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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?