#12697 Did Mary and Joseph Doubt Jesus? Prayer, Divorce, and Faith - William Albrecht
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Did Mary and Joseph doubt Jesus?” This question leads to a discussion about their understanding of His identity, especially during the incident at the temple. Other topics include the appropriateness of repeating prayers for healing, navigating faith in the context of divorce, and clarifying the status of the Ethiopian Bible.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:10 – Did Mary and Joseph not trust or know who Jesus was by the time they lost him at the temple?
- 14:15 – Is it wrong to repeat prayers? For example, to ask many times for a sick friend to be healed?
- 28:40 – I’m a godparent to a child in a family where the husband and wife are divorcing.
- 36:50 – What is the status of the Ethiopian Bible? Is it considered inspired?
- 44:30 – I was born and raised Catholic and am starting to get back into it. My wife was raised non-Catholic and just converted. In OCIA we got a lot of answers that contradicted Church teaching. Different people are giving different answers that contradict. How do I know what is right?
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| 0:45.3 | So two full hours of an Ask Me Anything. We have two great guests. The second hour, we're going to |
| 0:51.6 | have the one and only William Albrecht. So the patristic pillar himself, if you want to ask him a question, you're going to have to wait until the second hour. But for this first hour, we have the legend himself, Mr. Tim Staples. Tim, it's good to be sharing this wonderful studio with you. How's it going? Oh, man, it's going so well. It is a wonderful, wonderful day to be Catholic. Because every day. |
| 1:14.7 | Exactly. do it with you. How's it going? Oh, man, it's going so well. It is a wonderful, wonderful day to be |
| 1:12.1 | Catholic because every day is a wonderful day to be Catholic. All right. So there's one thing that I've |
| 1:18.8 | learned that I've learned a lot from you. Okay. Well, a couple of things. First thing that I do not |
| 1:24.4 | have the skill or the talent to remember Bible verses like you do, because I am so |
| 1:30.8 | impressed how quickly you're able to recall Bible verses. The other thing is just stories |
| 1:38.1 | and how you're able to break them down from scripture. So I want to open this up. Okay. And I have |
| 1:42.8 | a question to ask you because it's something that I've always wondered. |
| 1:45.4 | Okay. |
| 1:45.8 | When we hear the story of Mary and Joseph and them finding Jesus in the temple. |
| 1:52.1 | Yes. |
| 1:53.3 | It almost sounds like Jesus is saying, you didn't trust me, you're doubting or how did you |
| 1:59.6 | not know how to find me in my father's house? |
| 2:01.4 | Right. |
| 2:01.6 | Like, where else would I be? |
| 2:03.0 | So before you answer that, I want to open up the phones to ask Tim any questions. |
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