#12705 What Do Modern People Not Get About Jesus? Mary and Divinity - Marcellino D'Ambrosio

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“What do modern people not get about Jesus?” This question opens a discussion on contemporary misunderstandings of Christ’s nature and mission. The conversation also touches on whether Jesus always knew he was divine, the Church’s stance on penances, and the significance of Mary’s betrothal despite her virginity.

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Questions Covered:

03:59 – What do modern people not get about Jesus?
16:54 – Did Jesus always know he was divine, or did he only know this after his baptism?
31:39 – Has the Catholic Church Changed its views on the severity of penances?
42:20 – Why was Mary betrothed if she was dedicated as a virgin?
49:23 – I talk to Jesus, God the father, and the Holy Spirit separately. How should I address them as three persons or do I even need to? What do you call on them for?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome to Catholic Answers live, Edgar Lujano, producer for the show, filling in for Sykella today.
0:36.9	It is a pleasure to be here with you in this middle of the week episode. We got two great hours for you. For the second hour, we have the one and only Tom Nash in studio. If you are a non-Catholic, we want you to call. If you don't go to church anymore, we want you to call us and tell us why you don't go to church anymore, why you're not Catholic,
0:56.0	and maybe we can start off with a great conversation.
0:58.5	That's for the second hour, so hang in for an hour.
1:01.3	But we have another great topic for this first hour.
1:04.6	We have Dr. March Alino Dambroggio, who has been working with Catholic Answers for many years, which we were discussing before the show, and my first time getting to host with him. So Dr. Marchelina Dambrogia, welcome to the show. Thank you, Edgar. It is a pleasure to be on the show once again. Yeah, well, it's a pleasure to have you. It's been a while, you know. I started hanging out with you guys in the 90s in the 90s really I actually
1:29.1	taught grad school I came in and flew in and taught one weekend a month in San Diego and actually
1:36.8	one of my students was was one of your former employees who's now retired Jan Wakeland and yeah so I
1:43.2	met a lot of a lot of of y'all and then started
1:46.3	doing shows with you. So it's been great. It's been a great friendship. Well, it's always,
1:50.8	it's always good to have people like you surrounding, surrounding us and in great company. That's for
1:56.6	sure. Well, today we're going to talk about Jesus. What better person to talk about, especially during this Easter time about Jesus. So if you have a question about him, anything from the historical side to the theological side to maybe what he did in his life. You're more than welcome to call us. You can reach us at 888-318-7-884. That's AAA31-truth to call us and ask us about Jesus. So before we jump in
2:24.1	to a question, you actually have a program that you wrote with Ascension Press about Jesus,
2:31.4	known as Jesus, the way, the truth, and the life. Tell me a little more about that.
2:36.2	Well, Ascension Press has done a lot of wonderful programs over the years, Bible studies,
2:40.5	and they really wanted to do a study shot in the Holy Land that would focus on Jesus.
2:47.4	And on location, walking through the streets, sailing on the Sea of Galilee.
2:53.6	And Jeff Kavens and I, together with Dr. Edward Sree, put this program together.
2:59.8	I wrote the book that went with the program.
3:02.7	Dr. Sri appeared for a few minutes on every show, but it was Jeff and I who walked through the land.
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