DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
God’s Plans: In today’s Gospel, we reflect on how Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, came to be incarnated in the womb of Mary. Ponder on, “God has a personal dream for us to live a fulfilling life, that is filled with the joy and consolations of God’s Will. Are we experiencing such abundant blessings?”
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 spoken by the Lord through the prophet: The virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son and they will call Immanuel, a name which means ‘God is with us’.