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The Unpleasant Ancestors of Christmas

by Fr. Mike Schmitz

Image by Jessica Fadel on Unsplash

Tamar, Judah, Solomon, and company are not exactly the ideal ancestors of the King of Kings; but in this video, Fr. Mike Schmitz shows how God can write straight with crooked lines, even when the line happens to be Jesus' bloodline.

Join Fr. Mike in this Christmas special, wherein he makes the monotonous genealogy of Christ in Matthew's Gospel more intriguing than an epic movie trailer.

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