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(9:44) Bible Study: Acts 3:1-10 Why is the time of day important in this passage? Luke 24:13-35 Father names the other disciple that was not named in this passage. (24:01) Break 1 (25:08) Letters: What is the translation of the name Jacob and the word heel? What is the main job of the priest? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (37:04) Break 2 (37...

(3:44) Bible Study: Acts 2:36-41 What does Jesus want the people to repent from? What do we need to repent from? John 20:11-18 The importance of oral tradition in the Gospels. (22:58) Break 1 (26:10) Letters: Was Jesus really a carpenter? How do you reconcile thou shalt not kill and the ability to bare arms? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34...

(3:30) Bible Study: Acts 2:14, 22-33 What does it mean that Peter is the Rock? Father explains. Matthew 28:8-15 Did anyone actually see Jesus rise from he dead? (19:18) Break 1 (23:07) Letters: Where are the burial cloths of Christ?  Does the Christian faith really come from Judaism? What makes a valid baptism? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio...

(1:56) Bible Study:  Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Jesus didn’t want to get crucified. He didn’t want to do this. The physical pain of he crucifixion was unimaginable. However, so much more was bearing the sins of the world. John 18:1—19:42 The All-powerful became powerless for us. Atonement is to be reconciled. How did Jesus save the world?  By showing us the truth, by demo...

(3:14) Bible Study:  Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 The Catholic religion is a fulfillment of the religion of Israel. Jesus celebrated the Passover on the First Day of Unleavened Bread. What matters is what Jesus did during these days. The physical presence of Our Lord is physical. This physicality is passed on through Apostolic Succession. The priesthood is a chain of unworthy people touched by Christ...

(4:04) Bible Study: Isaiah 50:4-9a Do you do things to please God or yourself? Matthew 26:14-25 When did Judas decide to betray Jesus? (21:14) Break 1 (22:44) Letters: How are we supposed to act to others of different faith’s than our own?  What do Jews really eat at Passover? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (39:55) Break 2 (40:46)...

(5:16) Bible Study: Isaiah 49:1-6 Father explains this reading. John 13:21-33, 36-38 Father explains this passage and the strange customs of the time. (22:39) Break 1 (25:16) Letters: What is the difference between the Jews and Judeans? How bad is the sin of rebellion? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:25) Break 2 (38:57) Word of the Day Isl...

(2:37) Bible Study: Isaiah 42:1-7 What is justice in relationship to God? Father explains John 12:1-11 Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray him. What does that mean for us? (21:18) Break 1 (23:45) Letters: Who does he pope go to confession for? What material is need to have valid Eucharist? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:30) Break 2...

(4:45) Bible Study: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Father talks about some background from this reading. John 10:31-42 Who was John the beloved Disciple? Father explains (18:36) Break 1 (22:13) Letters: Father talks about the beauty of Gregorian Chant and answers a question about if Bishops have authority over canon law. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34...

(3:34) Bible Study: John 8:51-59 Father explains what is going on in this reading. Genesis 17:3-9 What does Abraham mean? Father explains. (19:25) Break 1 (21:43) Letters: What are the different declarations that Bishops make? How is Mary integral to the Church? Father answers these and other questions and others. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (33:07) Break 2 (33:51) Word of the Day...

Check out this great encore show from April 6, 2022 Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 How much is too much in cultural adaptation? Jn 8:31-42 Do we follow the Lord only for ourselves?  Letters Can Father explain, 'Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."  Reader writes in asking about fasting rules  Word of the day: Bagpipe  Callers Who is in the Sanhedrin? What is the conne...

(2:45) Bible Study: Numbers 21:4-9 Why is 40 an important number in the bible? John 8:21-30 Jesus is saying that He is God but also dependent on the Father. How can that be? (21:32) Break 1 (22:23) Letters: Father answers a question about the resurrection, whether or not there are sins that only the Pope can forgive and the importance of the Latin language. Send Father a letter at simon@relevantra...

(4:01) Bible Study: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 Don’t be carried away by wrath. Father explains John 8:12-20 Father explains the context of this reading in light of the woman caught in adultery. (21:10) Break 1 (24:31) Letters: Father talks about the life of the Church growing in Europe; He also answers a question on the topic of the sacrifice needed after the Messiah com...

(3:13) Bible Study: Wisdom   (18:48) Break 1 Letters: (20:48) Estelle - Why do Catholics believe what we believe and what makes our religion  more right than the next guy?   Phones: (29:12) Jim - Why won't they let priests get married?   (33:38) Break 2 (43: 30) Greg - How did April Fool's come about and can you explain it?

(2:58) Bible Study:  Exodus 32:7-14 God makes the offer to Moses to make of him a mighty nation and Moses declines. God new what God was going to do but Moses had to know what Moses was going to do and that was to intercede on behalf the Israelites. God in difficult circumstances reveals what’s in our own heart. John 5:31-47 The human author wrote this to tell the audience that Jesus wa...

(4:02) Bible Study from  Isaiah 49:8-15 and John 5:17-30   (9:43) To work obsessively is to say that God can't do it without me. (23:24) Break 1 (24:21) Letters: Claudine - A question about getting your reward when you go to heaven. What does it mean to get our reward? (33:51) Break 2  (34:50) Word of the Day: Land of Syene (36:31) Frank - Question on Communion In The Hand. (43:08)...

  (3:04) Bible Study:  Ezekiel 47: 1-9, 12 and  John 5:1-16   Ezekiel The façade of the temple was toward the East which is exactly what is. Ezekial was in exile at the time and died in Babylon. The temple had been destroyed and he describing a Temple that was to be rebuilt. He is describing the rebuilt Temple but not the one that was rebuilt after the return from the ex...

(4:25) Bible Study:               John 4:43-54 What is Jesus saying about signs and wonders? To understand this you have to back to the first chapter of John. John the Baptist testifies that Jesus is the Messiah and John is not. This helps us understand why the Gospels were written. The story of Christ at the time was well know. The...

(2:41) Bible Study: Hosea 14:2-10 Father explains that the timeline of salvation history which anyone can follow! Mark 12:28-34 Father Explains the great commandments (21:36) Break 1 (24:31) Letters: Father answers a question about the timing of the exile of Israel as well as talks about the sacraments and how they are accepted by Catholics in the Protestant Church. Father answers these and other...

(2:53) Bible Study: Jeremiah 7:23-28 What does it mean to believe? Luke 11:14-23 Father talks about the need for a sign from heaven. (22:57) Break 1 (24:24) Letters: Father talks about how worship works and what God’s love has to do with worship. Father gives his thoughts on the episode of the Chosen about Lazarus. Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevant...

(2:49) Bible Study: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Why do we have laws and commandments? Father explains how we can become who we really are. Matthew 5:17-19 This is more confusing than you might think. Father explains. (22:26) Break 1 (23:06) Letters: Father answers what it means to be born again, as well as how to pronounce the vowels spoken in Latin prayers. Father answers these and other questions. Send...

(2:00) Bible Study: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 Why is Jesus not named Emanuel? (19:28) Break 1 (20:44) Letters: If the host turns moldy is it still the Eucharist? Can a Catholic priest who leaves the Church consecrate the Eucharist? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (32:59) Break 2 (33:55) Word of the Day: Overshadow (36:53) Phones: Harrison - There a...

(3:57) Bible Study: 2 Kings 5:1-15ab If God asked you to do something simple would you do it? Luke 4:24-30 Why do you worship God? Is it only because of your culture or do you know the Catholic Faith is the Truth? (21:30) Break 1 (22:28) Letters: Are people who are divorce committing adultery? When Jesus calls Mary woman, what does that mean? Father answers these and other questions. Send father a...

Bible Study (2:19) Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Fr. Simon discusses the story of Joseph and how he was thrown in the cistern. The site of the house of Caiaphas had a cistern. Reuben wanted to save Joseph, but Joseph was sold to a caravan of Ishmaelites.   Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 This parable from Jesus is a serious one. The tone that the builders rejected the cornerstone. That is literally...

Bible Study: Jeremiah 17:5-10 – The verb here for “trust” means “to rely on”. This may seem harsh but this is good advice. Jesus did not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people in John 2. To expect from a human being only what you can get from God is idolatry. You can trust human beings to be human but not God. (10:24) Luke 16:19-31 – This is a joke, thi...