i want to bring in father jonathan morris, fox news analyst, for a moment if he's standing by and watchinghis too. ♪ >> i am, harris. >> what are your thoughts right now. i know the pope had things he specifically wanted to focus on. >> well, this is, obviously, the high point of these days. this is the midnight mass celebrating the birth of jesus and so you can expect, because it's pope francis, that he might go off script a little bit, but the main part of the script will be very simply that god is with us, that god sent his only son so that we might have life and have life in abundance through redemption. >> we're going to keep you with us as we cover this right after the break. father morris, sit by. and we will watch this as it's happening. beautiful. j and we rejoin now the christmas eve service, the mass that the pope is celebrating right now in vatican city. this is st. peter's basilica in the vatty van and -- vatican and moments ago we were listening and have father morris sitting by and talking about the homily in terms that message the pope might have. father jonathan, you're st

let's ask jonathan morris.elcome to the program. >> hey, thank you very much. >> hillary clinton says respect your enemies. that's a very christian thing, isn't it? >> it depends on what she means by your enemy. when a country has an enemy, it's a military enemy. how do you respect to a military enemy -- stuart: i'm going to to say she's referring to isis or islamic terrorists. i think that's who she's referring to. >> the best way to respect them is to tell them that you'll stop them, and if they don't stop, to do whatever you have to do to stop them and protect the innocent. i'm not exactly sure what she meant by empathizing with your enemies. maybe she he's not dialogue. we're not rushing to military action, we're actually dialoguing with people. that's a good thing. stuart: maybe she was taking the part of an antiwar christian and saying that we must look at our enemies and empathize with them. and, frankly, i don't want want to to say this, trying to co-op the christian vote. >> at georgetown university sa

>> and jonathan morris will weigh in on this as one lucky guy and he is in the middle. >> that is onescinating hour. only 14 minutes away and we will see crow -- you -- then. >>> the dow is up 43, stocks slightly hire on this trading day as the dow record soared past the 18,000 mark after the jobless claim falling to 180,000. but can we look forward to more gains in the new year or a major correction? steven moore is here. thank for being here. that is the question of the day. things are looking good but what about next year? >> things are looking really good. you look at the gdp with 5% economic growth and we have not seen that in 11 years. i contribute that to the shell and oil and gas increase and we are seeing the decline in gas prices. it looks good. we have record-low interest rates. inflation that is running in the 1-2 percent range and it stock market on a terror and i do believe this can continue into 2015. >> a lot of people are very happy to hear that. there is going to be a lot of celebrating on new year's eve if people believe that. the number of americans applying for un

christmas, accusing vatican of spiritual alzheimer's, joining us, fox news contributor father jonathan morrise you. >> hello lou. lou: the pope, lit us understand this. he goes after the people that are is upy o supposed to be opee church, following his orders and directions. has there been a disconnect? >> he meets annual we department heads and gives a public very public discourse to them anywhere we need to go. now, most of the discourses that pope said given to their department heads have gone unnoticed. you know, we need to be better, we need to do good, love the poor. hophopepope francis gave a 15-pt discourse on the way in which not just they, but he said he, we, need to change. 15-points. i think these are points that when we read them, we could say, actually all of us need to improve in all of them. >> there are those, i am sure many people watching and listening to us, who are eig -- either executives or managers or leaders, are consum consultantsy perhaps to the pope, you know 15 is a bit many, most people cannot focus but on a handful stkwhrao andl. >> and 3 days before christmas.

joe is back and today's #oneluckyguy father jonathan morris, author of the way of serenity.ou're "outnumbered." merry christmas. >> i do not feel "outnumbered" at all. i have four sisters. this is like being at home. >> you said as andrea was introducing you, who would have thunk it? >> who would have thunk it. when i left for the seminary, the school you go to study to become a priest. >> we got it. >> my sister was crying the day before i left. she never cried when i was growing up and she was beating up on me. she said, we're never going to see from you again. never hear from you again. oh, my gosh, turn the tv off. we had too much. you never know how life will turn out. i'm so blessed be here on christmas. everyone of these news items always has some ethical, social issue, element or angle. >> we're blasted to have you, father. your sister will have to get over it. got you for another 58 minutes. >> amen. >> new york city police on high alert after reportedly getting a tip about a gang plot to shoot up two nypd steakhouses where two of the city's finest were ambushed las

father jonathan morris is with us right after the break. ♪ >> starting with an outperform her.28. another order. also, the wearable cameras. of about 8%. ♪ six teen a quick check. missile defense systems. the stock is up almost 3%. church services in new york city. fox news contributor. father morris, i have to tell you something. i am looking at a gallop poll here. it goes against everything i have been reading. god created humans. 42%. down from 46%. it feels like the trajectories are going in the wrong way, if you believe in god. >> sometimes those questions creates more problems than anything. i am okay with evolution. that dries completely with the bible. sometimes -- you are right, at the same time, among young people, on a sunday night i have about 300 people coming to mass. people who were coming because they are tired of the emptiness. the nothingness that secular culture present. >> is it also the fact that the students are facing tough times? >> we think about yesterday, st. patrick's cathedral in the midst of this tension, where did people go? the mayor himself with

father jonathan morris is here with revelations of his own.is that true that a lot of spiritual leaders doubt the existence of god from time to time? >> definitely. i remember pope benedict, he said what unites in humanity is our doubt. isn't that interesting? as human beings we'll never have perfect faith and have a limited intellect. certainly i have moments of doubt. i can't say i'm doubting the existence of god but doubt, gosh, what is it going to look like? what is heaven going to look like? i'm not sure how this is going to work out, things like that. >> a lot of people doubt the conduct of god. i believe in a wonderful, beautiful god. why is god doing this to my and my family? whether it's the untimely death or illness or financial misfortune? do you see that with people? >> i do all the time. i wrote a book a while back called "the promise." most of the suffering is self-inflicted. most of the suffering in my life is bad decisions i have made or bad decisions others made that affects my life. that's free will. but yes, peter, no doubt,

jonathan morris, always good to have you. thank you. this coming up, sorry? not sorry? the st.ice say the rams apologized during this protest but the team is telling a dinner story. what is going on there? we're going to look into it. this boy scout is more than prepared. he went above and beyond to earn all 135 merit badges. he joins us live to talk about that rare feat next. good morning. first we're going to wish happy birthday to green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers. he is 31 years old today. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm angela, and i quit smoking with chantix. people who know me, they say 'i never thought you would quit.' but chantix helped me do it. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it gave me the power to overcome the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about an

joining us is fox news contributor father jonathan morris.g on, anyone be beheaded, whether american journalists or british journalists, but then you hear children. >> four children under the age of 15 who are being asked, do you denounce jesus? supposedly if they say yes, then they are let go. and first of all, something to celebrate, these children loved god enough to say i'm not going to betray my faith. and they die. it's tragic, it's also in my opinion, a beautiful sign of love and faith that helps me want to be a better man, to be a better follower of jesus. but what i would love to see is our president and other leaders stand up, international leaders, and keep reminding us of what's going on. it goes in waves. you hear it for about two or three days when there's enough outrage coming from the people. but how about leadership to say, this is what we need to continue to do as an international community? instead of just sitting back to let us get the news from other people like the leader of the anglican church in this case. >> but you s

first, father jonathan morris is here with a special message about the true meaning of christmas. >>our mouth healthy too. remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isn't. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. >> y cstmas aelcome >>> merry christmas and welcome to the second hour of fox and friends christmas. thank you for have us into your home with you. >> we still have so much more lined up. for example, singer an a opera's super star renee fleming is here as well. >> a super star. >> i agree. >> all of your favorite fox news channel friends and of course, santa claus. >> we have more of the hilarious christmas videos you have been sending us. >> first we want to give a special shoutout to all of america's service men and women who can't be home for christmas. thank you for defending our freedom. >> let's get this hour started with music. the young people's chorus of new york city performing wow we need a little christmas." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ note ♪ ♪ [applause] >> those kids are great, and you know, it's kids that make the season so magi

and for that we turn to father jonathan morris. to us. and it goes like this. here's another chance. here's another chance. and it's not a chance that you have to get right perfectly on your own but rather i as god am going to come in the form of a little baby. and i am going to take your place, to die for you so that you might have life. does that make sense? >> it does. and there's an innocence about children too. you can see christmas in their eyes and see the wonder and the joy that i get to see that now. and the second chance you get to see through your children's eyes. >> clayton if you could think of any way that god could possibly come and give us that second chance, that would be acceptable to us how about coming in the form of a baby? >> sure. >> a baby who doesn't stand in judgment over you and say if you don't do this i'm going to get you, but rather a baby who just begs to be cuddled, to be held. >> i love that. >> and what about for those people who say hey we've lost that vision, we've lost that idea. it's about sant

and for that we turn to father jonathan morris.he fact you would also have me on a day like this. and not tell me what to say, but to say whatever you tell me say whatever you believe. and i believe that the message is christmas for everyone. i believe we've all fallen short. that leaves a divide between us and god in our own merits we could never ever fix. and the message of christmas is from god to us. and it goes like this. here's another chance. here's another chance. and it's not a chance that you have to get right perfectly on your own, but rather i as god am going to come in the form of a little baby. and i am going to take your place, to die for you so that you might have life. does that make sense? >> it does. and there's an innocence about children too. you can see christmas in their eyes and see the wonder and the joy that i get to see that now. and the second chance you get to see through your children's eyes. >> clayton, if you could think of any way that god could possibly come and give us that second chance, that wou

. >>> and joining us next, father jonathan morris who is here with an important message this christmas america's heros. u2wñ >>> good morning. merry christmas. i want to get you up to speed on news headlines. former president george h.w. bush waking up in a houston hospital on this christmas. but doctors are staying positive, saying he had a, quote, good day yesterday. the 90-year-old was rushed to the hospital late tuesday night after having trouble breathing. president bush hadcé parkinson, which keeps him in a wheelchair. >>> the show must go on. today this movie opens. the small theaters are playing the film and they're already reporting that shows are sold out throughout the day. a movie house in vermont even getting patriotic, giving away free popcorn to anybody who brings in a copy of the constitution. >>> and in maryland, cinemas will give away 1,000 american flags. the ceo of that theater will join us live at 20 past. >>> santa claus is a man of many talents and he can apparently pilot more than just a sleigh. the ever popular water skiing santa. he took some big time before

. >> joining with us more on this is father jonathan morris, fox news religion contributor. jonathan, so nice to see you. >> merry christmas to you. hard to say merry christmas when you know there is so much suffering. we saw pope francis choking up. leah: on his heart and mind christians being persecuted. he there are clearly those being persecuted around the world but pointed to those in the middle east. >> he made a call to refugee camp and spoke to a large number there. keep in mind refugees, coming now from syria and iraq, many of them have been on the run for a very long time. and there is, over 1.2 million refugees in jordan, the country of jordan alone. they're in refugee camps. leland, you have been in that part of the word a lot. you know what it is like. the fact these people on christmas day, are persecuted precisely because they believe deeply in the baby. >> is right? leland: they are on the run, facing horrible violence. as you look back in history is the persecution of christians worse than ever, or simply worse because we now know about it? >> the first centu

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