Father Simon Says
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Father Simon Says is your daily bible study hosted by Father Richard Simon, who jokingly refers to himself as Reverend Know-it-All.
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Saved By Faith? - Father Simon Says - October 25, 2024
25/10/2024 Duración: 51min(2:16) Bible Study: Eph 4:1-6 Why did Jesus call God Father? LK 12:54-59 Father explains what this passage is all about. (23:44) Break 1 (26:40) Letters: Father Simon explains what it means to be saved by Faith, talks about the need for children in the Church even during the boring readings and answers many other questions from listeners. (38:56) Break 2 (39:47) Word of the Day: Hypocrite (43:33) Phones: Grace - Catholic getting married outside the Church. A good friend, grew up Catholic, but left the Church, is Protestant and is getting married to another non-Catholic Christian. How to approach her? Sam - I'm not Catholic, but thank him for the broadcast. I learn a lot, I have Catholic friends. And this is all because of Fr. Simon. Why are sins against the Holy Spirit a different category?
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Father Simon Says - October 24, 2024 - Controversial Fatherhood [ENCORE]]
24/10/2024 Duración: 51minCheck out this great Encore show about today's readings from October 20, 2022! Bible Study: (1:59) EPH 3:14-21 Why has Fatherhood become controversial? LK 12:49-53 Father talks about division in the Church Letters What's the difference between blessing and consecration? Can someone have a living will? Listener makes a paradoxical connection between Judas and Jesus' death Listener has trouble finding closure after a miscarriage Word of the Day: Priesthood of all believers Callers (35:55) - Why hasn't the Church discussed the evils depicted in Genesis 19? (43:05) - How to defend the argument that Jesus didn't have a wife? (46:20) - They're remodeling my church and they're not a putting a crucifix; what does Father think? (48:56) - In Acts 1:18 why did Luke present Judas the way he did?
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Father Simon Says - October 23, 2024 - Sins in Confession
23/10/2024 Duración: 51min(2:17) Bible Study EPH 3:2-12 What is the correlation between Jesus' flesh, the blood and water and the temple of God? Father explains. (21:49) Break 1 (22:37) Letters Where is the best place to do a Gregorian Mass? Father discusses praying for the dead. Father also answers the question of how the worms don’t die in the unquenchable fire. (35:14) Break 2 (38:04) Word of the Day Master of the House (41:20) Phones Bob - About confession - friend is struggling to confess their pornography addiction and then do they need to confess the type of pornography they use? Thomas - on proper burial - my dad wished to be buried but the family wants to cremate him. Can we cremate first... then bury him?
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Father Simon Says - October 22, 2024 - Cap Stone
22/10/2024 Duración: 51min(5:10) Bible Study: LK 12:35-38 Father makes the case that Jesus is being humorous in this passage. EPH 2:12-22 The God of the Universe stoops and listens to us. (21:15) Break 1 (23:30) Letters: Is there a good book about the dead sea scrolls that refutes the protestant position? How do you debate people who say Eucharistic processions are bad? Father answers these and many more questions. (34:43) Break 2 (35:56) Word of the Day: Cap Stone (41:34) Phones: Donna - I have some history from St. Donatus, I was baptized there and my grandparents from both sides were married in that church in Blue Island, IL. Ann - Are all Coptic Christians, Catholics? Drew - How did marriages work in the Israelites days?
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Father Simon Says - October 21, 2024 - Calvins Terrifying God
21/10/2024 Duración: 51min(3:04) Bible Study: EPH 2:1-10 Father explains what the power of the Air is. (25:13) Break 1 (26:00) Letters: Is it okay to let a protestant husband try to raise children Catholic? What is the etymology of the word Lord? Did the plagues of Egypt actually happen? Father Simon answers these and many more questions. (36:34) Break 2 (37:18) Word of the Day: Trespass (40:56) Phones: Dan - Catholic understanding on what happened to Jews when they passed away? (46:38) Patrick - Pre-destination, how is it in the Bible? It reads like pre-destination does exist in the bible in a biblical sense.
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Father Simon Says-October 18, 2024-Who is St. Luke?
18/10/2024 Duración: 51minBible Study (1:56) Fr. Simon gives a little history on St. Luke. Fr. Simon calls Acts, which was written by St. Luke, a legal document 2 Tm 4:10-17b Fr. Simon talks about Demas, Crescens, Titus, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, and their significance and that they were real people. Paul is writing in a more relaxed tone in this reading. (29:49) Letters: About Patron Saints, The use of the word Testament, the Angel Gabriel and the Quran 38:47 Word of the Day: Peace 42:08 Phones: John-Question if Adam was a hermaphrodite John-Are any of Paul’s scrolls still around? Especially in Rome? Debra-The story you tell about the wine and the fruit flies is so important and I make sure to include it whenever I say the sorrowful mysteries
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Father Simon Says - October 17, 2024 - St. Ignatius of Antioch
17/10/2024 Duración: 50min(5:30) Bible Study: EPH 1:1-10 Father talks about the temple of Ephesus which was one of the wonders of the world. LK 11:47-54 Who is the Zechariah that is mentioned in this passage? Father Explains (20:05) Break 1 (20:44) Letters: Joseph knew not Mary ‘until’; what does that mean? Father recommends a lectionary to someone to who wants to read the daily readings Listener makes a connection between dust and the devil Was Jesus a loner? (31:18) Break 2 (31:32) Word of the Day Zachariah (36:30) Phones Why would Jesus say no man has seen God? I support abortion; can I receive communion? Mark 10:18. Could you help me understand especially about being ‘Good’? My mother in law told us that she didn’t want to be cried for or prayed for after she died. Do I need to honor that? Why does the priest say at end, ‘Go the mass has ended.’
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Father Simon Says - October 16, 2024 - Heresies
16/10/2024 Duración: 48min(4:18) Bible Study: GAL 5:18-25 What does it mean to be free? Father explains (18:28) Break 1 (18:59) Letters Why do we say “let us pray” at mass? Do un-absolved sins have to be re-confessed? If you pray to the wrong saint will it be re-directed to the correct saint? How do we understand God’s justice? Can the congregation recite the antiphons? (31:31) Break 2 (32:00) Word of the Day: Heresies (34:52) Phones My daughter and son-in-law are going to a non-Catholic church now and their son is being initiated in that Church. Could I go to the ceremony and could my daughter present the child? Why don’t we follow the commandments regarding the sabbath to not work on the sabbath? Are the Sadducees like the priestly class? If Jesus is 100% man and 100% divine, does he feel suffering in heaven?
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Father Simon Says - October 15, 2024 - Mark of the Jews
15/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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
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Father Simon Says - October 14, 2024 - Proof for the Exodus
14/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 11, 2024 - Law of the Pharisees
11/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 10, 2024 - Midnight
10/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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
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Father Simon Says - October 9, 2024 - Olive Plants
09/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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 E
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Father Simon Says - October 8, 2024 - Man and Woman
08/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 7, 2024 - Neighbor
07/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 4, 2024 - The New False gods
04/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 3, 2024 - Baptizing Your Grandchild
03/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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 apostle
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Father Simon Says - October 2, 2024 - Angels
02/10/2024 Duración: 51min(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?
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Father Simon Says - October 1, 2024 - Saint Therese
01/10/2024 Duración: 54min(8:01) Bible Study: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 This is pretty heavy and father helps explain it Lk 9:51-56 Who were the Samaritans? (19:02) Break 1 (23:38) Letters: Father answers how you can help your child come back to the faith, talks about the things that only Moms can do and things only dads can do and why the principle of Sola Scriptura is not a biblical principle. (33:41) Break 2 (35:11) Word of the Day: Completion and Resolute (38:56) Phones: Anne - Who is still upholding the Jewish Faith? Is it the Rabbi's or is it the president of Israel? Barbara - how do you offer up suffering? Rebecca - my son wanted to be a priest but now he wants to be a woman. How to I help him through this? Tasha - I saw a movie about a monk that can fly. Is this true?
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Father Simon Says - September 30, 2024 - Being Like Children
30/09/2024 Duración: 51min(5:48) Bible Study: Lk 9:46-50 We need God like children need their parents Jb 1:6-22 Are angels children of God? Father explains! (22:45) Break 1 (23:42) Letters: What constitutes a great apostasy? What does Father think about Christian contemporary music? Should you go to a celebration of a non-Catholic wedding? Father answers this question and many more! (38:28) Break 2 (39:40) Word of the Day: Gahanna (42:17) Phones: Connie - Can we really only say hallelujah during ordinary time? Joe - is there a 1 stop place that will answer any question that protestants have. My friend keeps asking me questions and I don't think he believes me. Damon - How did Latin get to what it is now?