Father Simon Says – September 23, 2021 – What’s Wrong with a Paneled House?

Hg 1:1-8 Father begins with a basic Bible timeline Lk 9:7-9 Who was Herod the Tetrarch? Mass Hysteria: Father comments on this article: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/09/why-the-novus-ordo-needs-gregorian-chant Father talks more about why we go to mass on Sunday Letters: Listener asks about funerals Listener writes in that a song, Oceans, was played during communion A listener asks about going to mass with her protestant mother Father talks about the over-explaining aspects of mass Is it acceptable to sing God Bless America at mass? Word of the Day: Paneled house Callers: What to do when I visit my brother, as his wife practices voodoo? As Catholics, when we’re praying for someone, are we supposed to touch them, like laying on hands? Is it okay to leave the blessed sacrament by itself, if I have to leave? Acceptable to be using old rosaries and some are broken to remake into a necklace? If you are a Roman Catholic, born and raised and go to a Maronite church, do I have to go through RCIA in that Church