An Invitation to Pray: Christmas Eve Lectio Divina

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In this special Christmas Eve episode, Fr. Josh invites us to pray lectio divina with Matthew 1:18-25. He draws our attention to St. Joseph's virtue and righteousness as he prepares for the birth of Jesus.

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"May we learn to be righteous like St. Joseph, who was unwilling to put Mary to shame."

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the Pocketswaggetto listen to your questions
0:07.9	pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you to become
0:11.6	a saint in your walk toward eternity.
0:14.6	On today's show we are doing a Christmas special today is Christmas Eve is Christmas
0:21.6	today very special Christmas and this is Christmas Eve and we're so excited to be able to
0:29.2	celebrate this day with you and so I recognize that I know that it's going to be different
0:35.2	from many of us this year because of the coronavirus.
0:37.4	I know that some people are going to get with their families but other people are going
0:40.3	to be doing zoom Christmas Eve some people are going to be able to gather together in
0:45.5	small groups and whatnot but I also recognize that whenever we come to this time of the year
0:50.8	whether we are gathering with our family via zoom or in person face to face that there's
0:56.6	going to be drama.
0:57.6	It's going to get messy right and don't worry Jesus Christ is always drawn to the mess.
1:03.8	Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day in a very messy stable in a cave with animals and
1:10.4	their manure and it was stinky and it was smelly and it was not some nice hospital it was
1:15.2	not some very serene clean situation.
1:20.7	It was pretty messy and it was dirty and it was not sanitized and that's where Jesus Christ
1:24.9	chose to come into this world and he chose to die between messy thieves.
1:29.7	Two thieves on a cross crucified while people were cursing and screaming and abusing and
1:37.2	torturing him so like Jesus Christ has never resisted mess then he's the same yesterday
1:42.2	today and forever so he's okay with entering into the mess of your families as well.
1:47.2	You are the body of Christ and therefore you are called to imitate Jesus and go to the
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