Father Simon Says – January 3, 2021 – Happy New Year!

1 Jn 3:22–4:6

• Father shares his theory about the audience of St. John's writings

Mt 4:12-17, 23-25

• What does Kingdom actually mean? 

Letters: 

• If the parish read the wrong readings, did the mass count? 
• Father discusses God's royal nature and who is greater than John the Baptist

Word of the Day: Metanoia 

Callers:

• St. Teresa of Avila and her vision of hell, and light faults?
• My son goes to an Evangelical church, and he says he can't talk to me anymore if I mention the devil to him? What does this mean? 
• Was Christ' birth a supernatural one or a natural one?  Question about John the Baptist and how he wrote 1 John, 2 John
• Question about the Presentation and the timeline regarding that?