The John-Henry Westen Show - Did 'The Chosen' get the Birth of Christ WRONG？!

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. 0.74

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. 0.87

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. 1.00

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. 0.77

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, 0.93

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. 0.98

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. 0.90

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. 1.00

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. 0.85

00:12:45.420 The doctrine of the perpetual virginity

00:12:47.820 teaches that Mary remained a virgin 0.78

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 0.99

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 0.97

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. 0.75

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 0.67

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 0.94

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 0.60

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. 0.53

00:18:47.820 So, 0.84

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 0.69

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 1.00

00:20:16.060 ass, as they 1.00

00:20:16.580 say in the 0.99

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. 0.92

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 0.69

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. 0.57

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. 0.57

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.

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00:22:27.860 Christmas.

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