#12603 What Did Daily Life Look Like for the Holy Family? St. Joseph, Cleanliness - Steve Ray
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“What did daily life look like for the Holy Family?” This question opens a discussion about the domestic life of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, touching on their cultural practices, including cleanliness in Jewish tradition. Other topics include the identity of the “brothers of Jesus,” and insights into St. Joseph’s life and burial.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:00 – What Did Daily Life Look Like for the Holy Family?
- 22:50 – Were the “brothers of Jesus” children from Joseph but not Mary?
- 29:37 – I think I might disagree with you statement that the Holy Family would have been dirty. That Jewish culture was very concerned with being clean.
- 33:20 – How does the Bible describe St. Joseph?
- 37:33 – Where is St. Joseph buried?
- 41:49 – Was Joseph old or young when He married Mary?
- 47:43 – What is the earliest attestation of the assumption of St. Joseph ?
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| 0:33.0 | Thanks so much for being here with us today. |
| 0:35.4 | Starting off good. |
| 0:36.6 | First hour, Steve Ray here with us. He's just |
| 0:39.1 | back from a pilgrimage and getting ready to go on another pilgrimage. Do you know that I can say that |
| 0:43.4 | every time he's on? Except for a brief period during COVID, probably. I could always say, |
| 0:49.0 | Steve's just back from a pilgrimage and he's getting ready to go on a pilgrimage. And if I had to |
| 0:53.8 | guess where he's going on |
| 0:54.9 | pilgrimage next, I don't know why I would, I think I would say the Holy Land. And I do know why, |
| 0:59.6 | because that's where he goes there a lot. But I could be wrong on that. Steve Ray, of course, |
| 1:04.2 | Catholic convert. Catholic convert.com is his website, a long-time defender of the Catholic faith, |
| 1:09.7 | author of many wonderful books, including |
| 1:11.4 | beautiful reflections on the book of Genesis and the gospel of St. John. Steve Ray, thanks for |
| 1:16.6 | being here with us. |
| 1:18.1 | You're welcome, Cy. I love coming on and doing these shows with you. |
| 1:21.4 | Am I correct that the next place you will be going is the Holy Land? |
| 1:24.9 | Yes, in fact, we're supposed to leave in two days with Aviemer University, |
| 1:29.1 | and we're still waiting to make sure everything clears. |
| 1:31.8 | But yes, we are planning to go, and that's a sold-out trip. |
| 1:36.1 | But we are going with seats still available in April. |
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