Gospel
Matthew 1:18-23
How Jesus Christ came to be born
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 him Emmanuel,
a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’
Reflection
A baby that was conceived by the Holy Spirit of God, inside an earthly mother, producing on earth the Son of God. The product of this miraculous union is Jesus Christ, the God/Man who became our Savior.
He was fully Man: a baby that His mother could be “with child” with, and gave birth to like one would any other baby.
but He was also fully God; conceived “by the Holy Spirit.” How did is your faith that Christ is fully God and man?
Let us pray
I trust you Lord and I believe that you are guiding me. Your word says that you will give me my next steps consistently, but my heart wavers at time. Strengthen me as I take this step of faith towards the plans that you have for me! In Jesus' name,
Amen
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