The John-Henry Westen Show - December 24, 2024


Did 'The Chosen' get the Birth of Christ WRONG？!


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Length

22 minutes

Words per Minute

146.18144

Word Count

3,342

Sentence Count

221

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

16


Summary

Pain in childbirth is a consequence of original sin. Since Mary was conceived immaculately, that is, free from original sin, she was exempt from this consequence. And her childbirth was therefore painless. But in The Chosen, Mary is depicted in pain in childbirth. Is this an anti-Biblical thing to say that Mary had pain in giving birth to Jesus? And that s what we re going to be talking about on this episode of The John Henry Weston Show.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Pain in childbirth is a consequence of original sin, as we saw from Genesis 3.16.
00:00:08.120 Since Mary was conceived immaculately, that is, free from original sin,
00:00:12.980 she was exempt from this consequence, and her childbirth was therefore painless.
00:00:25.400 Hello, my friends, and Merry Christmas.
00:00:27.720 Yes, I know, it's only December 24th, but all over Europe, particularly where my ancestry comes from in Germany, they wear these.
00:00:37.940 It is a traditional German sort of shirt for men, Trachtenhemd it's called,
00:00:44.700 and why they celebrate Christmas actually on Christmas Eve is because they actually try and do it at the time of Christ's birth.
00:00:53.440 Now, typically, if you go through the Fathers of the Church, you notice that they have the Midnight Mass,
00:00:59.100 because it was thought that Christ was born shortly after midnight.
00:01:03.580 Not only that, for where we are here, at least in America, the Holy Land is usually about seven hours ahead.
00:01:12.060 So when we're celebrating on Christmas Eve, it's right about the right time.
00:01:15.860 But I've got a special short show for you today, because I wanted to give you something really neat.
00:01:22.340 First of all, have you ever seen The Chosen?
00:01:25.140 You know, the super popular depiction of the life of Jesus by Dallas Jenkins.
00:01:28.820 Well, there's a very controversial part in it.
00:01:32.860 And what I wonder is, if The Chosen didn't go against the Bible while they were portraying Christmas night,
00:01:40.680 while they were portraying the birth of Jesus, central question in that is,
00:01:45.780 did Mary, the mother of Jesus, have pain in childbirth when giving birth to Jesus?
00:01:51.340 Is it an anti-biblical thing to say that Mary had pain in giving birth to Jesus?
00:01:58.120 And that's what we're going to be talking about on this episode of The John Henry Weston Show.
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00:02:45.900 Let's begin, as you always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:02:48.480 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
00:02:52.620 Amen.
00:02:53.820 Merry, Merry Christmas.
00:02:55.460 You know, in every super popular depiction of the life of Jesus,
00:03:02.000 they always depict Mary as giving birth to Jesus in travail, in hardship of childbirth.
00:03:10.280 If you go way back to the 1977 Jesus of Nazareth, it was an epic miniseries, very much like The Chosen.
00:03:18.460 It was by Franco Zeffirelli.
00:03:20.780 And it's considered a masterpiece of Christian cinema.
00:03:24.000 If you go in there, yes, Mary is, you know, giving birth to Jesus and doing the normal, you know, screaming and childbirth thing.
00:03:31.840 If you go to that 2006 very popular movie, The Nativity Story by Catherine Hardwickie,
00:03:39.140 well, there too, Mary is having a lot of pain in childbirth.
00:03:42.880 And of course, in The Chosen, as we said in the opening, Mary, again, is giving birth in lots of pain.
00:03:50.660 But the question is, is this depiction contrary to the scriptures and to the teaching of the Church?
00:03:56.980 Well, I'm going to give you lots of answers to that question.
00:04:01.420 But one of the things it got me thinking of, and it's because I'm reading right now the works of Anne Catherine Emmerich.
00:04:08.640 So, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich wrote, well, a lot.
00:04:13.500 In fact, it wasn't her, it was Clemens Brontano who wrote it.
00:04:16.140 But she saw visions of our Lord's life, his whole life, from his conception to his death and passion and so on.
00:04:25.040 And it's unbelievable.
00:04:26.840 It's 3,000 pages.
00:04:29.060 But it was like she was there.
00:04:31.520 It's like she went back in a time machine.
00:04:33.280 And she's actually there describing the events as they happen.
00:04:36.960 That's totally fascinating to me.
00:04:39.340 But it's not the first book that I read of such a thing.
00:04:43.060 In fact, one of the first ones I read was a book by Maria Valtorta, an Italian woman who was bedridden.
00:04:52.660 And a priest took down her visions as well.
00:04:56.620 They totally depict what it seemed like at the time of Jesus' life in the Holy Land.
00:05:05.120 What the scenery was, what the flowers were, what the architecture looked like, everything.
00:05:11.480 But she was an unlettered woman from Italy who had no chance of knowing this.
00:05:17.200 Nonetheless, there was another one.
00:05:19.200 And there's probably more, but these are the three that I know of.
00:05:22.040 And the other one is Venerable Mary of Agreda, Maria of Agreda.
00:05:26.960 And she wrote The Mystical City of God.
00:05:29.000 In Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich's works, in Mary of Agreda's work, The Mystical City of God,
00:05:35.120 and in Maria Valtorta's work, The Poem of the Man-God,
00:05:39.900 you can get what seems like a first-hand depiction of what went on throughout Jesus' life.
00:05:47.900 And very interestingly, all three of them describe the nativity, the birth of our Lord.
00:05:54.640 And it's truly unbelievable when you get into this.
00:05:57.700 I'm going to give you a couple of instances where, first of all, it's just neat stuff.
00:06:03.860 But I want to give you like a little summary, first of all, of the narrative of the birth of Jesus
00:06:10.220 based on these sort of eyewitness accounts, you might say,
00:06:16.500 from Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, from Mary of Agreda, and Maria Valtorta.
00:06:20.720 First of all, they are, as we know, looking for a place to stay.
00:06:25.520 And Joseph is perplexed, and he's worried.
00:06:29.840 He thought for sure they would find a place in Bethlehem, but nothing doing.
00:06:35.320 And they finally get to a cave.
00:06:37.740 And so, as midnight approaches, a profound silence fills the grotto.
00:06:42.400 So, the Blessed Virgin Mary kneels in prayer, enveloped by a radiant supernatural light,
00:06:49.800 which all three of them describe.
00:06:52.300 And without pain, no pain, or physical effort, Jesus is miraculously born,
00:06:58.880 leaving Mary's virginity untouched.
00:07:01.560 The light grows so intense that it briefly illuminates the surrounding area.
00:07:06.580 Mary weeps, tears of joy, overwhelmed by the sight of her son,
00:07:12.140 and she gently takes him into her arms and swaddles him and places him in the manger.
00:07:18.000 Her first act is one of profound adoration, recognizing him as her God.
00:07:24.720 Saint Joseph, who had been praying nearby, approaches,
00:07:28.160 and Joseph is overcome with awe, falling to his knees at the sight of the radiant child.
00:07:33.200 He hesitates at first, feeling unworthy to approach,
00:07:37.700 but Mary tenderly calls him forward to behold the Savior.
00:07:41.680 And at that moment of Christ's birth, the heavens burst into praise.
00:07:46.280 The angels sing, glory to God in the highest.
00:07:49.880 And the singing first reaches the ears of the shepherds, keeping watch nearby.
00:07:55.200 The shepherds, who are humble and pure-hearted, respond immediately to the angelic message.
00:08:00.340 They gather some simple gifts, milk and cheese and lambskins,
00:08:04.540 and they hasten to the grotto.
00:08:06.620 And upon arriving, they fall to their knees,
00:08:09.040 overwhelmed with the sight of the newborn king.
00:08:12.300 As the animals in the cave bow their heads in quiet reverence,
00:08:16.760 lying in a manger there,
00:08:19.460 he's lying in a feeding trough,
00:08:22.000 they find the bread of heaven,
00:08:23.780 the new manna in Bethlehem,
00:08:25.740 which actually means the house of bread.
00:08:27.680 All three of them talk about the ox and the donkey
00:08:31.320 being significant as they bow their heads
00:08:34.120 and they warm the Christ child with their breath.
00:08:37.180 And above the grotto,
00:08:39.200 a unique star shines brightly,
00:08:41.400 a sign for the world that the Messiah has been born.
00:08:44.760 So the star radiates a supernatural brilliance,
00:08:48.940 and it's visible to those with faith,
00:08:50.860 including the magi who would later follow it.
00:08:54.300 And the Holy Family spends their first hours
00:08:57.400 in quiet joy and contemplation.
00:09:00.860 So there's a few elements to this
00:09:03.620 that I found really neat and unique.
00:09:05.440 Some things that people wouldn't know,
00:09:07.420 like for instance,
00:09:08.300 that the mysterious light at the moment of the birth
00:09:10.940 of Jesus inside the cave is there.
00:09:14.020 All three of them describe that.
00:09:15.760 And, you know, we have that when we talk about
00:09:18.860 Jesus is the light of lights.
00:09:21.420 And we also have that in the liturgy,
00:09:26.140 when at the Easter liturgy,
00:09:28.040 when the light of Christ is brought into the church
00:09:30.680 that's in darkness.
00:09:31.820 You also have this really neat thing
00:09:33.560 that in one of the accounts from St. Anne-Catherine-Emerick,
00:09:36.560 it says that the temperature in the cave
00:09:38.280 was supernaturally balanced despite the cold night.
00:09:41.280 The cave maintained a comfortable warmth.
00:09:43.540 It was kind of a divine protection, if you will,
00:09:46.700 for the Holy Family and the newborn Messiah.
00:09:49.000 But what I want to focus on
00:09:50.400 is Mary's miraculous delivery without pain.
00:09:55.480 According to all three visionaries,
00:09:57.680 they all saw the Blessed Virgin
00:09:59.180 experiencing no pain during childbirth.
00:10:02.340 The birth of Jesus was entirely miraculous
00:10:05.140 with no physical trauma.
00:10:07.160 And Mary's perpetual virginity was maintained,
00:10:10.960 in fact, physically intact as well.
00:10:12.740 So let's get into the Bible,
00:10:15.780 because the Bible gives us indication of this as well.
00:10:19.740 So right from the beginning of the Bible,
00:10:22.080 in the very first book, in Genesis, in 3.16,
00:10:25.500 we read what happened
00:10:27.980 and why women have pain in childbirth.
00:10:31.520 If you read Genesis 3.16,
00:10:33.380 Now, this is very interesting,
00:10:46.620 because in Catholic teaching, of course,
00:10:49.740 Mary, the mother of Jesus,
00:10:51.620 was conceived without original sin.
00:10:53.880 Very much like Eve,
00:10:55.700 the first woman,
00:10:57.120 had no original sin when she was created
00:10:59.720 and came into this world.
00:11:01.180 So, too, the new Eve.
00:11:03.480 Remember, Adam is the first Adam,
00:11:05.780 and the second Adam is Christ.
00:11:09.300 The fathers of the Church teach that
00:11:11.600 without a new Eve,
00:11:13.160 there would have been a partial victory of the devil,
00:11:15.180 because there is a new Adam,
00:11:17.100 but a new Eve would be missing.
00:11:18.540 But no, we do have a new Eve in Our Lady,
00:11:20.660 and she, too, was without original sin.
00:11:24.760 So she's conceived without original sin.
00:11:27.640 Therefore, just logically speaking,
00:11:30.100 she wouldn't then inherit that punishment
00:11:33.660 for the first fault or the original sin,
00:11:37.560 which was pain in childbirth.
00:11:39.880 But that's not quite biblical.
00:11:42.060 That's the teaching of the Church, for sure.
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00:12:16.420 Right before we get to more verses in the Bible,
00:12:19.260 I just wanted to explain to you
00:12:21.020 the teaching of the Catholic Church,
00:12:22.760 the official teaching which must be believed.
00:12:27.960 Otherwise, you can't call yourself a Catholic.
00:12:30.620 So, the Catholic Church and most Christian tradition,
00:12:36.480 and that is from the belief of the Catholic Church,
00:12:39.600 of the Orthodox Church,
00:12:41.560 believe in Mary's perpetual virginity.
00:12:45.420 The doctrine of the perpetual virginity
00:12:47.820 teaches that Mary remained a virgin
00:12:49.560 before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
00:12:53.800 This includes the belief that the birth of Jesus
00:12:56.520 was miraculous and did not involve physical trauma
00:13:00.200 or pain preserving Mary's virginity intact.
00:13:03.920 The Catechism of the Catholic Church,
00:13:06.040 in number 499 and 500,
00:13:07.940 says, and I quote,
00:13:09.060 the Church has always understood
00:13:11.700 the virginal birth of Jesus
00:13:13.860 as a sign of His divine identity
00:13:16.920 and His mission.
00:13:18.760 So, pain in childbirth
00:13:21.500 is a consequence of original sin.
00:13:24.480 As we saw from Genesis 3.16,
00:13:27.520 since Mary was conceived immaculately,
00:13:30.120 that is, free from original sin,
00:13:32.180 she was exempt from this consequence,
00:13:34.520 and her childbirth was therefore painless.
00:13:37.940 All the early fathers of the Church
00:13:40.200 believed this,
00:13:41.800 and they taught it.
00:13:42.680 In fact, let me read to you
00:13:43.700 from St. Augustine of Hippo,
00:13:45.640 who, if you remember,
00:13:46.820 was alive from 354 to 430.
00:13:49.160 So, early, early Church father.
00:13:51.300 He said, and I quote,
00:13:52.820 Christ came from His mother's womb
00:13:55.240 without injury to her virginal integrity.
00:13:59.060 That's from his Sermon 189
00:14:00.620 on the Nativity of Our Lord.
00:14:03.300 St. Thomas Aquinas,
00:14:04.500 probably the most famous doctor,
00:14:07.300 father of the Church,
00:14:08.520 who was in the 1200s,
00:14:10.280 1225 to 1274.
00:14:12.520 He is called the angelic doctor.
00:14:14.720 He taught that the birth of Jesus
00:14:16.740 was miraculous and painless as well.
00:14:18.820 He said, and I quote,
00:14:19.940 Christ came forth from the closed womb
00:14:22.560 of His mother,
00:14:23.600 and therefore her virginity
00:14:25.000 remained inviolate,
00:14:26.900 just as He passed through the sepulcher
00:14:29.100 without moving the stone.
00:14:31.080 St. Gregory of Nyssa,
00:14:33.180 also an other early father,
00:14:34.900 335 to 395.
00:14:36.700 He compared Christ's birth
00:14:38.680 to a light passing through glass.
00:14:40.680 He said, and I quote,
00:14:41.740 His birth was exempt from pain
00:14:43.680 because He did not come
00:14:45.800 to dissolve the law of nature,
00:14:47.640 but to heal it, end quote.
00:14:49.660 St. Ambrose of Milan,
00:14:51.600 also 340 to 397.
00:14:54.120 He wrote that the virgin's delivery
00:14:56.560 was as joyful and without suffering.
00:15:00.360 He said, and I quote,
00:15:01.700 Mary brought forth the Savior of the world,
00:15:04.420 not with the sorrows of earth,
00:15:06.340 but in celestial joy, end quote.
00:15:09.460 That's from His On the Mysteries.
00:15:11.640 So, but what about the Bible?
00:15:14.060 Does the Bible also give
00:15:15.640 some indication of this?
00:15:17.220 Indeed, it does.
00:15:18.940 Let's look at Matthew 1.25.
00:15:22.040 But He, speaking of St. Joseph,
00:15:24.240 had no relations with her
00:15:25.620 until she bore a son,
00:15:27.480 and He named Him Jesus.
00:15:29.920 Now, notice how it says,
00:15:32.380 until she bore a son.
00:15:35.460 So, her virginity is there
00:15:37.420 up to and including the birth.
00:15:42.400 In fact, let me give you
00:15:43.400 another Bible quote,
00:15:46.260 but preface it with this.
00:15:48.100 Early church fathers
00:15:48.880 such as St. Jerome,
00:15:50.020 St. Augustine,
00:15:50.860 and St. Athanasius
00:15:52.080 pointed to this passage
00:15:54.020 in the Scriptures
00:15:54.840 in the Old Testament
00:15:56.320 in the prophet Isaiah.
00:15:58.860 Chapter 7, verse 14.
00:16:01.580 It goes this way.
00:16:03.060 Behold, the virgin
00:16:04.300 shall conceive
00:16:05.280 and bear a son
00:16:07.300 and shall call his name
00:16:08.760 Emmanuel.
00:16:09.920 Now, it's interesting
00:16:11.080 because that concept
00:16:13.280 of conceiving
00:16:14.400 and bearing
00:16:15.620 a child as a virgin
00:16:17.560 is important
00:16:18.960 because conceiving
00:16:20.780 the child as a virgin,
00:16:22.000 sure, that means
00:16:23.080 that was a miraculous
00:16:24.140 intervention of God
00:16:25.740 to have the child
00:16:26.820 conceived in the womb.
00:16:28.620 But,
00:16:29.560 in childbirth,
00:16:32.260 there is normally
00:16:33.000 and anatomically,
00:16:34.980 if a child is born
00:16:36.500 normally,
00:16:38.120 that will
00:16:38.800 undo the physical
00:16:41.700 evidence of virginity,
00:16:43.440 if you want to call it that.
00:16:44.320 It's the hymen
00:16:46.060 that is anatomically
00:16:48.180 part of a woman's body
00:16:49.280 that becomes
00:16:50.760 disrupted
00:16:52.000 during childbirth
00:16:53.740 or actually during
00:16:55.160 marital sexual activity.
00:16:57.920 But Mary
00:16:59.000 maintained her
00:17:00.480 physical virginity
00:17:01.940 as well,
00:17:03.040 also according
00:17:03.900 to the scriptural
00:17:05.580 testimonies.
00:17:07.040 Also,
00:17:08.260 there is another
00:17:09.200 passage in the Scripture
00:17:10.220 that gives hint
00:17:11.300 to this.
00:17:12.620 And how then
00:17:13.560 could Jesus
00:17:14.460 be born
00:17:15.220 of a virgin
00:17:16.660 and remain
00:17:17.440 physically intact?
00:17:18.820 It means
00:17:19.080 he would have had
00:17:20.040 to traverse
00:17:20.640 from her womb
00:17:21.860 to the outside
00:17:22.820 without coming
00:17:24.200 through the normal passage.
00:17:26.060 Well, indeed,
00:17:26.780 the fathers of the Church
00:17:27.700 point to John,
00:17:29.200 the Gospel of John,
00:17:30.500 20, 19.
00:17:32.000 Jesus came
00:17:32.640 and stood among them
00:17:33.680 although the doors
00:17:35.060 were locked.
00:17:36.900 And they compare
00:17:38.120 that to
00:17:38.900 his physical birth,
00:17:40.840 which was
00:17:41.520 a miraculous birth
00:17:43.000 where Mary
00:17:43.960 was basically
00:17:44.820 handed the baby
00:17:46.500 Jesus
00:17:46.840 with the
00:17:48.120 ministration
00:17:48.940 of the angels.
00:17:50.320 So,
00:17:51.340 you also have
00:17:52.540 another quote
00:17:53.840 in the Bible
00:17:54.500 pointed to
00:17:56.100 by the fathers
00:17:56.720 of the Church
00:17:57.320 as well,
00:17:58.640 also a prophetic
00:17:59.860 symbol
00:18:00.380 of Mary's
00:18:01.340 perpetual virginity
00:18:02.420 and that's from
00:18:03.120 the book
00:18:03.560 of Ezekiel.
00:18:05.220 Ezekiel 44,
00:18:06.760 verse 2.
00:18:08.240 Listen to this.
00:18:09.320 It goes this way.
00:18:10.120 The gate
00:18:11.160 is to remain
00:18:12.260 shut.
00:18:13.280 It shall not
00:18:14.340 be opened
00:18:15.000 and no one
00:18:16.200 shall enter
00:18:16.900 by it
00:18:17.360 because the Lord,
00:18:18.900 the God of Israel,
00:18:20.620 has entered
00:18:21.460 by it.
00:18:22.880 Therefore,
00:18:23.760 it shall remain
00:18:25.080 shut.
00:18:26.440 Isn't that beautiful?
00:18:27.820 A reference
00:18:28.920 to the gate
00:18:31.180 through which
00:18:32.160 the Lord
00:18:33.920 came to earth
00:18:34.960 which remained
00:18:36.360 shut
00:18:36.820 thereafter.
00:18:37.840 only one
00:18:38.580 was to come
00:18:39.100 through it.
00:18:40.020 And that
00:18:40.440 verse
00:18:41.020 in Ezekiel
00:18:41.900 is pointed
00:18:42.320 to by the
00:18:42.800 fathers of the
00:18:43.320 Church as well
00:18:44.140 to indicate
00:18:45.680 Mary's
00:18:46.120 perpetual virginity.
00:18:47.820 So,
00:18:48.440 there you have
00:18:48.920 it.
00:18:49.580 The Bible
00:18:51.540 pointing to
00:18:52.740 the perpetual
00:18:53.860 virginity of Mary
00:18:54.980 and that's why
00:18:56.140 you can say
00:18:56.980 that
00:18:57.880 the chosen,
00:18:59.900 the very
00:19:01.640 famous
00:19:02.300 Jesus of
00:19:03.480 Nazareth
00:19:04.020 and the
00:19:05.280 Nativity,
00:19:06.320 the movie,
00:19:06.940 didn't get it
00:19:09.340 right.
00:19:10.120 They went
00:19:10.600 against the
00:19:11.420 scriptures
00:19:11.740 in terms
00:19:13.160 of depicting
00:19:14.420 Mary's
00:19:15.580 birth
00:19:16.520 to the
00:19:17.080 baby Jesus.
00:19:18.400 Well,
00:19:18.800 let's go on
00:19:19.880 because there's
00:19:20.260 one other
00:19:20.760 aspect that I
00:19:21.340 wanted to talk
00:19:21.720 to you about
00:19:22.100 on this
00:19:23.360 beautiful
00:19:24.300 Christmas Eve
00:19:25.160 day and
00:19:26.200 that was
00:19:26.940 the beautiful
00:19:27.860 depiction
00:19:28.320 of the
00:19:29.940 cave
00:19:30.480 where Jesus
00:19:31.220 was born.
00:19:32.360 Remember,
00:19:32.880 St. Joseph
00:19:33.220 thought he
00:19:33.660 could find a
00:19:34.220 place for
00:19:35.120 the Holy
00:19:35.400 Family,
00:19:35.760 for his
00:19:36.540 bride,
00:19:37.300 for his
00:19:37.740 wife to
00:19:38.140 give birth
00:19:38.580 to the
00:19:38.860 baby Jesus.
00:19:39.500 He knew
00:19:39.880 full well
00:19:40.520 that this
00:19:41.380 child was
00:19:42.400 God's
00:19:42.880 son,
00:19:43.180 that it
00:19:43.600 was the
00:19:44.060 Messiah,
00:19:44.960 that he
00:19:45.380 was God
00:19:46.140 in the
00:19:46.440 flesh.
00:19:48.160 In fact,
00:19:48.960 one of the
00:19:49.660 funny things
00:19:50.160 in these
00:19:50.560 depictions is
00:19:51.220 St. Joseph
00:19:51.860 would
00:19:52.500 genuflect
00:19:53.100 to the
00:19:54.560 baby Jesus
00:19:55.160 while he
00:19:55.840 was still
00:19:56.360 inside the
00:19:57.080 tabernacle
00:19:57.600 of his
00:19:58.240 mother.
00:19:58.900 And I
00:19:59.320 think our
00:19:59.660 lady found
00:20:00.140 that somewhat
00:20:00.740 vexing.
00:20:01.500 so, but
00:20:02.880 the cave
00:20:04.860 that was
00:20:05.700 there was
00:20:06.300 for animals,
00:20:07.480 as you
00:20:07.760 might recall.
00:20:08.820 It wasn't
00:20:09.660 a place for
00:20:10.440 people, it
00:20:11.280 was for
00:20:11.820 animals.
00:20:12.340 And we
00:20:12.800 know there
00:20:13.380 was an
00:20:13.840 ox and a
00:20:14.520 donkey there,
00:20:15.540 ox and an
00:20:16.060 ass, as they
00:20:16.580 say in the
00:20:17.120 song, but
00:20:17.720 it's attested
00:20:18.320 to also by
00:20:20.440 these seers,
00:20:22.800 all of whom
00:20:23.380 say they were
00:20:23.840 there, and
00:20:24.280 all of them
00:20:25.060 talk about the
00:20:25.800 ox and the
00:20:26.820 donkey being
00:20:27.400 there.
00:20:27.580 Well, the
00:20:29.820 cave was
00:20:30.680 prepared, obviously
00:20:32.160 by St.
00:20:32.780 Joseph, but
00:20:33.520 also by the
00:20:34.980 angels.
00:20:36.020 Now, that's a
00:20:36.480 really beautiful
00:20:36.980 thing.
00:20:38.020 And I love to
00:20:39.040 think about
00:20:39.540 that, because
00:20:41.180 when I think
00:20:42.420 about Holy
00:20:44.120 Communion, it's
00:20:45.580 when our
00:20:46.740 Lord comes to
00:20:47.660 us.
00:20:48.940 And it's
00:20:49.720 a really
00:20:50.020 great, it's
00:20:52.180 really great for
00:20:52.680 me, anyway, to
00:20:53.980 think about the
00:20:54.640 Lord coming to
00:20:55.220 me into the
00:20:56.000 stable of my
00:20:56.840 heart, because
00:20:57.220 it's very
00:20:57.500 much like a
00:20:58.180 stable, because
00:20:58.600 it's dirty, with
00:20:59.620 sin, it's not
00:21:00.960 fit for a
00:21:01.540 king, but it's
00:21:03.100 where he wants
00:21:03.720 to come.
00:21:04.880 And he wants
00:21:05.420 to come because
00:21:07.100 his mother's
00:21:07.860 there, because
00:21:08.360 St.
00:21:08.580 Joseph is
00:21:08.940 there, when
00:21:10.100 he comes to
00:21:10.520 the stable in
00:21:11.000 Bethlehem.
00:21:12.140 Well, when he
00:21:13.800 comes to the
00:21:14.960 stable of my
00:21:15.480 heart at Holy
00:21:16.120 Communion, I
00:21:17.720 do, I beg
00:21:18.320 Our Lady to
00:21:18.860 come, and I
00:21:19.840 tell her, come
00:21:21.700 so that you
00:21:23.560 can receive him
00:21:24.260 in the stable
00:21:24.880 of my heart.
00:21:25.520 Come, because
00:21:26.060 he wants to
00:21:26.780 come where you
00:21:27.360 are, even in
00:21:28.240 the stable of
00:21:28.700 my heart.
00:21:29.420 I also ask
00:21:30.020 St.
00:21:30.300 Joseph to
00:21:30.740 come and
00:21:31.880 by his
00:21:32.520 intercession to
00:21:33.220 cleanse the
00:21:33.860 stable of my
00:21:34.700 heart like he
00:21:35.300 did the stable
00:21:36.040 in Bethlehem,
00:21:37.700 because according
00:21:38.420 to the writings
00:21:39.060 of the seers who
00:21:40.380 saw it, St.
00:21:41.740 Joseph helped to
00:21:44.280 clean the stable,
00:21:45.900 also to prepare
00:21:47.300 the manger, to
00:21:49.260 prepare it, to
00:21:50.080 make it soft for
00:21:51.200 the king of
00:21:51.800 kings.
00:21:52.140 He wept as
00:21:54.960 he worked, knowing
00:21:56.160 the amazing
00:21:56.980 thing he was
00:21:57.580 doing.
00:21:58.880 So, this
00:21:59.960 Christmas, let's
00:22:01.520 ask the Holy
00:22:02.300 Family, let's
00:22:02.980 ask Our Lady,
00:22:03.820 let's ask Good
00:22:04.620 St.
00:22:04.880 Joseph to
00:22:05.860 come and to
00:22:06.640 help prepare the
00:22:07.600 stables of our
00:22:08.500 hearts to receive
00:22:09.800 the king of
00:22:10.500 kings.
00:22:11.280 Let's do that
00:22:11.900 today, let's
00:22:13.400 do that every
00:22:14.100 day, especially
00:22:15.380 before we receive
00:22:16.540 our Lord in the
00:22:17.420 Holy Eucharist,
00:22:18.480 into the stables
00:22:19.180 of our hearts.
00:22:20.920 From all of us
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00:22:25.220 your family a
00:22:26.580 happy and holy
00:22:27.860 Christmas.
00:22:29.340 May God bless
00:22:29.860 you.
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