Father Simon Says

(1:55) Bible Study: 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 How has David grown through his life recorded in the Bible?

Mark 6:7-13 Do the Gospels contradict itself?


(19:10) Letters: What is liberation theology? Where does the flight to Egypt play into the Gospel stories? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected]

(27:00) Break 1
(32:35) Word of the Day 12

(40:27) Phones: Ella - My eldest daughter in 6th grade and she has a school dance on Ash Wednesday. Should we let her go?
Joyce - I work for a flower delivery company. As a non-Catholic Christian what should I pay attention to when I bring flowers for a catholic funeral.
(47:36) Sing along with Fr. Simon

(1:45) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 We are tested not so He knows what’s in our heart but that WE know what is in our heart.


(19:13) Letters: Was Mary an only child? Are sins not fully forgiven according to the Gospel of Matthew? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected]

(26:57) Break 1
(38:25) Word of the Day Brothers and Sister

(42:21) Phones: Angie - I have a brother-in-law who have gone from catholic to orthodox Judaism
Kevin - I tried to get confession on Sunday but the priest couldn’t do it. am I still forgiven because I intended to go?

(2:46) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3 David was capable of real repentance are you capable of real repentance?

Mark 5:21-43 What is the importance of the synagogue?


(20:58) Letters: Can you pray directly from God to remove mortal sin? What is the difference between the man in Luke 12 who was maximizing his saving and us trying to save for retirement? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected]

(27:01) Break 1
(39:10) Word of the Day Little Girl Arise

(40:28) Phones: Cynthia - Can you give me the timeline of the presentation and the flight to Egypt.

(1:48) Bible Study: Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
(6:56) Why is today a day special to St Joseph?
(13:53) Ground Hog Day and Candlemas connection?


Letters: Why was Jesus chastised for our sins?
What is the Traditional Latin Mas and the Mass that is in English? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected]



(24:00) Break 1 (25:16) Word of the Day - "Blessed:


Phones: (35:34) Joseph - Could you explain Chakras and what is wrong with them?
(40:20) Regina - are the first and last Beatitude are in the present tense and the rest are in the future?

(44:25) Fr. Simon sings and plays the song "Ground Hog"

(3:47) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 David’s great fall. How can he be a man after God’s heart?


(20:23) Break 1
(23:28) Letters: Can parishioners raise their hands during the Our Father? What is the soul and how does it relate to the body? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected]

(33:30) Break 2
(34:10) Word of the Day Kingship

(36:39) Phones: Erik – My wife has been advised to take birth control. Is that okay?
Charlie - How is it that God calls David great, after what he did?
Linda - Abraham gave his wife Sarah away twice to save himself, could you explain that a little more. Who did he give her away to?
Mary - As somebody who came from a domestic violence situation; Fr. Simon is the first Catholic commentator, shedding light that David was a thug.
Marie - to be absent from the body is to be present in the Lord. And friend says that scripture is not supposed to be. Could you explain? When we die, going to be the Lord? Is that true?
Mary - Does that help the soul out of purgatory, if doing something like setting scholarship up for someone?