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Bible Study: (1:59) Is 50:4-9a Why is the word 'no' so important?  Mt 26:14-25 Why is the word 'no' so important?  Letters (22:29) - Do the angels feel pain?  (23:49) - Why do Catholics pray to Mary and believe in the Assumption?  (27:08) - What is expected of me when a loved one dies?  (30:00) - my girlfriend was baptized in the Ethiopian orthodox Church and receives communion, is that OK?  Word of the Day: HESED (34:46) Callers  (38:05) - First Fridays, you're supposed to go to communion on First Friday, does it start all over? (42:54) - My friend invited me to a Passover service, at a reformed Jewish temple.  Is it okay to go? (45:44) - I'm 71 years old, Catholic, but I don't recall ever doing confirmation.  Does it make sense to do it now?

Bible Study (1:40) Is 49:1-6  A light to the nations!  Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Did Jesus kneel before Judas?  Letters (18:36) - Is Mary of Bethany Mary of Magdalene?  (21:10) - Did Jesus die after three or six hours on the cross?  (23:15) - what's the story about how Fr. Simon and his Rabbi friend met Word of the Day: Recline (30:15)Callers (33:16) - If Judas was put there for the betrayal of Christ Was he truly a traitor? (35:41) - When Jesus Gave Judas the bread did the devil enter Judas? (37:55) - why were there two verses cut out of today's Gospel? (41:47) - did God give Moses more than 10 commandments? (45:25) - when we pray alone, can we use me/my instead of us/we? (46:35) - should you go to confession even if you don't have anything to confess? (48:19) - can father explain the sense of the faithful? 

Bible Study: (3:26) Father discusses ancient calendar issues  Jn 12:1-11 Father discusses why Churches are the palaces of the poor.  Letters (21:05) - Palm procession question - Did Jesus ride an ass and a colt?  (25:48) - Custom to cover images (28:43) - God's justice in the OT  Word of the Day: Nard (33:48) Callers  (37:02) - Paul knew very little bit about Jesus' teaching, and nothing about his miracles, could you comment on that? (42:19)- My brother and his wife are going to the Holy Land on their own in a couple weeks and for only three days.  Recommendations on what to see? (44:43) - Is Baptism necessary for salvation?  (47:40) - Is there a connection b/w today's Gospel and the washing of the Apostle's feet? (48:52) - In the synoptic Gospels and in Gethsemane, Jesus says 'Pray to not be put to the test'  What is he referring to that?

Bible Study: (1:45) Jer 20:10-13 Why does God allow for temptation?  Jn 10:31-42 Why does Jesus call himself the Son of God?  Letters (20:12) - I'm uncomfortable when the priest washes parishioner's feet (22:09) - Are there giants in the Old Testament?   (24:45) - Do kids need a saint name for Baptism?  (25:37) - Why don't we say Amen in the Fatima prayer?  (26:38) - What does Seraph mean?  (27:57) - I heard that St. Faustina said that "at the time of my death, I am my own apostle."  Word of the Day: Perturbed (30:32) Caller  (34:10) - My daughter lives in a rural area, and there's no nearby Catholic school, is it okay for her daughter to go to a Baptist school? (37:16) - The priest yelled at me for not going to mass every week, which is hard for my condition.  What do you think? (40:40) - When did the slapping for confirmation begin and end? (41:15) - Jesus tends to double down on certain statements in the Gospels such as about the Eucharist and that he's the Son of God.  What do you think about his d

Bible Study: (1:42) Father begins with a discussion of yesterday's Gospel            Gn 17:3-9 What are the works of Abraham? Letters (19:27) - Jesus and the Seraph comment (22:29) - Michael accuses Fr. Simon of superscessionism  (25:31) - What does it mean to pray 'Lamb of God?' (28:26) - Evidence of Peter's existence Word of the Day: I AM (33:09) Callers  (38:08) - Are only the Catholics going to heaven?  What about non-Catholics, like the Buddhists? (41:31) - Could you explain the unbloodied sacrifice of the mass? (44:08) - Is it a sin to name a child with a demonic name?  (46:41) - How do you receive the graces of Divine Mercy?

Bible Study: (1:40) Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 Father explains the names in today's first reading  Jn 8:31-42 What is agape love?  Letters (19:59)- Was Matthew a Levite?  (23:44) - Adam and Eve's nakedness and Jesus' on the cross (24:53) - Jesus and brothers/sisters (28:29) - Bible Translations  Word of the Day: Bagpipe (30:17) Callers  (32:19) - Daniel NAB vs. Daniel RSVCE numbering; it restarts in the middle of the chapter, why? (37:30) - Could I take Eucharist to home bound people on Good Friday? (39:53) - Why do people do rosaries after a death and what is a rosary? My daughter died last week (43:19) - Last week, I accidentally got two hosts for communion in the hand.  I took both.  Is that ok? (44:16) - What is the Angelus is said standing and why said at those specific times? (46:46 - Concerning John 11: 32-38 Gospel from this Sunday on why Jesus gets perturbed?

Bible Study: (2:05) Nm 21:4-9 What is ultimately pleasing to God? Why would Jesus compare himself as the serpent?  Jn 8:21-30 Jesus always does what is pleasing to the Father  Letters (24:27) What does it mean that we look forward to the Resurrection of the dead?  (27:49) I know some Christians that keep Torah (39:35) Do we have a personal demon assigned to us?  (43:03) Is praying to the angels prohibited?  (45:49) Please start the show upbeat!  (46:57) Dare we hope that all are saved?  Word of the Day: Mount Hor (36:29)

Bible Study: (1:54) Dn 13:1-9 Father explains the dynamics of the longest reading of the year Jn 8:1-11 What does it mean that Jesus has 'the finger of God.' Letters (18:42) - Student and the priesthood  (19:50) - Question about sorcerer and hair loss (22:03) - Sacramentalized but not catechized  (25:01) - Comment about serving at the altar  (31:18) - What is a penitential garment Word of the Day: Susanna (36:18) Callers  (38:24)- I'm an artist, and I'm drawing a picture of Jesus, and I want to know, how tall was Jesus? (40:32) - Bible to recommend to my daughter who is 17 and moving to college (43:11) - If a Deacon is allowed to do the blessing of the monstrance during benediction and Holy Hour? (44:57) - Is there a danger if having a non-Catholic visit my home to do some cleaning or like a dinner party. (47:47) - What does he think about Consecrating to Mary, like the St. Louis de Montfort

Bible Study: (1:56) Wis 2:1a, 12-22 Father gives his thoughts on the state of society Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Did Jesus lie to his relatives?  Letters (24:13) - Will all Baptized people go to heaven?  (25:35) - what was the authority of the Pharisees?  (30:21) - Karen writes in about Father's use of the name 'Karen' (31:20) - Paul give more ideas for families getting back to the Church (34:09) - Why does Jesus make clay with saliva?  Word of the Day: Tabernacle (36:55) Callers  (40:05) - What do you think about the commentary on the gospel of John from Fr. Raymond Brown? (43:58) - Is it okay for two people to cantor during the psalm response at the ambo? (44:37) - In Isaiah it says where the Messiah will be born, but if the rabbis don't follow Isaiah, how did they know where Jesus will be born? (46:09) - I'm a little confused about the covenant made w/Abraham?  Could you give a good definition of covenant? (47:38) - Is a medal scapular as good as a brown or green one? (48:21) - Was Jesus a Pharisee, is tha

Bible Study: (1:47) Ex 32:7-14 What's the significance of the Golden Calf?  What does it mean to 'get your leading straight?' Letters (18:22) - I'm sorrowful about my miscarriages  (20:36) - I'm finding it difficult to find stability  (23:04) - Father recommends Catechism and Bible (26:18) - Father clarifies comments about The Internal Forum of the Catholic Church (28:30) - how does the Incarnation play into God's immutability  Word of the Day: Confession (31:32) Callers  (36:25) - Adam & Eve, where they true people or are they just a myth? (40:34) - I prayed for my son who has a disability, and the next day, his therapist had a dream that he was completely normal.  Also, my husband had a dream like this he was normal. (42:44) - husband has been unfaithful and having hardest time forgiving, what should I do? (45:55) - David & Goliath, b/c they stressed the five smooth stones, question about that? (48:02) - It wasn't actually an aurora borealis when talking about Our Lady of Fatima.

Bible Study: (2:29)   Is 49:8-15 Father explains the evils of abortion Jn 5:17-30 What does it mean that Jesus emptied himself?  Letters (17:47) - Father apologizes using the term 'Karen' (19:48) - Is the whore of Babylon the Catholic Church? Rev 18:4 Word of the Day: Compassion (29:30) Callers  (31:42)- When any Pope uses the pronoun 'We' who is he referring to? (37:58) - Why does our Lord refer to himself as the Son of Man? (44:39) - Where does he get the information that Yoga comes from the idol worship of yoking yourself to a Hindu deity? (46:18) - How do you ask God for healing and offer up your suffering?

Bible Study: (1:44) Ez 47:1-9, 12 Who was Ezekiel?  Father explains how this passage relates to politics and the Church Letters (17:08) - what was the blessing Jesus prayed at the Last Supper?  (18:10) - What authority did the Pharisees have?  (22:17) - My wife does Yoga, is that OK?  (23:08) - Why does a priest drop a tiny drop of water into the chalice?  (27:00) - Why was there long betrothal in Jewish custom? Word of the Day: Pool of Bethesda (29:49) Callers  (34:05) - Why are we standing and kneeling after consecration, when we should just be kneeling the whole time, until after communion? (40:08) - Why should I believe in the prophets and how their word is as important as the New Testaments apostles?  How did they get their authority? (42:13) - Question about Ezra and the wives and children they had and their call to repentance? (42:13) - My daughter in law is fallen away, why do we say masses for those who are dead (44:25) - Question about 1st reading, in regards to the water flowing from the rig

Bible Study: (1:47) 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 What is a house in the OT?  Father explains the genealogy of Jesus  Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a What is Joseph's righteousness?  Letters (19:24) - Ann Catherine Emmerich question/what does it mean to be poor in spirit?  (28:27) - Do non-Christians go to purgatory?  Word of the Day: Carpenter (35:11) Callers (37:11) - What is God's name?  (42:18) - Any scriptural reference to John Henry Newman's, 'Praise to the Holiest of the Heights as he calls Jesus' Agony in the Garden, a 'Double Agony'? (44:46) - The reason Joseph never speaks is because in Numbers 30:3, the woman never takes a vow, and the husband says nothing.  What do you think? (46:07) - When a Cardinal Vice become a mortal sin?

Bible Study: (2:18) Mt 6:7-15 What does it mean to babble like the pagans?  Father deconstructs The Our Father  Letters  (19:55) - Father follows up about a question about SSPX (28:05) - Extraordinary minister reports another minister giving a young person the Eucharist.  Word of the Day: Word (31:50) Callers:  (34:22): Who wrote the creation story in Genesis? (36:53) - They ate of the fruit, and Satan changes those lenses to shame and evil came forth. What do think about Father? (38:14) - What does he think about how annulments approved a lot? (44:27) - From Matthew 22, what commandment is the greatest, what is the difference between heart and mind? (46:40)- I've been attending Neocatechumenal Way, and the priest celebrates mass in any room in the Church. The people make the bread that will later be consecrated. Is that okay? Original Air Date: February 28, 2023

Bible Study: (1:48) Jer 7:23-28 Father discusses the Covenant and antisemitism  Lk 11:14-23 Father discusses demons and Jesus' authority  Letters (20:26) - Was my sin a mortal sin?  (25:26) - Fr. Simon on the Our Father  (28:21) - I've read Ann Catherine Emmerich on Sermon on the Mount Word of the Day: Hardness of heart (32:59)Callers  (36:46) - What are Maronite Catholics? (39:10) - Question regarding the new covenant supplanting the old covenant and what PJII said about being saved by the Old Covenant? (42:28) - I'm Maronite Catholic, and if you have any questions for me, he could ask? (45:18) - Could he explain 'internal forum solution'.  and related to getting an annulment?

Bible Study: (1:43) Dt 4:1, 5-9 Father recommends A Man for All Seasons.  Mt 5:17-19 How do we fulfill the law?  Letters (20:12) - What is the unpardonable sin (27:50) - My husband got ashes from an Episcopalian church, is that OK?  (29:01) - I don't like rock concert masses (32:20) - I have a question about Jeremiah that troubled me Word of the Day: Festal (35:31) Callers  (39:05) - Christians no longer practice the mosaic, law, isn't that a contradiction, about the Gospel today? (41:35) - A friend is transitioning to female, what could I do? (45:01) - Why are those who break the commandments still in heaven?  Responding to today's Gospel

Bible Study: (1:51) Dn 3:25, 34-43 Father talks about what it means to be part of the Church Mt 18:21-35 The power of forgiveness  Letters (22:54) - Why did God regret making humans?  (29:53) - Should we hold our hands during the Our Father?  Word of the Day: Patient (33:24) Callers  (35:53) - Why was St. Francis on the date of July 16th, which is the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel? (40:20) - Why was there an image of the Egyptian God Toth in a Catholic Church? (43:54) - Question about the use of the English translation of 'brother.' (46:55) - Question about Jacob, Esau and the 'blessing'?

Bible Study: (2:09) 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab What was Naaman's problem? Lk 4:24-30 Why isn't a prophet accepted in his native place?  Letters (19:25) - Question about the mitzva's  (21:40) - Christmas cards from missionaries  (22:45) - Are there alternate readings for weekday shows (24:31) - Jewish burial comment (27:27) - Different words for hell in the Bible  Word of the Day: Festal (33:41)  Callers  (37:08) - Question about Elizabeth being Mary's Aunt or Cousin? (40:01) - Did Moses go up to the mountain, (Mt. Sinai' three times) and was the first time for the Levites? (45:35) - How do you feel more than you are in the presence of God, while in Church?  Intellectually you understand, but emotionally it might be harder? (48:13) - Difference between a confraternity and solidarity, and is it appropriate to sign up for a confraternity?

Bible Study: (1:42) Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Father explains the Joseph story Mt 21:33-43, 45-46  What is the stone that the builder's rejected?  Letters (19:50) - can a non-ordained minister sing the Exsultet?  (22:35) - Protestant friend of mine doesn't understand why Catholics don't eat meat on Friday?  (24:41) - I converted to Catholicism and now I have a better understanding about Mary!  Word of the Day: Long Tunic (31:08) Callers  (34:26) - What is heroic virtue?  (38:02) - Book I want to tell you about: The Conquest of New Spain (43:01) - When did people start abstaining from meat? (43:01)- My son is wanting me to buy him a bible to help him sleep. What Bible can I buy him? (45:04) - Do people have grace that they can pass on to others? I thought it always came from God. (47:31) - Is remarrying someone after a divorce one act of adultery or continuous?

Bible Study: (1:34) Jer 17:5-10 Father explains the high priesthood & the importance of reading the Bible Letters (19:40) - Father discusses anger  (23:14) - Did the devil know if Jesus was God in the desert?  (27:08) - Why do people raise their arms during the Our Father?  Word of the Day: Torturous (31:02) Callers (32:55) - Newspaper article was talking about the missions in CA, said that the Catholic Church ruined the missions. I what should I say to the editor? (38:06) - When exactly is the moment of consecration? (42:31) - The Jews always refer to the tribe they come from, does that still happen today? (47:51) - Journey to the Sun by Gregory Orfalea about Junipero Serra, recommend by Patrick Madrid