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audio • Catholic Answers Live

The Nativity of Jesus

Steve Ray • 12/20/2017

Steve Ray discusses the details of Mary and Joseph’s journey into Bethlehem and the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Questions Covered:

22:00 - What is the pressure that Joseph would have faced given the bible verse that stated “he knew her not”?
36:07 - What would have happened to the money provided by the wise men? Couldn’t that money have been used to buy the lamb for the sacrifice?
42:23 - I heard you say that Joseph was an older man that was married previously. Can you elaborate on this? What was the text you mentioned that explains Joseph in more depth?
46:53 - I know that Mary and Joseph were not intimate during their marriage. How did the Catholic Church come to this conclusion?

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