Father Simon Says

Bible Study: (1:54) Acts 3:1-10 Why are bells significant?  Lk 24:13-35 Who was Cleopas?  Letters (24:18) - When did the presentation happen?  (28:47) - Transfiguration, Moses, and Elijah (31:26) - what is meant by the communion of saints?  Word of the Day: Foolish (35:11) Callers  (36:58) - How do I tell my parents that I'm considering the priesthood?  My dad doesn't really practice the faith and my mom might not either. (42:25) - My son is an Atheist. How should I evangelize him?  (47:47) - Do Protestants give as much precedence to Good Friday as much as Catholics do, relative to the Resurrections? (50:27) - Why don't Jews believe in the Messiah? 

Bible Study: (1:51) Acts 2:36-41 Father takes issue with words added to the text of today's reading  Father discusses the public event of Jesus' death Letters (24:27) - Can cousins get married in the Catholic Church?  (29:05) - Does Jesus give the Sermon to the crowds?  (30:30) - Why were statues covered in the parish before Holy Week?  Word of the Day: Twisted generation (40:40) Callers  (42:04) - Is it okay to bring food into the church when Our Lord is not present in the tabernacle? (43:16) - Clarification on Luke 24:34 about when Jesus appeared to Simon? (44:43) - Peter went over to the tomb with the 'other one'.  Who is the other one and why not named? (46:50) - My cousin said, The Pope said that Latin Mass can't be held in church anymore, and be in gym.  Could you clarify? (49:11) - On the road to Emmaus, they didn't recognize Jesus, but recognized him in the breaking of the bread?  But I'm wondering why they didn't see the wounds on his hands?

Bible Study: 2:20 Acts 2:14, 22-33 Peter's confidence in Christ's Resurrection  Father asks how we explain the Resurrection Letters (22:12) - Listener corrects Father Simon's comments on Dr. Brant Pitre  (28:47) - Question about what Mary deserves  (30:36) - I like the movie, "Is Genesis history?" (32:24) - I heard if you die on good Friday you go straight to  Word of the Day: Pentecost (34:36) Callers  (37:46) - 2 Questions: 1) Why would Romans want Jesus' blood-stained garments. 2) When they removed Jesus from the cross, wouldn't that have made the Jews ritually impure?  (39:41) - How can the Shroud include Jesus' face?  (42:40) - Did Jesus appear to Mary his Mother? Why wasn't it mentioned in the Bible? (48:31) - Why was the Devil in the Garden of Eden?  (50:20) - St. Faustina's vision of Purgatory 

Bible Study: (2:25) Psalm 136: Jesus doesn't finish the Last Supper; why?  Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 The one day the Father says no to Jesus Letters (20:18) - Where do the stations come from?  (27:12) - Should I go to my friend's Easter service at a Baptist Church?  Word of the Day: Eye-Witness (34:32) Callers  (38:50) - Judas and Purgatory, if there was anyone who saw Judas hang herself and if not, could he have asked God to forgive him? (41:35) - Why on Palm Sunday, they read the passion? (44:20) - Luke 2356:20 - : 31, could you interpret that verse for me about wood being green and dry? (46:10) - About confession;  Why as Catholics, we need to go to confession, to be forgiven of our sins, when God shed his blood for us? 

Bible Study: (2:58) Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 Father discusses the timeline of Last Supper Jn 13:1-15 Why are the disciples shocked at Jesus? Letters (22:22) - Question about going to a traditional baptism  (25:42) - Importance of beauty in Churches (27:20) - Judas and the morsel (30:42) - A habit of vice is overcome with a habit of virtue Word of the Day : Had never been 'born' (33:13) Callers  (33:36) - My son and his family have started attending the Pre Vatican II TLM Mass.  It's really causing resentment.  Could you help me? (35:36) - There are many Catholic Churches that don't say the prayer to St. Michael?  Why is that? (47:40) - Was the apostle Paul ever ordained a priest? (48:28) - Is it okay to go to the gym on Holy Saturday?

Bible Study: (1:59) Is 50:4-9a Why is the word 'no' so important?  Mt 26:14-25 Why is the word 'no' so important?  Letters (22:29) - Do the angels feel pain?  (23:49) - Why do Catholics pray to Mary and believe in the Assumption?  (27:08) - What is expected of me when a loved one dies?  (30:00) - my girlfriend was baptized in the Ethiopian orthodox Church and receives communion, is that OK?  Word of the Day: HESED (34:46) Callers  (38:05) - First Fridays, you're supposed to go to communion on First Friday, does it start all over? (42:54) - My friend invited me to a Passover service, at a reformed Jewish temple.  Is it okay to go? (45:44) - I'm 71 years old, Catholic, but I don't recall ever doing confirmation.  Does it make sense to do it now?

Bible Study (1:40) Is 49:1-6  A light to the nations!  Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Did Jesus kneel before Judas?  Letters (18:36) - Is Mary of Bethany Mary of Magdalene?  (21:10) - Did Jesus die after three or six hours on the cross?  (23:15) - what's the story about how Fr. Simon and his Rabbi friend met Word of the Day: Recline (30:15)Callers (33:16) - If Judas was put there for the betrayal of Christ Was he truly a traitor? (35:41) - When Jesus Gave Judas the bread did the devil enter Judas? (37:55) - why were there two verses cut out of today's Gospel? (41:47) - did God give Moses more than 10 commandments? (45:25) - when we pray alone, can we use me/my instead of us/we? (46:35) - should you go to confession even if you don't have anything to confess? (48:19) - can father explain the sense of the faithful? 

Bible Study: (3:26) Father discusses ancient calendar issues  Jn 12:1-11 Father discusses why Churches are the palaces of the poor.  Letters (21:05) - Palm procession question - Did Jesus ride an ass and a colt?  (25:48) - Custom to cover images (28:43) - God's justice in the OT  Word of the Day: Nard (33:48) Callers  (37:02) - Paul knew very little bit about Jesus' teaching, and nothing about his miracles, could you comment on that? (42:19)- My brother and his wife are going to the Holy Land on their own in a couple weeks and for only three days.  Recommendations on what to see? (44:43) - Is Baptism necessary for salvation?  (47:40) - Is there a connection b/w today's Gospel and the washing of the Apostle's feet? (48:52) - In the synoptic Gospels and in Gethsemane, Jesus says 'Pray to not be put to the test'  What is he referring to that?

Bible Study: (1:45) Jer 20:10-13 Why does God allow for temptation?  Jn 10:31-42 Why does Jesus call himself the Son of God?  Letters (20:12) - I'm uncomfortable when the priest washes parishioner's feet (22:09) - Are there giants in the Old Testament?   (24:45) - Do kids need a saint name for Baptism?  (25:37) - Why don't we say Amen in the Fatima prayer?  (26:38) - What does Seraph mean?  (27:57) - I heard that St. Faustina said that "at the time of my death, I am my own apostle."  Word of the Day: Perturbed (30:32) Caller  (34:10) - My daughter lives in a rural area, and there's no nearby Catholic school, is it okay for her daughter to go to a Baptist school? (37:16) - The priest yelled at me for not going to mass every week, which is hard for my condition.  What do you think? (40:40) - When did the slapping for confirmation begin and end? (41:15) - Jesus tends to double down on certain statements in the Gospels such as about the Eucharist and that he's the Son of God.  What do you think about his doubling down Father? (43:07) - When they say God made us in his image, and he's a spirit, how does that work? (45:06) - Is it a sin to eat out on a Sunday because you're making other people work? (46:28) - How do you respond to a son who thinks God is angry? 

Bible Study: (1:42) Father begins with a discussion of yesterday's Gospel            Gn 17:3-9 What are the works of Abraham? Letters (19:27) - Jesus and the Seraph comment (22:29) - Michael accuses Fr. Simon of superscessionism  (25:31) - What does it mean to pray 'Lamb of God?' (28:26) - Evidence of Peter's existence Word of the Day: I AM (33:09) Callers  (38:08) - Are only the Catholics going to heaven?  What about non-Catholics, like the Buddhists? (41:31) - Could you explain the unbloodied sacrifice of the mass? (44:08) - Is it a sin to name a child with a demonic name?  (46:41) - How do you receive the graces of Divine Mercy?