Upfront with the Archbishop
Upfront with the Archbishop
Upfront with the Archbishop is a podcast with the goal to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek and Jenny Connelly.
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I mean yeah, we choose Jesus, but he has to choose us first before we can do so.
I thought the Thomas subplot wasn't needed but love most of The Chosen. For a protestant based show, it's given me so many moments to meditate on. The protestant pastor did correct Dallas that in different languages it did mean "the rock". He's trying not to offend while filming. Jon doing John 6 at the Eucharistic Conference, was his way of doing what he couldn't on the show. I also agree with Judas being on board but the wrong ship. I feel sorry for him because he thought Jesus would fight like he got out of stoning and the cliff. The crushing blow showed he didn't care about the money, he just totally misjudged him. I also feel for someone who had his master tell him to "go and do it quickly" That might have made him think he was understanding his motive. Maybe
That was a great interview. Thank you ArchBishop. The Chosen is wonderful.🙏
I just finished Season 1 and loved it!.
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I cry when I watch every episode! It's great! ❤❤
I love binging on Jesus
I did not remember events in the Bible that I read /was taught in religionclasses when I was in primary school The Chosen reminded/taughr me a lot and I admire allthe actors who portrayed characters ina brilliant way Thanks God for the creators of the Chosen
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and how this program has touched your lives. God bless you and I look forward to watching more from your channel.
Season 5 is Holy week, Season 6 is the Crucifixion, Season 7 is the Resurrection and maybe Pentecost.
Your grace and you made me smile so much when you said you’re not accustomed to walking around like a billboard and then I imagine what the Archbishop or Cardinals dress like if I saw your roaming collar… Yeah, you’re not used to being a billboard I say that lovingly…
95 % inaccurate per Jenkins. Blasphemy againist the blessed mother and has natural child birth in the christmas episode. Mormons bible quotes. used. Another corrupted priest severing Francis Peter the Roman. Peter miscarriage so phony. All sugar coating on church that is failing apart. It is time for priests to become priests and focus on the Eucharist, not Hollywood.
Thank you ❤ Shalom Shalom 👏 loved your perspective and insight of what it means to truly be a disciple of Yeshua and how this is being portrayed in the lives of His disciples. 🕊🔥
I love The Chosen! It is well done and produced. I really enjoyed this commentary🩵
For me, it's all in John 21:10-11: Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught." So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of 153 large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. Peter (the Pope) brought the fish (there are 153 different types of fish, representing every type of person) to Jesus in a net that doesn't break (the Church).
Watching this series makes me love Jesus all the more!! ✝️✝️❤️❤️
I thought the hoodie looked great on His Grace! More hoodies!
I can understand that it is not enough for protestants to accept that Peter is not the rock on which the Church of Jesus is built, when He says I will build my church on this rock. But when Jesus says that He will give him the keys of the Kingdom ( church) then that should be crystal clear.
Thank you, Archbishop Smith for sharing this with us!
I absolutely enjoyed this insightful conversation. Thank you!
Yes, Dallas has said it’s the story of the Apostles, but I’ve always felt it’s the story of Jesus and his path.
Dallas Jenkins has said there are three reasons for the title, "The Chosen." (1) The Jews were "the chosen people" by God. (2) The apostles were 'chosen' by Jesus. (3) Jesus is "the Chosen One" by God and by his followers. So the Archbishop's intuitions are correct!
You forgot to add. Evangelicals are modern The Chosen. They really care if you have ‘the right Jesus’.
It is so difficult to remember that our timeline is not God’s timeline and his entire picture is more than our snapshot.
These are not spoilers right now as I’m watching this because the whole thing is out there for everybody. So if they don’t want to know, I still want to watch them. They don’t have to watch this. And by the way, season six is the crucifixion and season seven is the resurrection.
These are spoilers right now as I’m watching this because the whole thing is out there for everybody. So if they don’t wanna know, I’m still wanna watch them. They don’t have to watch this. And by the way, season six is the Krista fiction and season seven is the resurrection
I’m a cradle Catholic I’m older and this has been bringing life to my Bible studies. Jesus was real apostles were real. This series is put on by a very holy deeply in love, evangelical Christian, who is much more in love with Jesus than many Catholics. Catholics can get caught up in legalism. This is Lectio Divina, in action in front of our very eyes I’m glad you watch this Archbishop and I’m glad that it’s out there. It has changed peoples lives. Jesus is alive and this just shows it more readily. Thank you.
Jesus learned obedience through the things He suffered. Perfect example for us....for me.❤
Wrong. Season 4 ends with them preparing to go to Jerusalem. Season 5 is Holy Week. Season 6 will follow all the events of the Passion. Season 7 the Resurrection.
I love The Chosen. It really brings the Bible and it's people to life! I, too, have been reading my Bible & praying more regularly since watching this amazing show. ❤
Every non Carholic should watch also..no more division in faith..we are all one in Jesus..
I just think it’s a little corny. The show is friendly to the Catholic viewer but the overall vibe is Protestant. It seems they made a creative decision to strip away solemnity. But the relatable and modern tone of the dialogue and behavior doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t find it to be a convincing or realistic portrayal of the people or time period. I guess the show can be used as a jumping off point to fill in trivia knowledge on the biblical setting. But as a work of art, I think it’s cringe and would not recommend it to a non-Christian.
I am a Catholic and I do not think the show has an "overall Protestant vibe". I think perhaps you are watching the show with a bias. We Catholics have to accept that the Gospels are important to Protestants and to Messianic Jews and all who believe in Jesus, not just to us. But there are only a few areas of the Gospels where Protestants differ from Catholics - Peter as the original Pope, the importance of Mary, and the Eucharist. The importance of Mother Mary in this series is as Catholic as it gets. She is a pivotal character with a close relationship with her son. Many Protestants act as though she was a nonentity, but the series does not. Then there was the scene where Jesus makes Peter "the rock" - it isn't the Protestant version. It follows the scripture directly and allows the audience to make up its own mind what Jesus meant. However, I agree that this show has completely ignored the Eucharist, and that is very Protestant. The Catholic actor who plays Jesus, Jonathan Roumie, gently complained about that at the National Eucharistic Congress a few days ago when he read John Chapter 6, The Bread of Life discourse, in character as Jesus. It was spellbinding. During his talk he said the discourse was not included in The Chosen, and it was clear he was disappointed about that. Overall, however, the show seeks to walk a middle ground between the different denominations. BTW, many Protestants complain the show is "too Catholic", so, clearly, when it comes to the Gospels, you can't please everyone.
@@yes2day100 you’re talking about the content of the show. Which I agree, the show is not pushing a Protestant message. It just looks like a work of art made by Protestants. My problem with the show is the design and feel of the show. It doesn’t feel authentic at all. I feel like a watching modern American evangelicals in costume. You see many anachronisms in the show. Stuff and ways of speaking that just don’t belong in a portrayal of ancient times.
@@Rome_77 Fair enough. We all have our specific taste. I personally don't find the dialog to be anachronistic so much as I believe - as Dallas Jenkins has said - that at every point in history, including the first century, people had their own linguistic shorthand, their own euphemisms and in-jokes. We won't know what they were in first century Judea and Galilee, but it is plausible to believe that they did have their own idioms. So to make the show relatable to modern audiences, The Chosen writers use the idioms familiar to us, in place of whatever the idioms were then. I personally much prefer this to the sort of strangled version of language used in most every other film version of The Gospels, where all the characters sound like the written scriptures - it is very unnatural. The Chosen has humanized the apostles in a way that no other work of fiction has ever done, and it has done so without detracting from their progress towards holiness - you can actually watch, step by step, how these very flawed individuals are moving towards their future as saints, and I think that is a good thing. But, fair is fair, we each like what we like! :).
@@yes2day100 if you actually think The Chosen is an authentic/convincing portrayal of near eastern people and that time period, I think you have bad taste (sorry!). I also find it goofy how they have Matthew and John carrying around little modern notebooks jotting down the words of Jesus. Little stuff like that bothers me. The show lacks a certain gravity and seriousness. Very casual feeling and undignified.
@@Rome_77they try too hard to be a diverse cast. I commented on that with Dallas very early on. I keep waiting for a Jewish cast someday.
Way to go DALLAS!
Movies and Mini Series are fine But a weekly show about Jesus? I've not seen it other than clips.
Archbishop Smith certainly gave us a real good account of our Lord, Jesus’ life and his apostles. Thank you Your Grace, For bringing reality to the TV production project of the ‘The Chosen’. God Bless.
Stop watching tv, if they keep their peace, the rocks will cry out" I have images of Jesus with inscriptions on stones in Canada, the war was here, the were a company of priests and prophets with a LOGO! The logos is three names combined JESUS, DAVID. YHW with the ichthys fish swimming through the logo. All language comes from this logos. I've extracted the word from the stone.
I firmly believe that this show can be a benefit the faithful to the extent of the visualization of Christ’s Ministry. This being said it is not any replacement for The Holy Bible. If anyone watches this show and does not read our Sacred Scripture, this is a grievous error. There are too many falsehoods, fairytales and additions in this production, mainly surrounding the Chastity of our Blessed Saint Pope Peter, that can only cause detriment to a new Catholic, who is not yet well versed in The Scripture.
If you go back and watch the literal beginning of Ep 1, Season 1. Dallas let's you know up front THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE SCRIPTURES. He encourages viewers to go to the Gospels..
You do know that our sacred Scriptures refer to Peter's mother-in-law, don't you?
The reference to our Blessed Saint Pope Peter’s mother in law, is widely understood by the early Church Fathers as an indication the his wife had died. Peace be with you
Dallas has announced Season 5 is Holy Week, the whole of Season 6 is the crucifixion (!), and Season 7 is Resurection.
You beat me to the clarification of the plot outline for the final 3 seasons. I was going to add that I think Season 5 will start with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, and end with the Last Supper, going to the Garden of Getsemane, and the betrayal by Judas. My understanding was that Season 6 was Good Friday - after Jesus arrest, being brought to Pilate, Caiaphas, and back to Piate, to scourging and walk to Golgatha, to death on the cross, but also including taking down His body from the cross, wrapped in the linen cloths, and placed in the tomb (involving both Nicodemus and Yussif. Season 7, as you said would be resurrection... Easter Sunday, to ..... we don't know.
I think the reason for the title of The Chosen is threefold. For sure, it refers to the apostles as his chosen followers. But I also think it refers to the Jewish people as the chosen people. And lastly of course, it refers to Jesus as the chosen one. Just my interpretation, for what it's worth. BTW, this is Nicolas's wife, Bobbie, writing this.
You and the reviewers are picking up exactly what the creatives are putting down in the title being "The Chosen" rather than "The Jesus Show". I came across the show very early and that it focused on the disciples and people who interacted with Jesus was kind of the secret sauce that made it transcend it's "christian media" genre. It's simply a good tv drama.
The Chosen is a wonderful series. Every Catholic should watch it.
This was a very rich talk on the dogma, doctrine and the Magisterium, of the Catholic Church. Thank you, Your Grace, for the insight of our Catholic Faith, and its teachings. God Bless. 🙏🙏
Truer, not more true.
This Archbishop was great. He said the truth and explained everything clearly. Who is he?
What is-this Archbishop’s name?
Archbishop Richard Smith of the Archdiocese of Edmonton :)
The mentality of the People of Jesus' time and this modern time did not change in any big way, So the faith no difference. Only WOKE culture influence the Change in the Catholic Church. Faith is old and Sciense is latest!!!
Christian sexual repression leads to sexual abuse. According to the French government, the Roman Catholic Empire raped over 32O,OOO innocent French children. Just since 195O. If we extrapolate from this French datum for the at least 8 other Roman Catholic dominant countries, we end up with over 3 million children raped by Roman Catholics just since 195O. The FBI is currently investigating the rampant level of sexual abuse of women and children in the Southern Baptist Convention. Which is the largest Christian denomination in America. Liberty University, the famous Evangelical University, recently was fined 14 million dollars for just ignoring the significant level of rape on their campus for many, many, many, decades. Christian sexual repression is not innocent, as it leads to an ugly level of sexual abuse. So take care whenever you are in the sexually toxic Christian community. Especially the child raping Roman Catholic Empire. Remember that idealism is always, always, always, based on denialism. This is why the Christian community is again attacking the LGBT community as being sexually dangerous. LGBT folks are not groomers. As the evidence demonstrates the actual groomers are largely sexually repressed Christian males. They are just engaging in ugly and hateful deflection to hide and conceal their own sexual toxicity. They are just scapegoating and distracting from their own sexually criminal behavior and history. "Look over there, not over here." So don't be fooled by all of their ugly and hateful lies. And remember that if Drag Queens are all about love, then it begs the question as to what Christianity is actually all about? So therefore perhaps Drag Queens can help Christians learn how to love better. As currently Christians all seem so love disabled. 💙
You said: Christian sexual repression leads to sexual abuse. Me: Laws against rape is also sexual repression. Do those laws lead to sexual abuse or do they prevent it. All sinners will be judged by God.
@@bridgefin Nobody is more sexually repressive than Christians, and nobody is more sexually abusive than Christians, according to the datum. Might there be a relationship? Or don't you care about Christian sexual abuse of women and children? Are you actually trying to defend it? 💙
@@bridgefin Nobody is more sexually repressed than Christians, Nobody is more sexually abusive than Christians. Might there be a connection? And if Roman Catholic Princes don't care about the law. Then what does the law matter. You are not trying to defend all of this ugly sexual abuse of women and children are you? You are not trying to excuse it, are you? 💙
May the Lord bless you Archbishop Smith!
Jesus Christ told His apostles to spread His Church Infallibly to the world. Mt28:18-20 He never sugarcoated His words so as to not offend anyone. His Only One True Apostolic Catholic Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. 1 Tim 3:15 His Doctrine He set in His Church is not to change. He taught we’re to remain in His Doctrine or we don’t have Him. 2 Jn1:9, 2 Thess3:6-16, Rom 16:17 He rebuked the Pharisees and Scribes for making their own versions of His Church and Doctrine, like all other Christian Churches have done. Mt23:1-39, Lk 11:37-54
Absolutely splendid answer Your Grace. 😊
Problems with dogmas: most people don't know it. Most people don't care about it. Most people don't want to hear about it. Most people would have to go out of their way to find it.
Most people can't explain electricity either. But it still matters to their everyday lives.
@@bridgefin True and well noted. A Salient distinction, however, is that, whereas people enjoy the benefits of electricity and can delegate the knowledge and expertise to electricians, it would seem that many people do not wish to bear the limitations and consequences of self-denial that Catholic dogmas entail. So, a man can survive without knowledge about electricity even while enjoying the benefits, but he can't live by Catholic dogmas if he is ignorant of them, because, unlike electricity, applying Catholic dogmas to one's life requires conscientiousness and goodwill. Blessings. :)
@@MM22272 You: many people do not wish to bear the limitations and consequences of self-denial that Catholic dogmas entail Me: That was Jesus who told us to pick up our cross if we wanted to follow him. And he told us to do it without counting the consequences. You: applying Catholic dogmas to one's life requires conscientiousness and goodwill. Me: Just as it should.
If the church teaches against abortion, can a practicing Catholic doctor still give counsel to a woman about doing the dirty deed?
He can only counsel her not to proceed with that process.
@@bridgefin Thanks. Interesting. I've been told the opposite from a pious, though seemingly unaware or morally at-variance doctor. Apparently, authoritatively delivered moral instruction would be in order.
@@MM22272 One cannot cooperate in evil.
@@bridgefin Great start for a homily.
If the church does not allow for divorce, can a Catholic lawyer serve as a divorce lawyer, making money off of his fellow Catholics who are divorcing each other?
Yes, while not advocating for divorces.
@@bridgefin Thanks. That sounds like a conflict of interest morally and professionally. Firms feed on billable hours.
@@MM22272 You: So build your practice on general law but handle divorces as required.
@@bridgefin That doesn't resolve the conflict of interest.
@@MM22272 Protesting a client who is going through a divorce is not necessarily cooperating with the divorce. The divorce will happen in this culture. If it can't be avoided then there still is a valid need for legal advice and action. Otherwise unjust things will occur regarding alimony, assets, children. Achieving the best solution in God's eyes in the face of un-Godly activity is virtuous. And the lawyer can advocate for an alternative solution all during the process to try to preserve the marriage.