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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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Father Simon Says - June 1, 2026 - Real
2d ago00:51:12Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from June 03, 2024 (2:11) Bible Study: 2 Pt 1:2-7 Father explains the proper translation of several interesting words in this passage Mk 12:1-12 What was the vineyard that Jesus was talking about in this passage? The answer will probably surprise you. (17:42) Break 1 (20:56) Letters: Father answers questions about the ownership of time, Mortal sin and prays for a listener whose wife has cancer. (31:58) Break 2 (32:31) Word of the Day: Real (40:16) Phones: Kenny - When priest mixing water/wine, does it matter if he only puts the water in his vessel, but not the others? Bridget - A parish priest, he just recently lost his father and how do I show support for him? Betsy - How are we supposed to get to know our priests, when they move around a lot? Responding to what you're talking about today Lee - What do you think about this, our church is growing by leaps and bounds, it's beautiful (responding to what you're talking about?
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Father Simon Says - The Name of Jesus - May 29, 2026
5d ago00:49:06Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from June 2, 2023 (5:21) Bible Study: Mk 11:11-26 Father explains the readings today, highlighting the fig tree mentioned in it. (15:49) Break 1 (16:26) Letters: Father answers letters about offering up sufferings from the past, are people as many people possessed today as they were back in Jesus’ time and is it okay to pray the memorare in the form of a rosary with the rosary beads? (27:25) Break 2 (31:36) Word of the Day: Jesus (33:43) Phones: Jim - Question about the definition of love and the will of Good, and how to apply that when we love God as God lacks nothing? Gayle – Regarding Jesus When He uprooted the tables, and how to justify anger when people use that passage?
Transcribe →Growing into Salvation - May 28, 2026
6d ago00:51:13Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 30, 2024 Bible Study: (1:52) 1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12 Growing into salvation! Mk 10:46-52 Trust & salvation Letters: (28:00) - Thank you, Father for your views about the Diocese! (30:55) - Catholicism, the Jews, and killing Jesus Word of the Day: Boundary (39:03) Callers: (42:52) - I do the Liturgy of the Hours, I always thought the Feast of Corpus Christi was on a Sunday? (44:53) - Could you explain the Agnus Dei? (45:57) - Guardian Angel Prayer, to light and guard and rule and guide. Could you explain the word 'rule'? (47:23) - Fornication, divorce and remarriage and how is that word interpreted and diff from the Protestants and way they look at it? (49:16) - Conversion process in the early Church, and I'm involved in RCIA, what was it like converting during the Roman times?
Transcribe →Speak Now! - May 27, 2026
1w ago00:51:11Tap to summarizeCheck out this encore from May 29, 2024 Bible Study: (2:11) 1 Pt 1:18-25 Commandments & obedience Mk 10:32-45 The cross of Christ Letters: (22:22) - Born of the Spirit (27:24) - Should priests be publicly hostile to each other? (31:14) - Speak now or forever hold your peace (33:24) - Vision of Jesus Word of the Day: Ransom (36:58) Callers: (39:31) - If my friend where to die before getting last rites, is that the same as if you die before going to confession? (42:38) - What has happened to the animals in Eden after the fall? And Where's Aretha Franklin music that you used to play? I'm an old neighbor of his. (45:24) - Where can I find information about indulgences and visiting cemeteries? https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1178 (46:38) - Regarding reconciliation, what does persona in Christi mean when confession is happening? (48:49) - I noticed that the Eucharist looks like a roaring lion in the reliquary, does that have anything to do w/the 2nd coming?
Transcribe →Father Simon Says - May 26, 2026 - Soapboxes Galore
1w ago00:51:04Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 28, 2024 (1:54) Bible Study 1 Pt 1:10-16Father guides us through the importance of today's readings.(23:13) LettersFather shares a letter thank him for "getting on his soap box" shares his insights on priests being moved around in the Church and answers an email about the rich young man who didn't want to give up his riches for Jesus.(38:40) Word of the DayMystery(40:52) PhonesMary - I went to mass today, the music was about Trinity Sunday, psalm was not the one listed. Even though there were all these mistakes, including homily, do I still get the grace of the sacrament? Stuart - How to determine what parish I should attend as a new convert?
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Roman & Catholic - Father Simon Says - May 22, 2026
2w ago00:50:26Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 17, 2024 Bible Study: (3:17) Acts 25:13b-21 How did we become Roman & Catholic? Jn 21:15-19 We hear the first confession of the first Pope Break 1 (18:10) Letters: (19:31) Biblical languages program Why do we say the Gloria at Mass? Third Luminous mystery - what does it refer to? Private property in the Bible? Consecrating Matza? Eucharistic procession; in what order should everything go? Break 2 (34:00) Word of the Day: The emperor (35:09) Callers: (37:28) Is there a document that tells me everything I should believe as a Catholic? AND After St. peter died - is it true that there were 5 patriarchs that shared power and not just one? At Easter morning service - when the priest is doing the Holy water a lay person was helping him. Are they allowed to do this? Question about Gluten Free hosts - how do they fit in with what Father was saying? I became an usher and now I can't focus on the Mass. Any advice? Two people are trying to get divorced. They don't go to church and weren't married in the church. Do they need anything from the priest when they divorce?
Transcribe →Paul's zealous observance of the law - May 21, 2026
2w ago00:51:11Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 25, 2023 Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Father explains Paul's zealous observance of the law Letters 25:30 - Has Father ever read the Purpose Driven Life? 27:27 - Can I pray deliverance prayers? 31:45 - Father talks about why God prays 34:45 - We have to be one! Word of the Day: Leaders Callers 48:00 - Is having impure dreams a sin? 50:30 - I was told that Victory was won at the Cross. Why does it matter that he rose from the dead? 55:20 - Are there more than five decades of the rosary and how did they develop?
Transcribe →Dealing with Anger - May 20, 2026
2w ago00:51:11Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 24, 2023 Bible Study: (5:07) Acts 20:28-38 What does beatitude mean? Letters (25:44) - we do need better Church communities Word of the Day: Anger (35:48) Callers (42:51) - My daughter has lost her faith. How can I help her? (46:46) - What should my daughters wear as far as modesty?
Transcribe →Glory Glory - May 19, 2026
2w ago00:56:45Tap to summarizeCheck out this great show from May 23, 2023 Bible Study: (2:22) Acts 20:17-27 How can Paul be one of the Apostles? Letters (29:52) - who got Bibles after the printing press? Word of the Day: Glory (38:34) Callers (47:34)- One church I went to for mass provided missals and also gave Precious Blood However another Church didn't have those. Why the difference and who makes the decisions on that? (50:27) - Corporal on the Altar, I'm always concerned that there are host fragments. Is it continued to be used, is it shaken out? (53:25) - I think more Catholics should bring their friends to Church and invite them? What do you think about that Fr. ? (53:25) - How the peasants back in the old days, grew spiritually b/c they didn't have a bible and catechism like we do now? (55:48) - Why does the priest add water to the wine
Transcribe →Despise Not Our Petitions - May 18, 2026
2w ago00:51:20Tap to summarizeCheck out this show from May 22, 2023 Bible Study: (1:48) Acts 19:1-8 Father discusses prophecy and Baptism Letters (22:34) - Is it OK to steal? (31:50) - I had a poor parish upbringing, what should I do? Word of the Day: Mass (37:50) Callers (39:33) - The priest used to say that before funerals and weddings, if you're not Catholic, don't receive communion. Why don't they do that anymore? (44:09) - Could we assume Jesus made mistakes? (46:32) - Is it God's will for divorce, or is it my husband's fault that he wants to divorce. I've been married for 25 years. (48:35) - 'Despise not our petitions', could you explain 'despise'?
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