Sunday after Nativity. Things violent and mundane. Why does God allow evil? The Holy Innocents

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Timestamps:
0:39 – 7:06 Why do I say the story of the Nativity of the Savior includes the “mundane”? A short sketch of the life and heroism of Joseph the Betrothed, and a commentary on a “cure” for our prideful, self-indulgent age.
7:06 – 9:08 Why were the Holy Innocents killed by Herod?
9:08 -14:25 Why does God allow evil (such as the killing of the Holy Innocents) to happen? The Holy Innocents, in and out of this world. About giving the Devil “rights” over ourselves when we misuse our free will.
14:25 16:15 An eternal perspective about suffering. What do those who have suffered experience and remember in the next?
16:15– 20:38 The events of our age may deteriorate into very bad things for us. What shall we do? How shall we think? We must honor free-will and never think of “us and them”. About various opinions about the vaccine, the future, etc, and what WE MUST DO. Prayer, prostrations, the psalter, etc., may be mentioned.
20:38 -23:33 About Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, James the Brother of the Lord, and Steven the Protomartyr
20:59 -22:01 DAVID the King. Why is he great? The number one reason- not what most people would say!
22:01 – 24:12 James, the Brother of the Lord
24:12 – 25:10 Stephen the Protomartyr and Deacon.
25:10 – 26:58 A “take-home” from the lives Saints Joseph, David, James and Steven. Nothing is “mundane”. Example:the House in Marshall.