DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
Mary, Mother of Emmanuel: In today’s Gospel episode, God’s Plan of Salvation was fulfilled through Mary’s fidelity to the Father’s Will. She give birth to Jesus, the Messiah, through the Holy Spirit. Ponder on, “Mary is God’s most precious, humble and faithful servant. Do we relate to her as our dearest Mother with love?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 1:18-23
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally.
He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’
Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet:: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’.