and father jonathan morris. can't tell you how grateful we are on you coming on inform this terrible times. and father, a lot of people who might not pray are praying now no doubt. >> it's a natural reaction to tragedy and at the same time people are saying of course, how could a good and powerful god allow this to happen. and god would intervene because he's all powerful. what helps me is to look at it from a different perspective and that is, why would god allow free will? and i believe it's a very simple explanation. because with that free will we have an opportunity to love and most people do it pretty well and some people unfortunately take that free will and turn it against the very people that god has loved so deeply, to create us and to give us this great gift. >> rick: rabbi, as a parent yourself of young children and i am, too, i'm still in a state of shock and i imagine people all over the country are. and how do you get past the shock and how do you begin the search for comfort in a time like this? >

stuart: joining us now from newtown, is fox news contributor, father jonathan morris.uckabee had to say, you take god out of the schools out of our so he site and this kind of things happen and what's your perspectives. >> we're a few miles away and arriving the first time with some trepidation and the comments made by governor huckabee, had a lot of truth to it, but i think couching it within the context, also, the fact that we can't say with prayer in schools this would not have happened. you know, what i think, my own personal reflection as a pastor, i'm thinking how could i have gotten to that young man or to his mother or to his family before this would have happened, before this happened, if i had lived in that town. i think the people in my own neighborhood, yes of course, there are other factors, there's mental illness, there's a broken family. there's so many things that we don't know yet, but i believe deeply when we reach out to people and help them realize how much they're loved and by showing them love, these type of things can be stopped, at least to some

jonathan morris and i will debate it tonight. >> so ann coulter was cancelled here. do you agree with that or disagree. >> definitely agree with it. >> i think her opinions are too outspoken. >> bill: fordham university saying no to ann coulter but they have allowed radical leftists to talk on campus. we sent jesse watters to find out just what is is going on. >> that's not very tolerant. i thought the university was supposed to be a place of tolerance and acceptance. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. guns, football and murder that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as you may know, kansas city chiefs football player belcher murdered the girlfriend and mother of 3 month old daughter and then committed suicide in front of his coaches. doesn't get worse than belcher used a handgun to commit his crimes there are many aspects to this case. bob costas brought one of them into the arena last night. when he quoted a kansas city sports writer named

it's the good the bad of the very very exit you asli oddly the good father jonathan morris how do you know when it's the holiday season where so-called news starts. it's investigative reporting on the so-called war on christmas in america it's twenty five days of fox news uncovering outrageous and justices like people calling christmas trees holiday trees on fox and friends this morning father morris a regular fox contributors said that fox's coverage of a war on christmas was just downright silly. if our christmas christmas is going to be all about getting upset of people who wish they could take away our christmas isn't that silly to morris also pointed out much of fox's chagrin the very few people who try to stop public expressions of faith i don't think father morris will be back on fox any time soon but kudos to him for calling out fox's latest conspiracy theory campaign the bad congressman allen west the outgoing tea party and islamophobia congressman was interviewed on n.p.r. over the weekend when asked what was next for him after his time in congress comes to an end west respo

father jonathan morris here live next. this holiday, share everything. share "not even close." me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. sharable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. >> alisyn: you are looking at prayer vigils held for the massacre. how can children and family pick up the pieces after one of the deadliest shootings in u.s. history. >> steve: we now turn to fox news religion correspondent jonathan morris who we turn to in times like this good morning. >> good morning, thank you. >> steve: what do you think. >> certainly there is no explanation that we can give to why god allows this to happen. why it did happen. we do know it's not a senseless act like we hear from so many politicians and even sometimes religious leaders it's not senseless, combination mental illness, free choice, deciding to go and do something very very bad third i think the power of evil. the power of evil when we allow ourselves or because of mental illness to get involved in our mind and in our heart of such a terrible t

father jonathan morris is a contributor and joins us now.any of us begin to make sense of this tragedy? >> if i were there, heather, my online answer would be a hug. my only answer would be to those that are suffering most deeply because there is no theological solution to this except heaven. except eternal life but that is not what these families are thinking about right now. a little bit those that were watching trying to find answers. let me tell you how i deal with this. when i look at such terrible abuses of free will like this. the first thing i do is cry. the second thing i do is to stand in awe of how much god much value the properties of freedom which is love. to value it so much he would risk a very small part of the population abusing it in way that would affect the little children, the least of these the most loved so gravely and deeply. i think god is with the families right now. he was with the children when they suffered and died and he will be with all of us as we decide to double down on love which is the only solution until

. >> eric: joining us is fox news contributor, father jonathan morris. father, how do we make sense of this, with our faith, turning to god? it's so horrific and incomprehensible. what do we do? >> closeness, as both mentioned in prayer and also in personally, being there. if i were in newtown, connecticut, right now i would not be giving an explanation. i would give a hug. the one thing that the families tragic situations always say, what got me through it was my faith and my family, those who were close to me and hugged me, even when they didn't know what to say. that's the very first beginning. >> eric: you are going on celebrate mass this mornings, what do you say to the parishioners and to the viewers right now to try to gift people who have been watching this and so emotional, some comfort and assurance of faith -- no matter what your faith is? >> my congregation's distant. i am going to get into the big topics of how can an all-loving, all-powerful god let this happen and i am going to talk about free will and abuse of free will and to discourage

joining us to explain is fox news religion contributor father jonathan morris.w you want to tell a story that was inspirational to you. but i want to start with just how important it is to understand the true meaning of christmas, especially when we're talking to our kids and maybe having a few family traditions to keep that meaning alive. >> sure. i always remember one fabulous family tradition that when we would run down the stairs to open up the presents, there is seven kids in my family, run down from the second floor to the first floor. my mom and dad would be waiting there. while we're checking out the gifts, we knew we would have to go to the crÈche. and my dad would get down on his knees and lead the family in a prayer to baby jesus. a simple tradition that took one minute. but it left a lasting impression on my heart and soul that that's the meaning of christmas. it's a man named jesus of nazareth who was god made man and came to redeem us. >> gretchen: before we could open presents on christmas eve, which is a swedish tradition, we used to have to act

>> ainsley: joining us. >> rick: joining us is "god wants you happy," father jonathan morris.crazy about getting gifts and the food and everything ready and somewhere in that, something hits us and we think, wait. what's this all about? >> i think this year for many people, i know for myself, it snuck up much faster because we were dealing with some pretty big tragedies. at least here in the northeast with sandy, with the newtown, connecticut tragedy that the whole country certainly suffered. then all of a sudden, here we are. and the readings from the scripture that so many churches throughout this country are reading today, i think is what helps us print the context. jesus is coming as the prince of peace, but then he's also coming to do his father's will. so he's born a beautiful little baby, but we know where he's destined to go. he's going to be on a cross. and when he says, i have come to do my father's will, it's for us. he's doing it for us. he knows that he is going to be dying on a cross at the hands of his own creatures. your hands and my hand. and the christmas mes

the holiday can mean so many things to so many different people and father jonathan morris joins us nows thoughts on the real meaning of christmas. father, you encounter so many people in your paeurb, people may think you are just on tv but you give several masses a day. people tell you their stories. what has touched you this christmas year. >> something that really taught me the meaning of christmas because we can all learn again on different levels. i was visiting a pa reurb they ara parishioner of mine who is dying, he is 80 years old. i asked the nurses, is there anybody here that doesn't have any family that i could visit. something that i usually do that i learned from another pastor. they said, well, there is only one person, but we are kind of hesitant, and i said that's the kind of person i want to see. and we started walking over, and as we got close to his room he saw us from afar and he started getting very violent. very violent just to see another human being coming towards him. the nurse said why don't you get a little bit closer father. i got another step to forward. whe

military academy to stop including prayer at all official>> joinin religion contributor father jonathan morrisaying and pull that up quickly, west point cadets should be able to train for service in our nation's military without having religion forced upon them. academy officials must respect the religious liberty rights of all cadets who should be free to make their own decisions about prayer without government coercion. this has been a practice at west point since george washington. >> i'm absolutely in favor of cadets not having to go under government coercion to pray. you don't have to pray. in fact, 1972, there was a court ruling saying that cadets were not-- should not be required to attend religious services, that's a very good court decision. a very different thing to say however, that no one is allowed to pray publicly at an event there at west point. i use today lead a bible study at west point. i know how religious so many of those cadets are and for them not to be able to express that or leadership able to express that, thanksgiving or christmas before meals. what we're doing is we