About this episode

Fr Darren Brennan discusses why Jesus allowed Joseph to die, addressing a question from a child.

Fr Darren Brennan answers a question from Matthew, aged 10, from County Antrim: why did Jesus just let Joseph die? To reach the heart of it, Fr Darren goes to the Red Sea — and what Moses’s wooden staff has in common with the wooden cross. Listen to more answers from questions of other children […]

People in this episode

Guest: Fr Darren Brennan

Topics covered

• Jesus
• Joseph
• death
• faith
• children's questions
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Sea, Moses’s wooden staff, wooden cross

Places: County Antrim

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