Taught by a Star to Worship the Sun of Righteousness

The Lord of Spirits

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

The Star of Bethlehem has long been seen as a sign of Christ’s birth, but was it just an astronomical event such as one might observe with a telescope? Why a star? And what does Jewish astrology have to do with this? Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Fr. Stephen De Young discuss the true nature of the great Star of the Nativity.

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0:00.0	He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall.
0:05.0	And he will be the light of the nations and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled.
0:09.0	All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him and they will praise and bless and
0:14.9	celebrate with song the Lord of spirits. First Enoch chapter 48 verses 4 through 5.
0:21.3	The modern world doesn't acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits,
0:26.6	angels, demons, and saints. In our time many yearn to break free of the prison of a flat secular materialism to see and to know reality as it truly is.
0:39.0	What is this spiritual reality like?
0:41.0	How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life with spiritual
0:46.0	presence? Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen Damick and Father Stephen
0:50.9	DeYoung, hosts this live Colin show focused on enchantment in creation,
0:56.4	the union of the scene and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.
1:02.8	Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.
1:07.1	Welcome back to the Lord of Spirits podcast.
1:11.6	Merry Christmas. I'm Father Andrew Stephen Damech on the edge of
1:15.6	Pennsylvania Dutch country in Emmaus, Pennsylvania and with me is my co-host
1:19.9	Father Stephen DeYoung broadcasting from the middle of Cajun Country in Lafayette, Louisiana.
1:26.0	And this is a pre-recorded episode of the podcast, so even though you're going to hear the voice of
1:31.5	Steve telling you how to call in. If you
1:34.4	call during this episode you're not going to get anybody. Everybody's either
1:39.4	having some kind of Christmas Eve dinner or at church or something like that.
1:44.7	So yeah, this is a pre-recorded episode, but we have tried to incorporate some of your pre-recorded messages that you sent us.
1:52.4	So it's a little bit different and pre-recorded messages that you sent us.
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