Father Simon Says

Bible Study: (1:59) Acts 13:26-33 The Rise of Christianity: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Christianity-Marginal-Religious-Centuries/dp/0060677015 Father discusses the relationship between Pilate and Justin Martyr  Jn 14:1-6 We go home when we die Letters (21:00) – Why wasn’t the beloved disciple questioned about Jesus?  (25:06) – Beatitudes and the Psalms  (26:49) – The problem of translation with the Creed (31:32) – I used to preach from a bench in Nevada  Word of the Day: Oracle (36:35) Callers  (37:47) – If I am right in saying that a layman can’t bestow a blessing? (39:12) – Question about Ethiopians believing that Pilate was a saint. (42:02) – Question about Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Baptism in Jesus? (48:24) – My nutritionist is also a Reiki Master.  Is it still good to have her as my nutritionist?

Bible Study: (1:48) Mk 16:15-20 Who was St. Mark? Letters (20:20) – Why do we ask for forgiveness?  (22:32) – Why did God tell the Israelites to kill the Canaanites?  (28:06) – Are there any direct relatives who claim to be related to the apostles?  (28:57) – How did the earth get populated?  (34:11) – Comments about prohibitions on pork  Word of the Day: Tongues (35:00) Callers  (36:50) – Were Mark’s endings where diff b/c he had a different audience?  Mark had a different ending?  Could you comment on that? (38:42) - On how to forgive as my brother’s wife murdered my brother. How to forgive and how to approach? (45:11) – Disciples in the Upper Room, they spoke in the language given by Holy Spirit, but everybody heard in their own language.  Could you comment on this? (47:35) – Peter given keys of kingdom and ‘get behind me Satan’. Could you explain this? Original Air Date: April 25, 2022

Acts 12:24—13:5a Where was the first chancery office? Jn 12:44-50 What’s the main benefit to being a Christian? Letters Do we respond to the priest at mass when he says alleluia? Listener disagrees with Fr. Simon’s take on altar servers Word of the Day: Synagogue Callers Why does Apostles Creed use ‘creator’ and Nicene creed says ‘Maker’ If Father wants beauty, maybe we should go back to the Tridentine Mass in English Our obsession with sciences one reason people leaving the Church. What was the reason that God would have Judas pick Jesus out of the crowd? Didn’t people know who Jesus was? If someone is pregnant and the baby has issues, could the person be anointed for the baby? Are there more than two dogmas that have been declared infallible?

Bible Study: (2:02) Acts 11:19-26 Why did God keep the Israelites isolated?   Letters (26:37) – Using an abundance of a tip?  (30:30) – What does a person do with an old torn Bible?  Word of the Day: Christos (34:13) Callers  (36:30) – Mass while traveling: The Cruise doesn’t have a Catholic priest (38:59) – What are the differences with the Holy Spirit and the Trinity w/the Orthodox and Catholics? (42:45) – Could you clarify throwing rosaries that are broken, is that okay? (45:19) – Communion under both species  (49:20) – Is it okay to throw away old palms?

Bible Study: (2:23) Acts 11:1-18 What separated Jews from pagans?  Jn 10:11-18 What is the universal Church?  Letters (22:34) – Can Father explain the difference between temple and synagogue  (27:18) – What’s the best way to understand indulgences? Word of the Day: Indulgence (34:57) Callers  (37:34)- Do dogs go to heaven? (40:01) – My Godson could he get a dispensation to get married in a non-denomination wedding and a question about a wedding shower? (44:28) – The relationship b/w purgatory and confession? (47:01) – What are the rules regarding chapel veils? (48:03) – What does the term ‘begotten’ mean? Original Air Date: May 1, 2023

Bible Study: (1:49) Acts 9:1-20 What makes this text truthful?  Jn 6:52-59 What does today’s text actually say?  Letters (21:59)- What is the ‘world without end’ in the Glory Be?  (23:32) – Question about dealing with a suicide (27:57) – I’m reading the ESV, why is it hard to find Catholic approved Red lettered Bibles? (32:48) – Singing of the psalms?  Word of the Day: Authority (37:59) Callers  (36:59) – We bought holy water fonts for my grandchildren; is it OK that they use it with their teddy bears?  (38:53) – Jesus says take my body and take my blood. But as Catholics we only take the bread. This seems unbiblical. Why? (45:22) – I don’t chew the host, is that okay? (47:54) – What are my responsibilities as an aunt whose nephews don’t practice the faith.

Bible Study: (2:17) Acts 8:26-40 Why do we prepare people for Baptism?  Jn 6:44-51 Are you saved?  Letters Father discusses ‘being wrong’ about yesterday’s show (24:40) – I went to mass where they kneel and stand during different times (in Mexico) why?  (30:44) – I agree with Fr. Simon that being born is a process  (31:35) – Who chooses vestment colors?  Word of the Day: Teach (35:57) Callers  (40:00) – Is it okay for lay people to knock on doors, just like Jehovah’s Witness and Mormons.   (41:56) – Why was it bad for Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge  (44:55) – In our congregation, we do go on knocking on doors and we go twice a week. (49:26) – We have a visiting priest and he lifts the ciborium instead of the host?  

Bible Study: (2:20) Acts 8:1b-8 It matters who we know  How did the early Christians spread the faith?  Jn 6:35-40 What does it mean to see Jesus?  Letters (23:17) – Jim asks about Passover calendars  (24:42) – How do I trust God more?  (27:52) – I went to a mass where the priest skipped the consecration Word of the Day: Good News! (34:05) Callers  (35:55) – How do we reconcile the evil of Abortion but the children still going to heaven? (39:16) – Children w/severe disabilities and receiving communion still? (41:33) – Could you comment on the ‘American Catholic Church’, and apparently priests could marry there.  Could you comment on that? (43:50) – Where is hell, is it in the world? (46:08) – What is the proper way to say the Our Father?  (48:08) – I’m taking an acting class, am I using God’s name in vain? Original Air Date: April 26, 2023

Bible Study: (1:57) Mt 7:6, 12-14 What is a hypocrite?  Letters (2 (25:00) - John 19:24, "In order that this passage might be fulfilled;" what does that mean?  (36:23) - Receiving Communion Under Both Species (40:33) - Beautiful Novus Ordo masses  (45:33) - Spiritual bouquet for Sr. Edith  (47:31) - The Transfiguration  Word of the Day: Terebinth (34:00)

Bible Study: (1:42) Acts 6:8-15 Father shares his theory about Act and the Gospel of Luke  Jn 6:22-29 What is the real work of God?  Letters  (19:09) – How is David after God’s own heart?  (28:44) – Communion service  Word of the Day: Crown (31:36) Callers (33:11) – Jesus descended into hell, could you explain?   (37:42) – How the average Jew could’ve possibly known that every sacrifice and liturgical ceremony pointed to Christ? (45:09) – Could you explain Numbers 22: 21-39 to me?  (48:58) – My father recently passed away, and he wasn’t Christian. Should I have baptized him? Original Air Date – April 24, 2023