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Bible Study: (2:53) 2 COR 4:7-15 What are earthen vessels?  MT 20:20-28 Who was St. James? Were there two or three?  Letters (18:33) Question about God's time and our time My family member doubts the real presence, can he or she receive communion?  When I got to the Church, I can't find the tabernacle I'm confused by the biblical accounts of the two men crucified next to Jesus. The various Gospels...

Bible Study: 1:52 2 Cor 5:14-17 Why are Paul's words here so significant?  Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 An inconsistency in Scripture? Letters (14:12) Is there a place where God is not?  Question about scapulars and Christianity as a force for good Why are there so many few 'normal' saints? Question about a letter from 1500, 'a true letter from Christ' What do I do if the priest has forgotten to give me a pen...

Bible Study: (1:57) JER 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 What hadn't the people in Judea understand?  MT 13:10-17 What does a parable mean?   Letters (21:32) Question about the direction priests face during the readings I'm concerned about people who need their dogs in heaven Question about Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha Does Saturday wedding mass count for Sunday? Word of the Day: Thou (35:02) Caller (38:32) - In...

Bible Study: (2:08) Jer 1:1, 4-10 Do we build the Kingdom?  Mt 13:1-9 What is God like?  Letters (20:30) What's the Church's teaching on cremation?  I receive on the Holy Communion on the tongue, but I have to go to the back of the line. I like to sit in the front of the Church, though. What should I do?  I want to translate the Bible from Greek to English--what should I do?  Word of the Day: Prie...

Bible Study: (1:16) MI 7:14-15, 18-20 What's the origin of 'putting the kibosh' on something?  MT 12:46-50 Who are the brothers of the Lord?  Letters (18:41) Dyes in the ancient world Is Satan on earth?  Shouldn't the priest say 'the Body of Christ' when he gives Holy Communion?  Comment on Dr. Bernard Nathanson about abortion in America What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? What is the word for...

Bible Study: (1:59) MI 6:1-4, 6-8 What is a mishpat?  MT 12:38-42 What's an unfaithful generation?  Letters (21:04) Can sainthood be revoked? Who is Theophilus? Does the pro-life movement need to be renamed? What does Father think about women appointing bishops?  Word of the Day: Sacrifice (37:32) Callers  What is the Jewish equivalent to hell? (41:45) Can you explain Indulgences better? (45:11) W...

Readings Father breaks down the first reading and the Gospel. Father notes that there are many sun miracles which God performs. In the Gospel Father invites us to look at our own accuracy in following rules rather then trying to correct others all the time. Letters Ana - Please share the parallels between abortion and slavery Mark - Where can I find the Chapel of the Nativity? Word of the Day "Son...

Bible Study: (1:45) IS 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 What are judgements? What do Jews believe about death?  MT 11:28-30 Are Jesus' words today funny?  Letters (19:25) A music director writes in about "All are Welcome" Can we bury at sea?  Word of the Day: Idiot (35:40) Callers  (46:08) Has the Church always believed that Life starts at conception? If not why not?

Bible Study: (2:11) IS 10:5-7, 13B-16 How many kinds of religions are there?  Can God use the ungodly for his purposes? MT 11:25-27 One person can change their corner of their world  Letters: (23:07) What's a short history of the rosary?  The priest blessed some chalk and had the parishioners bless chalk, is it heresy?   Word of the Day: Father (34:39) Callers (43:04) -- Could God even forgive the...

Bible Study: (1:47) IS 7:1-9  Why is the Bible real history?  MT 11:20-24 What does repent mean?  Father Simon discusses the liturgy and entertainment (16:24) Letters: (25:18) Can we wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a happy Eid al-Adha? Father discusses the Roman Scavi tour  Do we know where the body of St. Paul is?  Why are certain saints before the consecration in the Roman Canon and some af...

Bible Study: (2:07) IS 1:10-17 What were animals used for in ancient world?  MT 10:34-11:1 Has Jesus come for the sword?  Letters (20:32) How should I refer to my transgendered niece?  When does the soul enter the body?  Word(s) of the Day: Hosanna & Host (36:03) Callers  (39:22) What are your thoughts on donating eggs to clinics for families to have children? (41:31) My co-worker blasphemes G...

Bible Study (1:52) HOS 14:2-10 What does it mean to stumble through guilt?  MT 10:16-23 Father tells a story about death and his mother Letters (20:39) There are two lists of saints in the Roman Canon  I return the host to the church after one of the people I take communion to didn't receive communion, should I have self-communicated?  Word of the Day: Bullock & Shrewd/Simple (30:46) Callers ...

HOS 11:1-4, 8E-9  (1:45) Who is Ephraim and why is he important?  MT 10:7-15 What does 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand' mean?  Letters (22:13) Fr. Mike writes to Fr. Simon about a priest who would hold the Book of the Gospels who would 'proclaim' the Gospel Will the Catholic Church be standing at the Second Coming of Jesus  Word of the Day: Religion (36:35) Callers  (39:48) What is Screwtape Let...

HOS 10:1-3, 7-8, 12  (1:49) Father talks about the life of St. Maria Goretti and the power of forgiveness  MT 10:1-7 What does a disciple mean?  Letters (22:01) Jim writes in about those that don't believe in God and the moral law My pastor doesn't read the Gospel or Eucharistic prayers, he reads them from memory. How much latitude does a priest have?  Listener comments on politicians who receive...

HOS 8:4-7, 11-13 Father talks about the state of the US MT 9:32-38 Father talks more about exorcisms  Letters Listener writes in about Catholicism for Dummies  My brother is gay and thinks Leviticus should be taken out of the Bible  Father talks about rabbinical opinion about abortion   If someone has been dead for a long time, is it OK to have a set of masses said for them?  Judy asks about the w...

Bible Study: (2:40) Am 8:4-6, 9-12 Father discusses the manifestations of the Holy Spirit  Mt 9:9-13 What was a tax farming system?  Letters (22:51) Why was John the Baptist the least in the Kingdom of Heaven?  Did Jesus drink the fourth cup?  When the Pandemic hit I ceased going to the Pentecostal Church and began going to the Catholic Church but am struggling.  Word of the Day: Telones (35:15) C...

Mt 9:1-8 (1:41) Is the covenant with the Jews superseded?  Letters (21:30) Father talks about the faithful having a right to good liturgy I'm distressed that certain Jews support abortion rights Does someone need to be in a state of grace to be a lector?  Can I pray in my car?  I've been married and divorced three times, can I get married again in the Catholic Church?  Word of the Day: Orthodox (3...

Readings (1:43) Acts 3:1-10 Father explains how this reading relates to the Liturgy of the Hours  Acts 12:1-11 Father explains the escape from prison  Mt 16:13-19 What does it mean to be followers of Christ?  Commentary about the Solemnity (19:07) Letters (23:07) Some religious permit abortion, how should we think about that?  Has Mary ever appeared to a Protestant?  Listener asks for prayers for...

Father discusses the Church Fathers and St. Irenaeus Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12   (7:33) Father talks about the business of prophecy Letters (20:29) Rosary group is getting political; what should I do?  What's Father's take on the Extraordinary Form and the Novus Ordo Word of the Day: Liturgy (32:10) Callers  (39:23) My granddaughter is having marriage difficulties, and a Catholic friend of mine says that...

Am 2:6-10, 13-16 Who was Amos? Father Explains  Mt 8:18-22 What does 'let the dead bury their dead' mean?  Letters How do we know what our deepest desire is?  Will the Church change it's teaching on marriage?  Word of the Day: Person Phone Calls  Can we go to a wedding between a fallen and fallen away protestant and a Jew? What is the proper way to do the anointing of the sick? I attended one that...

Fr. Rocky joins at the top of the Hour to talk about the overturning of Roe v. Wade    Fr. Simon discusses the Feast of the Sacred Heart    Letters Duke asks about Jesus' agony in the garden Would Fr. Simon listen to St. Augustine and St. Thomas talk together?   When you baptize someone in an emergency, what liquid would someone use?   Word of the Day: Rod Callers Now that roe v Wade is overturned...

Lk 1:57-66, 80 Father explains who John the Baptist is and who the Essenes were Word of the Day: Mute Callers  What does in persona Christi mean?  Which disciples of John became apostles of Jesus? Is communion in the Catholic church the same as Evangelical church? Why was John called the least in heaven by Jesus? Before going on a trip my niece received communion from a neighbor but my niece is no...

2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3 Why does the king tear his garments?  Mt 7:15-20 What does it mean to lead the sheep?  Letters Anna writes in thanking Father for his teaching about what the Devil knows  Bible was found called "Complete Jewish Bible". Listener explains  Can you find the biblical passage, "God can not be mocked?"  I am an only child and I was raised as a Catholic and my parents converted to I...

2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 Mt 7:6, 12-14 Why do we venerate Scripture?  Letters Does God love Satan?  Why doesn't Barnabas get a feast day? He only has a memorial on the Church calendar Jacob asks if the souls in purgatory are with us at mass Word of the Day: Law and Prophets  Callers Is there a direction you need to look when you pray? How do you pronounce the words of the first readings f...

2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 What's the ultimate criteria for atheists? And, what's the universe without life?  Letters At the Last Supper, was there transubstantiation?  For those who have died, has Jesus already judged them?  A young man is thinking of joining the Carthusians One of my friends asks for the intercession of deceased non-Catholics, is this OK?  Why did the Lord mark certain foods clean...