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#222 The Incarnation of God - Tim Staples

Catholic Answers Focus

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Catholic Answers’ Director of Apologetics and Evangelization reflects with us on the identity of Jesus as incarnate God. What does this mean and why does it fill us with joy? Tim: What does Christmas celebrate? Next with Tim Staples. Cy: Merry Christmas from Catholic Answers and welcome to Catholic Answers focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And a little bit of Christmas cheer there for you as we start. We’re going to talk about Christmas on this Christmas day with probably the most Christmasy person I know, Tim Staples, Director of Apologetics and Evangelization here at Catho…

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What does Christmas celebrate next with Tim Staples?

0:02.6

Mary Christmas from Catholic answers.

0:11.2

And welcome to Catholicagancers Focus.

0:12.8

I'm Cy Kelle at your host,

0:14.8

and a little bit of Christmas cheer there for you.

0:17.5

As we start, we're gonna talk about Christmas

0:20.0

on this Christmas day,

0:21.4

with probably the most Christmasy person I know.

0:25.0

Tim Stables, Director of Apologetics and Evangelization here at Catholic Answers.

0:29.0

Hello, Tim.

0:30.0

I even like that word Christmasy. I like that word. You are Christmas

0:34.4

too. Yes and it's great to be with you my friend on this glorious feast day.

0:40.3

So let's start there like what is all this about? Yeah say we have someone

0:46.3

listening who is like new to Christmas what is all this about? Yeah what is it

0:51.7

about you know I will get this question every every so often, you know, what is the focus of Christmas? Is it the nativity because we call it the feast of the nativity of our Lord

1:05.8

which means birth basically. Loterically right which is the birth the manger

1:10.0

scene and such but it's also one of two days liturgically that we celebrate the

1:17.0

incarnation along with the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25th so but those two events are nine months apart.

1:25.0

What's up now?

1:26.0

Now, which is it?

1:27.0

The answer is it's both.

1:28.0

If you look at the readings for example for this day, you know, there's's four readings you have the vigil and then you have

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