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(6:25) Bible Study: GAL 5:1-6 Father talks about Circumcision’s meaning for Jews LK 11:37-41 What does it mean to be clean? Father explains (21:09) Break 1 (23:42) Letters: Freely you give freely you receive; Father explains what this means. Can you sing songs during the Sabbath meal? What does it mean that John the Baptist is the least in the kingdom of heaven? Father answers these and more. (35:40) Break 2 (36:15) Word of the Day: Foolish (37:51) Phones: Joanna - Women will be saved by childbirth - what does this really mean Nathaniel - The sspx people - are their confirmations are valid? Michael - You say acts was written by Luke but I was taught differently and I disagree. I think it was written by different apostles and compiled together

(6:57) Bible Study: GAL 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1 What is trust? Father explains what trust in God is. (25:15) Break 1 (26:18) Letters: How do we know the exodus really happen? Why were the bible characters painted in such poor light? Does Job hint at the resurrection? Father answers these and many more questions. (38:38) Break 2 (40:16) Word of the Day: Agape (42:00) Phones: Mary - What is the meaning of Rachel weeps for her children? Gigi - Were there any people in the last supper besides the apostles and the women? Sarah - where sin is grace abounds. What does this mean?

(4:26) Bible Study: GAL 3:7-14 The Jews were very precise. Father Explains LK 11:15-26 Father explains this reading of the demon who is cast out of a person. (25:16) Break 1 (25:59) Letters: Father shares a letter about how mother in laws should only share positive advice, who the Persians were and talks about the shroud of Turin! (35:56) Break 2 (37:24) Word of the Day: Thing (39:56) Phones: Ann - Vengeance is mine says the Lord - how should I handle this? Jenny - Is it morally wrong to be in a situation where people could misunderstand you? Even if they are total strangers? Anna - Someone told me that I was not allowed to cross my legs in adoration. Is this true? Was I being disrespectful?

(4:02) Bible Study: GAL 3:1-5 Father explains what the word fool really means in this passage. LK 11:5-13 Was this story a joke? Father explains. (22:35) Break 1 (24:45) Letters: Father gets a question about how we got the proper form of Baptism; how should you give your spouse grace during election season and much more! (36:08) Break 2 (37:02) Word of the Day: Midnight (41:03) Phones: John - Someone asked me if Catholic's believe that Divine Grace is Created? Your thoughts? Mary - I've seen people in Adoration turn their back on the host and just back up. Are we all supposed to do this? Or does it matter? Mary Ann - You said the Rabbi would pose a question - what difference did Christ make? there is still evil

(3:20) Bible Study: Lk 11:1-4 Father explains apparent differences in the Gospels. Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 Father talks about the who survived after the destruction of the temple (23:55) Break 1 (25:43) Letters: Why do we have masculine and feminine forms of words? Is it okay to meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary with the Relevant Radio app? Father answers these and many more questions. (38:44) Break 2 (39:40) Word of the Day: Olive Plants (40:53) Phones: Jay - What does Father think about this regarding repentance and what to do? You said it's not good to control in the marriage, but what happens in a marriage where the mother is really controlling and caused tension in the family;  She has mental things going on, resentment towards dad.   Things have taken for worse since she retired. Basil - Was it a sin that Jesus stayed behind in the Temple when he was 12 years old? Pat - In 1st reading, could you explain the covenant of salt? Rose - What do you think about the reception of the Holy Eucharist, for someone who can't get to mass on own.  If person receives Eucharist from a person in car and takes host, is that okay? Mike -He was talking about controlling spouses.  I had a very controlling spouse and it's kind of like an indentured servitude.  Also, my daughter has a disabled condition?  What to do?

(3:45) Bible Study: GAL 1:13-24 How old is this letter? Father explains. Father talks about the nature of divorce. (26:23) Break 1 (27:20) Letters: What is the best way to receive communion? Who will be around in 400 years from now? Father Simon answers these questions and many more. (37:40) Break 2 (39:01) Word of the Day: Cursed (41:06) Phones: Jean - What do you think about this?  My daughter's husband's mom has dementia and now my son-in-law is living with his mother instead of my daughter.   No kids and married for 11 years. Mary - I have a daughter who's Catholic, but her husband has left the faith and is Protestant. They got married in the court.  What's the diff b/w getting married in the court, versus getting by a priest?

(4:40) Bible Study: LK 10:25-37 Father shares something never before mentioned about this passage. (19:56) Break 1 (20:50) Letters: Father answers questions about what to wear when you are lecturing at Church, answers what heaven will be like, why God seems more peaceful in the New Testament than in the Old Testament and answers much more. (35:09) Break 2 (35:53) Word of the Day:  Neighbor  (37:35) Phones: Kathrine - what is the meaning of Hosanna in Hebrew? Matthew - Are free masons still allowed according to the church and when were they outlawed? Can you practice it and still be Catholic? Robert - Because I drew you from the water, I named you mosses. I have a question on the language used here Claire - I am a Eucharistic minister and I do multiple masses a day. Am I allowed to receive communion twice then? Matt - Can a priest trump God's words during mass?

(4:58) Bible Study: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 God has a problem…He thinks He is God. Father explains. Lk 10:13-16 Father explains this reading, and what it means that we have been given so much. (25:43) Break 1 (27:18) Letters: Father answers what Dualism is and why it doesn’t make sense, answers the parallels between slavery and abortion and much more. (37:16) Break 2 (38:56) Word of the Day: Know (40:48) Phones: Tony - what is a plenary indulgence and what are the benefits? Toni - Did St. Paul have the stigmata? It says he received the wounds of Christ Leslie - Is Jesus genetically related to Mary?

(2:23) Bible Study: JB 19:21-27 Job is more cheerful today! Father explains LK 10:1-12 Father shares what Paul really thought of Peter as Pope (20:50) Break 1 (21:44) Letters: Father shares the story of Turkey on a Friday in Lent and his great trial, answers questions about the vail and how it relates with the apocalypse and father shares his favorite underrated book of the bible and much more!  (35:10) Break 2 (36:46) Word of the Day: Kidney (38:38) Phones: Patricia - Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? Margaret - I baptized my grandson when he was a baby because his parents wouldn't. I had one priest tell me it didn't count and one told me it did. Which is it? Rene - I called a few places like the church and a monastery and my kids catholic school to see if we could get a something set up to get donations for the hurricane victims and none of them wanted to help. How do I handle this? It seems anti Catholic to me they are always taking donations David - do you think one of the apostles in acts could have been a woman?

(1:53) Bible Study: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16 What does the phrase pass by mean in this reading? Father explains. Mt 18:1-5, 10 Did you know that the science of the world thought that the world didn’t have a beginning? (22:08) Break 1 (24:04) Letters: Father answers questions about the last supper as well as many other interesting questions. (34:54) Break 2 (36:58) Word of the Day: Angels (38:43) Phones: Barb - If you miss Sunday mass intentionally, is it a mortal sin? Manny - Israelis now and the Israelis of the Old Testament.  Are they the same, or different? Mary - If unbaptized babies/children have guardian angels?