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Today we have a unique episode.

This advent I've begun a journey with Dr. John

Bergma to join in conversation and study of the scriptures for the Sunday Mass.

This is the episode of the Word of the Lord series for the fourth Sunday of Advent's mass readings.

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I'm here today with Dr. John Burgess the readings for the

fourth Sunday of Advent. John, it is great to be with you. It's awesome to be with you

Scott. Why don't you summarize these readings for the fourth Sunday Van Vennved and make some of the connections?

Absolutely so Scott you know as we've discussed before what I really see as the theme

uniting these readings is

Hail Holy Queen might have some residents with you I think there's like a little

pamphlet or something that you wrote I came out 20 years ago on that title and but we see a strong Marion emphasis

running throughout and of course Mary is the one who provides the body of the Lord. He takes his entire human flesh from her.

So we see some striking references in the various readings to the enfleshement to the body as we're going to read in Hebrew

the body prepared for Christ prepared in the womb but let's start with mica okay we

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