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(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?

(2:53) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 Do you convince yourself that you are a great person rather than seeing your need for God? Mark 4:21-25 What does it mean for us to let our light shine for others? (20:06) Break 1 (21:53) Letters: What is the difference between redemption and forgiveness? Why does the bible only mention Jesus’ brothers and mother without sister in some passages in the bible? “Take this all of you and eat of it for this is my Body which will be given up for you” What does this mean? Father answers these and other question send him a letter at [email protected] (35:46) Break 2 (36:33) Word of the Day Lamp unto my feet (39:02) Phones: Don - What does it mean to pray for the intentions of the Pope? Peggy - Is David a saint? Sal - I am a new catholic and I am having trouble understanding the secret of the rosary. the third and the 8th decade are confusing to me. Bob - You referred to David as a 'thug' why?

(7:01) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 7:4-17 How was David a man after God’s own heart? Mark 4:1-20 Patience bears fruit (20:21) Break 1 (22:03) Letters: Father explains purgatory. Did Jesus want to hide the truth from people? What do you do you’re your family is divided over politics? Father answers these and other questions send him a letter at [email protected] (35:57) Break 2 (37:07) Word of the Day Star (38:52) Phones: Lola - My kids are catholic and they don’t practice but they still call themselves Catholics. What do I say to them? Mike - Thank you father for praying for my sister. Kevin - What is the significance between the different ways that people received the holy spirit in the bible. John - Can you give a few words on Aquinas last words? 'Nothing but you lord'

(2:58) Bible Study: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15, 17-19 What is God calling you to do? Mark 3:31-35 Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? (21:34) Break 1 (23:31) Letters: Father tackles many different faith based letters today, send him a letter at [email protected] (35:00) Break 2 (35:47) Word of the Day Dodo (40:45) Phones: Barbara - Fill-in priest had a fire and brimstone sermon that scared my 13 year old grandson. I was wondering what Fr. Simon would think of this? Ashley - Who made God? from a 7-year-old named Apollo John - I have a holy water font for my home. When I'm filling it, should I be saying prayer?

(9:41) Bible Study: 2 Timothy 1:1-8 We all know what priests are… or do we? Mark 3:22-30 Why does God makes Himself weak for us? (26:00) Break 1 (27:58) Letters: What is the prayer we say after the lamb of God in the Mass? Who is Mass addressed to? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (35:49) Break 2 (36:42) Word of the Day Religious (38:56) Phones: Ron - Did any of the Jewish sacrifice actually forgive sins? Steve - When Jesus mentioned 'my church' was this a new concept and was it a new word in that Language? Maribel - Could you clarify when we are allowed to lift our hands in mass? Kris - Did Mary have siblings? Teresa - What is the Greek word for when john the Baptist 'leapt' in the womb? Julia - What is the Greek word for when john the Baptist 'leapt' in the womb?

(3:45) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 24:3-21 Father shares the adventurous story of this book. Mark 3:13-19 The 12 Apostles, who were they? (19:49) Break 1 (22:00) Letters: Father shares his thoughts on politics. Was Judas “forced to betray Jesus? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (35:40) Break 2 (41:27) Word of the Day Ram (46:14) Phones: Anne - What does the 'the fullness of time' mean in Galatians 4:4?

(7:21) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7 The brotherhood of Jonathan and David Mark 3:7-12 What are we suppose to be transformed by? (23:12) Break 1 (24:27) Letters: How does God speak to us in unique situations? What does the word priest mean? What does it say lead us not into temptation? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (35:09) Break 2 (35:54) Word of the Day Boy (38:37) Phones: Mark - What do you think about the Catholic Church in China and how come there hasn't been on pro activism in part of the Vatican? Tom - I'm going in for a heart procedure next Friday, and anointing of the sick has more power than the confession? Carey - My four year old daughter likes to play mass, is that acceptable for her to do? Michael - What do you think about the number of aborted babies in the USA and the magnitude of that number? Joe - Praying for more one intention at a time.  Is that okay?

(3:22) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 Is there a contradiction in this book? Mark 3:1-6 God does not judge by appearances. (22:10) Break 1 (25:16) Letters: Is it wrong to be an extraordinary minister of the Catholic Church? How aware do you need to be to receive last rites? How long should you kneel after communion? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (34:20) Break 2 (35:23) Word of the Day Simitar (37:21) Phones: Joseph - I went to mass and he changed the work of the eucharistic prayer. are there multiple versions? Jimmy - Can people pray directly to God to forgive mortal sins?

(6:40) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 What makes this reading so confusing? Father straightens it out for us. (21:00) Break 1 (23:35) Letters: What is suppression according to the Catholic Faith? What is the original word for “man” in the bible? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (37:31) Break 2 (38:12) Word of the Day Hypostatic Union (41:34) Phones: Cathrine Mary - Can you tell me more about the bible you recommended with the two columns? also, my Son was married by a friend and he never got married in a church. Andy - does the logic we use for vigils and going to church on Saturday apply to days of fasting as well?

(5:17) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 15:16-23 Father explains the story of Abraham and Issac and how it connects with John the Baptist (21:05) Break 1 (27:54) Letters: Why does the Church insist that the body should be buried in consecrated ground? What should you do if you have a possessed object? Father answers these and other questions, send him a letter at [email protected] (41:56) Break 2 (42:45) Word of the Day New wine (45:51) Phones: Dan – Is tai chi ok for a catholic? Ed - Can we be married during lent?

(4:05) Bible Study: 1 Samuel 8 and Mark 2:1   Break 1 (20:54) Holy Communion is an altar call.  (23:02) Daniel – Would it be licit to divorce one’s wife to obtain custody of a child?   Break 2 (38:50) Word of The Day - "hearts" Phones: (41:46) April - Is the flood technically genocide? (48:04) Nathaniel - What are the time commitments of a deacon?

(11:10) Bible Study from 1 Samuel 1-2 and Mark 1:40.   Break 1 (25:20) Email - Don't you believe that it is The Body & Blood of Christ? (31:45) Email - Do we know any names of the Apostles wives?   Break 2 Word Of The Day: Sunesis   Phones (40:21) Monica - Can you explain the "they" in today's collect? (42:39) Rose - Is Purgatory just for people who don't get last rites? (49:45) Mark - Should a priest administer communion to someone who he knows is in a state of mortal sin?

Check out this great encore show from January 12, 2022 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20 Father talks about marriage and annulments  Mk 1:29-39 In light of this passage, Father talks about celibacy and marriage Letters: Father receives a letter about sedevecantist masses Word of the Day : pharmakia Callers  Does holy water maintain it's efficacy if you add water to it? What is your opinion on the pig heart transplant. The man who plays Jesus in the Chosen converted from Orthodox to Catholicism. Why did he need confirmation if he received it as a baby when he was Baptized Orthodox?