Father Simon Says

Bible Study: (1:40) Rom 1:1-7 Who was the queen of the south? What is Talmudic reasoning?  Letters (20:19) - Rosary Novena - can you pray the rosary during chores?  (24:03) - Dowry system  (29:10) - Persistence in prayer & the local pregnancy center Word of the Day: Gospel (35:11) Callers: (37:21) - Question about the Holy Spirit prayer, could you explain when it says 'renews the face of the earth' (42:17) - Question about yesterday's Gospel, clarify about the person who didn't have the garments. Didn't the host provide wedding garments? (47:01) - Priests using only one hand holding the host during consecration?  Could you comment on that?

Bible Study: (2:06) Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2 What is a minister?  Lk 11:15-26 Jesus' authority, unclean spirits, & Beelzebul Letters (18:43) - Holy Spirit appearance in Scripture (21:52) - who else makes the sign of the cross? (25:35) - Do the deceased send signs from heaven?  Word of the Day: Camel (31:49) Callers (39:41) - Important writings of Ratzinger and what he could recommend?  (40:43) - I have a 25 year old daughter planning to enter the cloister in the spring, and I'm a newer Catholic.  I don't understand the reasoning for the Cloistered life. (44:29) - I'm Jewish, and the Torah there is no Devil.  And it was changed to fit Christian Theology.  Could you comment? (49:20) - Comment on sister who entered cloister.  Sister entered and changed family dynamic for the better.

Bible Study: (2:45) Mal 3:13-20b Who was Malachi?  Lk 11:5-13 The importance of persistence in prayer Letters:  (19:50) - I agree with Fr. Simon about music!  (24:10) - Grief & Gratitude  (27:21) - Prayer journaling  (29:42) - We don't build the kingdom of God  Word of the Day: Suppose (36:23) Caller:  (38:36) - When was the Exile in Isaiah exactly written and also about the taking of Babylon by the Persian empire? (40:20) - Diff between friar and priest? (42:00) - Difference b/w  messianic and Hasidic? (45:37) - Question about Eye of the Needle translation? (50:22) - What is sackcloth?  

Bible Study: (1:53) Jon 4:1-11 How do we talk about Jonah in a way that kids don't lose respect for the Scriptures?  Father discusses the difficulty of forgiveness  Lk 11:1-4 Father breaks down The Our Father  Letters (20:30) - Policy about dogs in Church  (21:51) - Too often the music at mass is too loud!  (27:20) - Our daughter wants to get confirmed  Catechism for adults: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/uscca/files/assets/basic-html/page-23.html (28:55) - Lutheran beliefs about the Eucharist  Word of the Day (33:31) Callers:  (36:33) - What do you think about me giving everything to charity instead of my family? (38:51) - Grandson asked why you have to confess venial sins if you are forgiven by going through mass? (41:47) - How to deal with family members who don't believe in the pope and what to say to them? (47:06) - Did people from the old testament have to wait to see Jesus until opened the gates of Heaven? (49:38) - Thou shall not worship strange gods vs false gods. What is the difference?

Bible Study: (1:59) Jon 3:1-10 Did Jonah really exist?  Lk 10:38-42 The good part & the better part How do we choose the good part?  Letters (18:38) - Mary appreciates Father's comments on music & the liturgy https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html Word of the Day: Anxious and worried (30:26) Callers:  (34:09) - In the Hail Mary, it says 'Blessed is the fruit of the womb'. How could Mary still be a virgin? (36:30) - Are unicorns bad? (37:27) - I'm legally blind, and searching for a good audio bible? https://bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio (37:54) - What does he think about what's happening in Israel? (44:17) - Does God also love the devil? (47:07) - The use of Greek in liturgical prayers? (48:21) - I appreciate his diatribe and his soapbox and enjoy hearing his perspective. (50:16) - There are unicorns, they have them in California, outside of Bakersfield, and they are unicorns.  They are one-horned goats

Bible Study: (2:19) Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11 Was Jonah alive in the belly of the whale for three days?  Letters (21:27) - My son and his wife used IVF  https://www.ncregister.com/news/frozen-in-time-catholic-ethicists-discuss-the-fate-of-the-estimated-1-million-human-embryos-on-ice#:~:text=The%20bishops%20wrote%20that%20%E2%80%9Cthe,'%20or%20unwanted%20human%20beings.%E2%80%9D https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/no-way-out-what-to-do-about-a-frozen (24:43)  - Kneeling at communion  Word of the Day: Neighbor (35:40) Callers (38:23) - Should the pronouns of the mass be changed. Using 'his' or gender neutral? (44:21) - Thank Fr. Simon on what he said, about music.  I've felt that way and the music is depressing.  What do you think? (48:14) - Music is very very important, if not good music, people tend to get bored.  (50:02) - You commented and quoted that Mothers who are constantly weeping for their children, and God's mercy.  Where did you get that quote?

Bar 1:15-22 Father explains some Biblical historicity   Lk 10:13-16 What do the woe's of Jesus mean? What is the wrath of God?  Letters (19:49) - Book recommendations for someone who grew up without a Father figure  https://ignatius.com/theology-and-sanity-thasp/ (21:44) - Are the rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet idolatrous?  (23:54) -  God become man so that man might become God  (27:46) - Did Martin Luther intend to create a new religion?  (31:01) - Grieving mother support groups & mediums  Word of the Day: Curse (34:59) Callers  (37:42) - How do deal with my son who told us he was an atheist? (41:35) - The verb in Greek, for 'Do This' like 'Do This in Remembrance'...could you explain (44:52) - The Church as the Bride of the Christ.  Since Jesus is the King, is the Church is the Queen?  Could you explain? (48:38) - Judas Iscariot, where did he go afterwards? (49:59) - Can you talk about St. Dominic and how he was given a Rosary by Mary?

Bible Study: (2:06) Lk 10:1-12 The Kingdom is near Letters: (23:01) - How to interpret shaking the dust from your shoes? (25:08) - Do Adam and Eve know that they messed it up for all of us? (25:41) - Why did Jesus say greet no one along the way? (26:24) - My wife has dialysis and can’t go to first Saturday Mass, what should I do? (30:32) - Did Adam and Eve have immortal bodies? Word of the Day: (34:16) Phones:  (38:19) Michael - Our parish will have a mission statement and the last line says, 'as parishioners we are building the kingdom of God.' What do you think? (40:43) Sharleen - Why all humans pay the price for Adam/Eve sins? (43:00) Steve - Are the Law of God and Law of Moses different? (50:00) Barb - Going to Saturday mass question 

Bible Study: (2:13) Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12 Manna, the Jews, and the Ark of the Covenant Lk 10:1-12 What does it mean to bury my Father?  Letters (20:28) - I think crystals are beautiful; is that OK?  (22:20) - How do we deal with envy and jealousy?  (25:26) - Is our soul still alive after we die?  Word of the Day: Paradise (35:29) Callers  (38:23) - How do I reconcile OT killing with "Thou shalt not kill?" (44:04) - Is it appropriate to not want to pray the rosary during adoration? (46:05) - My brother is LDS, how can I show him that Mary was Assumed into heaven? (49:50) - Is it OK that my priest says, "Bread of Life" vs. "The Body of Christ?"

Bible Study: (2:11) Zec 8:20-23 What does it mean to be an Israelite? Letters (28:26) - Psalm 92 & Calvinists  Word of the Day: Admonish (35:54) Callers:  (39:00) - Did Satan defeat St. Michael?  (40:58) - How to receive the Eucharist in the hand, what hand goes on top?   (44:11) - Can you pray to the Guardian Angels for somebody else? (45:24) - When did formal priest formation and ordination begin? (49:25) - In Philippians 2:10, 'so at the name of Jesus..' Could you explain?