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- Father explains the Temple, John the Evangelist & John the Baptist
Letters:
- (20:46) - the Holy Spirit devotion
Word of the Day: Devil
Callers:
- (25:26) - At Mass for Christmas Eve and the Priest 'sang oh come let us adore him' during the consecration. Did that make the Eucharist invalid?
- (27:05) - Our pastor doesn't want us to bow at the tabernacle but at the altar. Is that okay?
- (29:12) - Is sending kids to catholic school considered tithing?
- (30:48) - When did the Holy Family flee to Egypt & when did they get back to Jerusalem?
- (32:50) - Could you talk about the people who returned to Nazareth from Babylon?
- (36:13) - Thank you Father for all you explanations!
*note: we lost audio with Fr. during the letter segment
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