Father Simon Says

(3:55) Bible Study: 2 Corinthians 3:15 - 4:1, 3-6 What is the hidden letter to the Corinthians? Father explains (21:58) Break 1 Father expounds on the meaning of the Veil. (27:24) Letters: Who was the woman well known among the apostles? When is a lay person permitted to open the tabernacle? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (35:07) Break 2 (35:40) Word of the Day Father shares three words of the day today? (37:49) Phones: Ken - question about Paul: I believe Paul had a near death experience and went to heaven. Ken - I love you Father Simon and appreciate you coming on every day. Father Simon needs to hear it from his listeners Carlos - there were people giving communion to out to patients in hospital without asking if they were catholic. is that right? John - when exactly did Thomas receive the holy spirit? Rocco - in the past as early Christians did they take the Eucharist home for the week after mass? Jan - can you recommend any re

(7:23) Bible Study: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 The church has been structured from the beginning. Matthew 5:17-19 What does the word break mean in this reading? (19:57) Break 1 (21:06) Letters: Is stoicism in opposition to Catholicism? Where does the word lord come from and what is the origins of the word belief? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:42) Break 2 (36:04) Word of the Day Jot or tittle (38:07) Phones: Leah - What does the Catholic church teach about having a biological child but then giving it up for adoption to a friend? Dan - Protestant chaplain asking if he could combine services with a catholic chaplain. Kris - difference between apostles and disciples? Dana - What do you think about dramatizing readings during church?

(5:03) Study:  2 Corinthians 1:18-22 How did the bible come about? Matthew 5:13-16 What does it mean to be salt of the earth? (22:16) Break 1 (24:23) Letters: Can you attend the wedding of non-Catholics? What is the best vocation? Why was Solomon considered good and wise? Father explains these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:59) Break 2 (35:40) Word of the Day Down Payment (39:01) Phones: Gerard - Fr. has mentioned that the words faith and belief really mean 'trust'. Is that reflected in the Creed? Deanne - Question about mass: when the bell rings during consecration why do some people beat there chest three times. Pat - where is Corinth? Diana - what is considered exorcised holy water? is salt exorcised by priest blessing or does it need special blessing? Nora - How did St. john end up in Crete before he died there.

(4:39) Bible Study: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Men and women are meant to protect and care for each other. (19:31) Break 1 (22:50) Letters: What is the difference between a vow and a promise when it comes to vocational discernment? What is the problem with trying to make Christianity more contemporary? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:28) Break 2 (35:17) Word of the Day Posca (37:33) Phones: John - In the romans it says 'nothing shall separate us from the love of God' some translations say 'of God' some say 'from God'. Can Fr. explain the difference in translations? Sally - how is the liturgy of the hours composed. Does it change year to year? Who puts it together? Lou - When did the sacrament of ordination get instituted. was it at the last supper? Thomas shares a letter from Sammy about the time frame of receiving communion after confession

(3:55) Bible Study: Acts 25:13b-21 The dark politics going on around the Paul in the Acts of the Apostles. John 21:15-19 Father shares the deep meaning of love in this passage. (23:49) Break 1 Letters: (26:56) Don’t try to win praise. A listener writes in and asks what it means that Jesus descended into hell? (39:27) Break 2 (41:10) Word of the Day Religion (42:37) Phones: Sebastian - Explain why in the OT why did animals as well as humans have war sackcloth and ash? Jackie - I think the problem with the Catholic church is that if you have a lot of money you can get an annulment. Could you address sketchy annulments? Elijah - What's the tradition behind confirmation St. names.

(5:28) Bible Study: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Why was Paul trying to be a good Jew? (21:22) Break 1 (27:34) Letters: Father explains the perseverance of the Saints and how it relates with the sacrament of penance. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (35:56) Break 2 (36:26) Word of the Day Mission (44:56) Phones: Vee - I'm a non-Catholic; How do you view non Catholic Christians salvation? Bob - Pentecost Sunday 'Receive the Holy Spirit' and 'Sins you retain'.  Since Pentecost is the reconnection of the Holy Spirit, don't we need Sacrament of Confession to regain the Holy Spirit.

(2:27) Bible Study: Acts 20:28-38 Who is the Holy Spirit? Father explains. (23:08) Break 1 (24:22) Letters: What is involved in a blessing of a house? What is the Shekinah and how does it relate with the shroud of Turin? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:27) Break 2 (35:05) Word of the Day Consecrated in truth (42:52) Phones: Regina - Was St. Joseph baptized? By whom and where? Juan - why should we pray to Mary if Jesus died on the cross? Margaret - how do you determine what is inspired by the holy spirit in reference to the canon? Martha - my brother just left the catholic church. His son is getting married to a Jewish Christian. Should I attend the service as a catholic?

(5:08) Bible Study: Acts 20:17-27 Father shares the background of this passage. John 17:1-11a What does Jesus mean in this passage? Father explains (22:42) Break 1 (24:23) Letters: Why can’t nuns go to funerals? What does it take to be guilty of presumption? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (31:39) Break 2 (32:24) Word of the Day Penetrating (38:24) Phones: John - question about the lectionary number. does the number on the USCCB website correspond with the volumes at the church? (today is # 298) Melissa - if two baptized people, one a catholic on not, get married outside the church why does the marriage need to get blessed if its considered sacramental already. David - do you see a connection between the second creation account and the resurrection story. Chris - why does the church allow for so many exceptions to rules of the church so that it seems like a new norm rather than an exception.

Bible Study: (2:56) Acts 19:1 – Apollos was a Jew from Alexandria from Ephesus who had been baptized with the baptism of John and had not received the Holy Spirit. He ends up being a very important member of the Church. John baptized with a baptism of repentance and that is what we see in the Gospel of John. John the Baptist is constantly saying in the Gospel of John that he is not the Messiah.   Break 1   Letters: (25:05) David – Has a question about Evangelism and introducing someone to prayer. (31:04) Jim – Does each cardinal consider a name he would choose as Pope just in case? (33:30) Does the Pope have to take a new name? (38:57) – Why are you down on people calling themselves “pet parents”.   Break 2   (38:57) Word Of the Day – Take Courage   Phones: (41:15) Roy - Does the Catholic Church believe in speaking in tongues.  (44:11) Anne - It takes away the dignity of human life to use 'pet mom'.  (48:09)

(5:22) Bible Study: Acts 18:9-18 God picks the wrong person for the job? (18:16) Break 1 (20:07) Letters: Father answers a question about the Cistercian witnesses and explains the origin of the Sistine Chapel, Father talks about these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.cm (35:47) Break 2 (38:28) Word of the Day Vow (40:28) Phones: John - why is Elijah conserved a minor prophet instead of a major prophet? Rosemarie - Plenary Indulgence. Site of Plenary Indulgence. if I go there what do I do? how does indulgence work? Greg - we can go to Communion when we have venial sin. how can Jesus say we can receive him from venial sin yet at end of life we still have to go to Purgatory?

(3:45) Bible Study: Acts 18:1-8 Father explains the time line of the Acts of the Apostles. John 16:16-20 What does Jesus mean in this passage? Father explains. (21:09) Break 1 (21:49) Letters: How do pets fit into salvation? What are plenary indulgences? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:29) Break 2 (36:18) Word of the Day Worship (38:39) Phones: Kim - my son and I talking about Pope Leo. when did Cardinals begin changing their names when they became Pope and why? Sr. Maria Francesca - do we know the history of the Te Deum? where does this come from? Noah - struggling with trusting God's Divine Will for me. how do I put my life in His hands? Dolores - today is Ascension but deferred to Sunday. does that mean today is just a regular day? Pam - question about Holy Spirit. saying Pope Francis was going to change date of Easter to coincide with Eastern Orthodox. I thought Eastern Orthodox didn’t believe in Filioque. I am confused

(2:34) Bible Study: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 Father explains what Paul was doing in today’s readings. John 16:12-15 How does God Prepare us (22:28) Break 1 (25:49) Letters: Father answers some interesting letters about ethnicity, the Trinity and the Swiss guard. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (37:35) Break 2 (38:34) Word of the Day Exasperated and Escort (41:33) Phones: Karen - rogation processions before Ascension Thursday. what happened to them and why don't they happen anymore? Susanna - What is the difference between the Baltimore Catechism and the New Catechism. did the Baltimore Catechism get replaced?

(3:17) Bible Study: Acts 16:22-34 Father talks about the customs of Romans for prisoners. John 16:5-11 What does it mean that it is better that Jesus goes? (21:50) Break 1 (24:02) Letters: Father shares some insights about Chicago dialect and answers how many people really go to heaven. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:51) Break 2 (34:54) Word of the Day Annoyed (36:00) Phones: Yolanda - My daughter told me she is corresponding with much older divorced men online. What is my role as a mother to help her to avoid this? Walter - I want a clarification please. Did you say that we cannot receive the Holy Spirit if we do not go through the Father? Scott - I am a convert and was married before I became Catholic. We had no issue having a Mass when we got married Rose - I was raised as a Traditional Catholic Church not in communion with Rome. The bishop was from the SSPX. Is my confirmation valid?

(3:00) Bible Study: Acts 15:22-31 What is the structure of the Church? What does it mean to wait on the Holy Spirit? (20:03) Break 1 John 15:12-17 What does it mean to speak in the name of Jesus? (25:48) Letters: Father answers his letters that come in. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:59) Break 2 (37:23) Word of the Day Farewell (39:35) Phones: Teresa - When Father does the sign of the cross, is that when he becomes Jesus in persona? I had an experience when a priest did the sign of the cross and I saw Jesus in him. Maria - Can I win a plenary indulgence everyday this year by going to Daily Mass? Or just going through the Holy Door? Tim - The Pope is not from Chicago, he is from Dolton, IL. Dan - In the prayer, Hail Holy Queen, 'Mourning and Weeping in this Valley of tears' I have seen an older version 'Vail of tears'. Joyce - Can I bless a Rosary at home myself with Holy Water? Rob - Did everyone go to sheol? Resources: Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the

(3:18) Bible Study: John 15:9-11 What is the difference between joy and happiness? Acts 15:7-21 Father explains the importance of this passage. (22:11) Break 1 (22:50) Letters: When was God first called Father? Do you get an indulgence from the Pope’s blessing? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevatradio.com (37:20) Break 2 (37:54) Word of the Day Unlawful (41:01) Phones: Mary - at Communion when people go up for blessing, does blessing need to be a touch or not? grosses me out. Ricardo - what did Jesus mean when he told Apostles that you will have kingdoms of your own. Rich - Peter was designated to be first Pope but in reality, he was Nazarene and not Catholic. how could he have been Pope? Resources: Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxpcGfznos

(4:08) Bible Study: John 15:1-8 What does it mean to be pruned by God the Father? (19:24) Break 1 (20:19) Letters: A former Satanist baptized himself; is that possible? Does God eternally suffer in the crucifixion? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:15) Break 2 (33:50) Word of the Day Covenant (38:23) Phones: Alyssa - What does a priest do in an emergency scenario? Example, what do they do if someone has a heart attack? Connie - Husband has decided to become Catholic. They gave him the RCIA book, but doesn't start until fall. He thinks because he's a baptized Catholic, he doesn't have to take RCIA. Is that true? Teresa - What is the exact word Jesus would have said in Aramaic when he said, 'Do this in memory of me?'

(3:54) Bible Study: Acts 14:19-28 Only having one God was news in Paul’s time. John 14:27-31a Do you really understand the kingdom of God? (24:45) Break 1 (26:20) Letters: Father explains the humanity of Jesus and different ways in which communion can be received. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (40:04) Break 2 (40:53) Word of the Day Troubled (42:58) Phones: Nathan - when there is an emergency during mass. how does the priest deal with this? James - at what point did Jesus know he would be crucified?

(3:31) Bible Study: Acts 14:5-18 What does trust have to do with being healed? John 14:21-26 How do we love people who are hard to love? (19:22) Break 1 (20:59) Letters:  Father shares the difference between private and public revelations and what does a dioceses master of ceremonies do? Father explains these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:10) Break 2 (34:56) Word of the Day Paraclete (38:29) Phones: Tom - Mary being called 'The Woman' and the 'New Eve'. How do I understand this? Pat - new Pope, Augustinian. what does it mean to be Augustinian? Tom - why is the phrase 'have mercy on us and on the whole world' in the Divine Mercy Chaplet? Geri - why is the book written to the Hebrews and not the Jews? Mark - if you know someone is going to Church receiving Communion and shouldn’t be what should you say?

(2:14) Bible Study: Acts 13:13-25 Father shares the logistics of this passage. As well as how we are unified in love o Christ (27:00) Break 1 (27:17) Phones: Archbishop Listecki - Congrats Father on 50 years! Patricia - Marian apparitions. why was Mary's sash blue at Lourdes and Yellow at Champion? (40:45) Word of the Day Father shares an interesting word from today’s Gospel (43:29) Letters: Father shares his thankfulness for his Priesthood.

(1:41) Bible Study: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 Father shares the most interesting thing in this reading. Father talks about lots and what it means. (16:17) Letters: What is exorcism?  Is God always suffering on the Cross in all time? Father answers these and other questions. Sent him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (26:59) Break 1 (28:59) Word of the Day Commandments (30:49) Phones: Fr. Bob Coleman - Congratulating you on your 50th. I remember your ordination day, and would love to share a story about it JoAnn - Congratulations Fr. Simon on your 50th. I can't imagine all the wonderful things you have done. I wish more people knew about you. Chrissy - I care for elder non-Catholic woman. how can I care for her? should I bring her to Catholic church?