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The coming of the Lord as a babe in Bethlehem is perfectly arranged by the Lord. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas, Father Hugh Barbour explains some of the ways God arranged for his son to be born in just the right way, place, and time.

Today, I reflect on my reading of the book of the Prophet Ezekiel during Advent.

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Most people focus on the new calendar year as January 1 rolls around. But, there’s so much more to know about New Year’s Day. Here’s what you need to know to make it a holy, happy, celebration.

Are you seeking worldly desires like more money, more pleasure or more sensual things? I used to be that way but God has shown me His light and what I should seek.  If you need help on your journey, go to https://www.kendravonesh.com/faith-coaching

What does it mean that heaven is "up"? Why does Jesus 'ascend' rather than just disappear? Is there an "up-ness" to God and heaven? How might we think about this?  Let's go beneath the surface!

Jimmy Akin, senior apologist at Catholic Answers, selects from weird and wacky questions submitted via the internet and tackles them head on in this episode of “Weird Questions.” If you have a mysterious, fantastic, or otherworldly query, please email it to [email protected].  

Questions Covered:

01:58 - Is it possible that the Star of Bethlehem was a UFO?

12:33 - Is the absence of any reference in the Infancy narratives to time travelers asking to hold Baby Jesus evidence against the eventual invention of time travel? I can’t be the only one who wants to hold Him.

18:42 - What’s the deal with Krampus?

21:07 - Would it be morally wrong to invent a fictional character who delivers gifts on Christmas, then convince one’s children that this fictional character exists?

23:30 - Does encouraging belief in Santa make children doubt their faith when they learn the truth?

28:59 - If you live on one of Jupiter’s moons, how do you know which Earth time zone to observe in order to know when to hold midnight Mass on Christmas Eve?

33:30 - Since Jesus inherited no DNA from a human father, why is he not a clone of Mary?

39:40 - Would Jesus already know where Joseph and Mary hid his presents?

42:50 - If a time-traveler were to discover that the Nativity really occurred in 6 BC or 4 BC, would we adjust our calendar system to reflect that?

45:10 - As a Greek speaking Bishop, would St. Nicholas follow the Julian or the Gregorian calendar for his celebration of Christmas?

49:02 - Could the baby Jesus have developed colic? If Jesus was like us in all things but sin, does that mean he got sick?

51:29 - What will they use for Christmas Trees on Mars?

52:16 - Should the church be making a bigger deal about the Feast of the Annunciation rather than the Nativity in order to emphasize that Christ was incarnate on Earth 9 months before he was technically born

Jimmy Akin, senior apologist at Catholic Answers, selects from weird and wacky questions submitted via the internet and tackles them head on in this episode of “Weird Questions.” If you have a mysterious, fantastic, or otherworldly query, please email it to [email protected].

Questions Covered:

02:44 - If Mary didn’t suffer any labor and giving-birth pain, how exactly did Jesus get out of the womb?

12:26 - What constitutes a “Christmas movie”? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

16:48 - When does Christmas end? The 26th? New Year’s? After the octave? Twelfth Night? Epiphany? The Presentation?

19:38 - Is there any record anywhere of the midwives (if any) who attended Mary?

28:30 - If other planets were colonized, and we had to create a whole new calendar, how would we adjust Christmas?

32:35 - How did the character of Santa Claus evolve and what is its historical connection (if any) to St. Nicholas?

42:20 - Might Santa be a Time Lord? 1. Would Santa need to travel faster than lightspeed to deliver gifts to all nice Christians on Christmas Eve? If so, could that explain his longevity and his increase in mass over the centuries? 2. Does he use shrinking technology to fit through chimneys, teleportation technology to beam into houses, or some sort of quantum phase technology to render himself and his bag of presents temporarily insubstantial to pass through walls? 3. Could he use said technology to conquer the Martians?

50:35 - I know the so-called secret meanings of the 12 days of Christmas and what they are purported to symbolize, but what about the number of days themselves? I was told that if you add up all the days mentioned in each verse that you get on gift for every day of the year until next Christmas. Is that true?

I am honored to have Dr. Christina Francis as my guest for today's program. Dr. Francis is the Chairman of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or AAPLOG for short. We discuss the need for ethical vaccines that do not use cell strands from aborted children, how this is a human rights issue, and the various COVID vaccines that have been, and are being developed. Which ones use aborted cells and which ones do not?

In discussing this, Dr. Francis references a study by the Lozier Institute which documents this. You can view the report at https://lozierinstitute.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-covid-19-vaccine/ Also learn more about AAPLOG at www.aaplog.org

In October I had the pleasure of being a guest on Tony Agnesi's radio program titled "Storytellers"  In this interview we discuss by Christian upbringing, conversion to the Catholic faith, and my ministry. 

 

I encourage you to check out all the great things Tony is doing at www.tonyagnesi.com