St. Paul's Academy for Communication and Education

18
December
Sunday Homily - Syro Malabar Church
Fr. Sebastian Mulooparambil CMI
WORD
of
GOD
Matthew 1:18-24
God's intervention in Birth of Jesus
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an 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 what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
Be Inspired
God made us in the way of an artist, shaping the mud from the earth... He created us not only with his words but with his hands and his breath, as if to say that the whole being of God is involved in giving life to the human being.
POPE​
Spoke
