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That was a windy response to a small question. I'm not the most concise person...
That wasn't too much detail. I think it was just right. And a beautiful story. Thank you.
As for non-believers, I have a hard time with them. I lack patience. I get a lot
of plus votes for talking to others about it, though.
Just today a friend asked me how do you respond to a Protestant who says that
Jesus had other siblings, so Our Lady had more children? We got past the
"brethren" thing. I told him the best refutation I've heard of this canard is that
on the Cross, Our Lord gave his mother to John, who nobody says is his "brother,"
literally. Now, for a Jew to give his own mother over to the care of someone who
is not immediate family when there are brothers surviving, would be a very bad
move. Etc. He appreciated that.