Father Simon Says

Bible Study: (1:56) Lk 17:11-19 Leprosy,  the Kingdom of God, and the healing power of Christ Letters (19:54) - Parable of the Vineyard (21:33) - Why is there so much suffering?  (23:24) - why is the Holy Spirit Lord?  (24:04) - Is Hell for real?  (24:58) - Judging the Law (28:56) - why did the Samaritan go to the priest?  Word of the Day: Pity (32:47) Callers (35:42) - Could you explain why the hemorrhaging woman was unclean and what circumstances for those with the blood issues why where they unclean? (38:51) - Family friend committed suicide; what should I say to the family?  (42:49) - Why do we say that Matrimony was instituted by Christ when there was marriages before Christ? (44:59) - Friend was divorced was remarried and then her first husband died.  Does she still need annulment? (48:52) - Parisa and Rapture from Thessalonians: Rapture is from the Greek, and Latin uses a diff form of that verb. Could you explain, Father?

Bible Study: (2:32) Wis 2:23–3:9 The devil and birth control Lk 17:7-10 Father tells a story from his days with the Charismatic prayer groups Letters:  (18:27) - Are we married in heaven?  (22:09) - Gender & language (24:42) - Do we have to trust those whom we forgive?  (30:22) - Indulgences  Word of the Day: Devil (36:17) Callers:  (38:17) - I got married at 17, doctor gave me birth control, and told doctor that was wrong, even when I was non-religious. What do you think? (40:42) - Mary at Front of center at altar and tabernacle at the side?  What do you think?  I saw churches like this on The Camino in Spain (43:52) - I have trouble asking for forgiveness when I know I'm going to commit that action again.  What to do? (47:02) - I have an image of Christ on the Cross on the phone and what is your favorite depictions of Jesus in Art? (48:22) - If I make any indulgences, is that a prayer I could make at beginning of day or do I have to say it at that time? (49:34) - I'm surrounded by fallen away Cat

Bible Study: (2:41) Lk 17:1-6 Father discusses fraternal correction & repentance  Letters (21:55) - Foolish & wise virgins (28:54) - Do we have free will?  (31:47) - what is the holy arm of God?  Word of the Day: Day nor the Hour (34:57) Callers:  (40:24) - How is the preface prayer chosen for mass? (40:24) - Difference between a deacon's blessing and priest blessing? (47:22) - Advice on a family member that participates in gay pride parades and encourages it on her children? What to do? (50:26) - How to view ourselves as a child of God?

Bible Study: Father discusses the historical context behind the feast of the Lateran Basilica (1:08) Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 What were the messianic expectations?  Letters: (27:20) - Worshipping in spirit and in truth  (32:57) - I liked Father's All Saints stories  (33:47) - Father shouldn't apologize for going long (34:30) - Why do Protestants believe in faith alone?  Word of the Day: Desert (42:17) Callers: (43:16) - Why is there sometimes two readings, like today? (45:30) - Why they dropped the word 'One' in the Collect? (46:58) -Jesus is referred to as a Palestinian Jew from textbooks, but He would refer to himself as an Israelite, what do you think? (47:59) - I am wondering on what his thoughts are on healing ministries in the Church?

Bible Study: (1:19) Rom 13:8-10 What is true piety?  Lk 14:25-33 Does Jesus ask us to turn our back on our families?  Letters (27:56) - Pharisees & the Law of Moses  (32:50) - Unclean pitchers  Word of the Day: in spirit & in truth? (39:12) Callers  (42:56) - Why Mary on Left side and Joseph right side of Church (44:55) - When are we suppose to stand up during the mass after the offertory? (47:11) - I was away from the Church, and I was with the Evangelicals.  If the prayers and missionary work I did was all for naught?

Bible Study: (1:22) Rom 12:5-16ab Handing on the gift of God, prophecy, and sincerity  Letters (27:31) - Viaticum (31:26) - Apostolic pardon  (31:26) - Good book on the midrash (32:32) - Early Christian worship Word of the Day: Lowly (39:20) Callers: (43:42) - If somebody passed away long ago and I prayed for their souls now, would that apply to the past because God out of time? (45:11) - When we say 'Rest in Peace', are they in heaven or resting for the 2nd coming? (46:12) - When protestants are doing the deliverance prayers, are demons being delivered?

Bible Study: (2:30) Rom 11:29-36 Father discusses the fulfillment of the law  Letters (18:57) - Does it have to be a Catholic cemetery? (19:36) - Lutheran ordination  (21:26) - Labyrinths  (22:09) - Mary's perfection Word of the Day: Inscrutable  Callers:  (31:22) - Do demons live in our time?  (40:43) - What is Father's opinion of the 'Council of God'? (45:46) - Why does the Quran acknowledge Jesus but not Torah

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