What Should We Make of the Hidden Years of the Holy Family?

“What should we make of the hidden years of the Holy Family?” The Gospels provide limited insight into this period, prompting questions about what we can infer. Additionally, the discussion touches on the nature of Hophni and Phinehas’s sins, the relationship between baptism and circumcision, and the implications of Leviticus 12 regarding purification after childbirth.

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Questions Covered:

• 01:58 - The Gospels tell us very little about the hidden years of the Holy Family—what should we make of that, and what do we actually know about them?
• 12:00 - In today’s reading, Hophni, and Phineshs, what was the nature of their sin, different bible’s translate them differently.
• 15:20 - How does baptism replace circumcision?
• 20:48 - Leviticus 12, When woman goes to temple after giving birth to offer the sin offering for purification would that apply to her child as well?
• 24:26 - Can a priest or extraordinary minister deny someone communion during communion service?
• 33:39 - How do we clarify that Mary and Joseph’s marriage was consummated but not in the traditional sense of having intimate relations?
• 42:25 - Does Jesus have two souls, one eternal and one from his incarnation?
• 49:27 - Catholic faith teaches that believing in miracles is optional, but if we reject modern miracles would we be rejecting dogmatic miracles from the past?