What's Our Job? - October 31, 2023
Father Simon Says
Bible Study: (1:48) Rom 8:18-25 * What is our job as Christians? Lk 13:18-21 * Father discusses building the kingdom Letters: * (24:10) - Bible recommendation * (25:24) - St. Jude as patron of the impossible * (27:58) - Deuteronomy 20:5-7 * (30:10) - Sons of God and intimate relations * (33:35) - Jewish army during the time of Jesus Word of the Day: Adoption (35:37) Callers: * (37:23) - I had not been to a Latin Mass in 60 years. I went on Sunday and when the priest held up the host, I began to tremble. It seemed like a glimpse of the Kingdom. * (38:35) - When did we start having confession as we know it today? * (41:41) - A lot of people at my Church leave after Communion. How important is the closing blessing? * (44:34) - On the book of Maccabees. Do we know who wrote it? * (47:14) - Can you speak to the origin of the legend that souls are with God in heaven before children are conceived? * (50:10) - Did Abraham take a third wife?