Catholic teaching, live and thoughtfully untidy.
Father Simon Says moves through Catholic teaching in a loose, conversational radio format. Father Richard Simon answers questions, prays traditional devotions, and turns biblical passages into lessons on language, history, custom, and doctrine.
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Father Simon Says is a Catholic teaching and call-in show with the rhythm of live radio. It begins with prayer, then starts opening doors. One reading may lead to the temple area, the three o'clock hour of prayer, Greek usage, or the customs behind Passover meals. Another may become a meditation on Holy Thursday, priesthood, Eucharistic miracles, and what Communion means in the hand. The show is serious about doctrine. It is also comfortable being untidy. Father Richard Simon corrects himself, chases a thought, laughs at his own timing, and then returns to the biblical text with a sharper point than the detour first suggested. That looseness is part of the appeal. The teaching feels lived-in rather than packaged. Scripture is handled alongside Catholic tradition, saints' days, Jewish practice, church history, devotional prayer, and listeners' ordinary questions. Holy Week episodes carry real gravity, especially around the Cross, betrayal, priesthood, and Resurrection. Still, the tone rarely becomes stiff. A comment about chicken at lunch, a passing joke about Zwingli, or a quick aside about a caller's question keeps the show recognizably human. The questions range from theological to practical. Listeners ask about Satan, hell, reverence, sacraments, Latin Mass participation, baptism, and how religious days should shape ordinary behavior. The answers are usually pastoral but not overly soft. When the show is unsure, it says so. When it is confident, it says that too. Its distinctive pleasure is hearing a Catholic mind connect details that might otherwise stay in separate boxes: language, liturgy, culture, memory, and the daily life of faith. This is not sleek devotional audio. It is a warm, learned, sometimes blunt hour for people who want Catholic teaching to feel like a real conversation at the kitchen table, with a Bible open and a stack of questions waiting.
Made for: For Catholic listeners, catechumens, and spiritually curious Christians who enjoy Scripture explained through doctrine, history, language, and practical parish questions.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the unsanded teaching style: prayer, call-ins, Greek terms, Jewish customs, saints, sacraments, and dry self-correction all move through the same live conversation.
Father Simon Says™ is your daily bible study hosted by Father Richard Simon, who jokingly refers to himself as Reverend Know-it-All.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Father Richard Simon joins close scripture reading to practical Catholic questions, with humor, linguistic detail, and the spontaneity of live radio.
Father Richard Simon moves easily from the Church calendar and prayer into close scripture reading, then opens the conversation to letters and callers.
Communion twice on Saturday? Father Richard Simon has room for your question and the calendar behind it.
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A Holy Thursday meditation where priestly memory leads toward Communion as God placing his heart in human hands.
Holy Thursday has Father Richard Simon reflecting on the priesthood as a vocation held in memory, gratitude, and prayer. He begins with John Vlasny, the retired Archbishop of Portland, then moves toward the Eucharist and the sacred heart of God.
A Holy Thursday reflection moves from remembered priests to the sacred heart in Communion.
Holy Thursday is treated here as a meditation on priesthood that gradually opens into Eucharistic devotion. Father Richard Simon links the day to Jesus establishing the priesthood, recalls Archbishop Vlasny, John Blastie, and other priests he served, then turns the hour toward…
Holy Week theology, translation questions, and a hard look at freedom.
Father Simon uses this Holy Week hour to move from social media, intolerance, and the erosion of a culture shaped by Christianity into Scripture questions and translation, all at an easy conversational pace.
A practical Catholic hour on Communion, conscience, and mercy without losing doctrinal nerve.
Father Simon Says spends the hour moving from prayer into a practical Catholic question: when a conference Mass and a Saturday vigil both fall on the same day, can Communion be received twice?
A Holy Week radio hour where temple authority, Lazarus, and a mocked rosary meet.
This Holy Week episode moves quickly into questions of authority. Father Richard Simon's reading of the Greek verb behind people turning away from the chief priests gives the discussion its sharpest point, tying temple commerce to the impulse to control other people's lives.
A loose Catholic radio hour turns saints, prayer, and church offices into lived theological questions.
Father Richard Simon's episode begins with the Feast of St. Rose Duchesne, using her care for the poor, her school for poor girls, and her journey from France to New Orleans as a grounded way into a wider reflection on faith in a troubled world.
A Catholic radio hour turns saints, Zwingli, and unmet expectations into a plainspoken meditation on trust.
Father Richard Simon's radio show begins with St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen and Zwingli, then opens into a larger question: how people recognize God's answers when they arrive in unexpected form.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Father Richard Simon hosts a Q&A episode on Relevant Radio, covering topics like saint martyrdoms, biblical archaeology, and Catholic theology.
Father Richard Simon hosts a religious radio show where he discusses the biblical story of Jonah and Nineveh, starting with prayers and introducing the topic.
Father Richard Simon hosts a Catholic radio show where he prays and prepares to answer listeners' questions about faith and God's will.
This episode of Father Simon Says features Father Richard Simon leading prayers and inviting listeners to call in with questions about faith and the Catholic Church.
Father Richard Simon hosts a Bible study episode on Relevant Radio, focusing on the Feast of St.
Father Richard Simon introduces his radio show and discusses the life of St.
Father Richard Simon discusses the significance of the three o'clock hour of prayer in the Bible, focusing on Peter and John's temple visit and its implications for living a faithful life.
Father Richard Simon discusses Easter Week, prayer, and historical details about Passover and the Last Supper in this religious radio show episode.
This episode is a Catholic radio show celebrating Easter with prayers, welcomes for new converts, and reflections on the resurrection.
Father Richard Simon hosts a Good Friday episode of his radio show, beginning with prayers and reflections on the significance of the day in Christian faith.
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Father Richard Simon opens on Holy Thursday by tying the priesthood to the Last Supper, Calvary, and the liturgy of Relevant Radio's Father Simon Says.
The show opens by inviting questions about the Lord, the faith, and the church.
Father Simon Says opens with prayer and a quick note that the show is live.
Father Richard Simon takes up Holy Week and what it reveals about identity and purpose.
This episode of Father Simon Says discusses the distinction between covenant and contract in Catholic theology, while also sharing news about Bishop Fulton Sheen's beatification.
This episode of Father Simon Says discusses the life and significance of St.