Browsing the 2025 archive of A Word from Father Simone
Word of the Week: November 2nd, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 11/01/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
As I shared at Mass last Sunday, The Lord gave me an image amidst a spiritual conversation recently. I saw a still image of all the faithful of the Church facing one another, pointing their finger at one another, jabbering, pointing out one ... Read More »
Word of the Week: October 26th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 10/25/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
I want to see Jesus. I want to face Jesus. He is already facing us, longing and waiting for us to recognize Him, in that “shiny gold thing” we know as the tabernacle. Recently I celebrated Mass with the school kids at St. ... Read More »
Word of the Week: October 19th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 10/19/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
There was a woman I never knew, who is now my sister: Christina Simone, my sister in law. The Simone and Orsinelli families never knew one another, until God brought Christina and my brother, Steve, together in marriage. In my wedding speech, I ... Read More »
Word of the Week: October 12th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 10/11/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
I am thankful to say I answer many calls to ministry at David Simpson Hospice on 185th. Jesus is intimately close to those who work there and dwell there. The other week I received a request and I dropped everything to go see ... Read More »
Word of the Week: October 5th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 10/04/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
Lately, a word that keeps coming up in my mind, in conversations and on the tip of my tongue is “HOPE.” If we don’t want to hear hope, no one can convince us. If we are looking for reasons that make sense and ... Read More »
Word of the Week: September 28th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 9/27/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
“All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not ... Read More »
Word of the Week: September 21st, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 9/21/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
There is something to keeping a spirit of poverty in riches. I’m not going to lie. Aruba is a beautiful place. Yet my first morning there waking up to palm trees in the morning sun, a hot breeze, with the ocean in the ... Read More »
Word of the Week: September 14th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 9/14/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
The morning before I left for vacation, I dropped to my knees “Hailed Mary” and told Jesus “I trust in YOU.” I had no idea how much I would much I would need to trust Him, but that I would need to. Anything ... Read More »
Word of the Week: September 7th, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 9/11/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
We are called by Christ to be “wise as serpents but harmless as doves.” We need to be wise to the enemy but not lose ourselves by playing into his game. Spiritual battle is a reality for all of us, in that we ... Read More »
Word of the Week: August 31, 2025
Posted by Kim Occhipinti on 8/31/25
Father Simone’s Word of the Week
Are you the kind of person who “shows their cards” or “keeps them close to your chest”? To whom do you show them to? All the cards or do you choose which? I played a game of chess with my nephew Anthony last ... Read More »