 2 (36:18) Word of the Day Worship (38:39) Phones: Kim - my son and I talking about Pope Leo. when did Cardinals begin changing their names when they became Pope and why? Sr. Maria Francesca - do we know the history of the Te Deum? where does this come from? Noah - struggling with trusting God's Divine Will for me. how do I put my life in His hands? Dolores - today is Ascension but deferred to Sunday. does that mean today is just a regular day? Pam - question about Holy Spirit. saying Pope Francis was going to change date of Easter to coincide with Eastern Orthodox. I thought Eastern Orthodox didn’t believe in Filioque. I am confused

  • St. Paul's Great Failure - Father Simon Says - May 28, 2025

    28/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (2:34) Bible Study: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 Father explains what Paul was doing in today’s readings. John 16:12-15 How does God Prepare us (22:28) Break 1 (25:49) Letters: Father answers some interesting letters about ethnicity, the Trinity and the Swiss guard. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (37:35) Break 2 (38:34) Word of the Day Exasperated and Escort (41:33) Phones: Karen - rogation processions before Ascension Thursday. what happened to them and why don't they happen anymore? Susanna - What is the difference between the Baltimore Catechism and the New Catechism. did the Baltimore Catechism get replaced?

  • Why Jesus Must Leave - Father Simon Says - May 27, 2025

    27/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:17) Bible Study: Acts 16:22-34 Father talks about the customs of Romans for prisoners. John 16:5-11 What does it mean that it is better that Jesus goes? (21:50) Break 1 (24:02) Letters: Father shares some insights about Chicago dialect and answers how many people really go to heaven. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:51) Break 2 (34:54) Word of the Day Annoyed (36:00) Phones: Yolanda - My daughter told me she is corresponding with much older divorced men online. What is my role as a mother to help her to avoid this? Walter - I want a clarification please. Did you say that we cannot receive the Holy Spirit if we do not go through the Father? Scott - I am a convert and was married before I became Catholic. We had no issue having a Mass when we got married Rose - I was raised as a Traditional Catholic Church not in communion with Rome. The bishop was from the SSPX. Is my confirmation valid?

  • Listen to the Holy Spirit - Father Simon Says - May 23, 2025

    23/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:00) Bible Study: Acts 15:22-31 What is the structure of the Church? What does it mean to wait on the Holy Spirit? (20:03) Break 1 John 15:12-17 What does it mean to speak in the name of Jesus? (25:48) Letters: Father answers his letters that come in. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:59) Break 2 (37:23) Word of the Day Farewell (39:35) Phones: Teresa - When Father does the sign of the cross, is that when he becomes Jesus in persona? I had an experience when a priest did the sign of the cross and I saw Jesus in him. Maria - Can I win a plenary indulgence everyday this year by going to Daily Mass? Or just going through the Holy Door? Tim - The Pope is not from Chicago, he is from Dolton, IL. Dan - In the prayer, Hail Holy Queen, 'Mourning and Weeping in this Valley of tears' I have seen an older version 'Vail of tears'. Joyce - Can I bless a Rosary at home myself with Holy Water? Rob - Did everyone go to sheol? Resources: Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the

  • Real Joy - Father Simon Says - May 22, 2025

    22/05/2025 Duración: 51min

    (3:18) Bible Study: John 15:9-11 What is the difference between joy and happiness? Acts 15:7-21 Father explains the importance of this passage. (22:11) Break 1 (22:50) Letters: When was God first called Father? Do you get an indulgence from the Pope’s blessing? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevatradio.com (37:20) Break 2 (37:54) Word of the Day Unlawful (41:01) Phones: Mary - at Communion when people go up for blessing, does blessing need to be a touch or not? grosses me out. Ricardo - what did Jesus mean when he told Apostles that you will have kingdoms of your own. Rich - Peter was designated to be first Pope but in reality, he was Nazarene and not Catholic. how could he have been Pope? Resources: Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxpcGfznos

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