Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Even if we assume that Joseph was happy with the prospect of being a foster father to this future savior of his people, things did not work out very well. In fact, just about everything was botched up.
John J. Pilch
Given the very nosey nature of Mediterranean village life, the separation of men from women, and the fact that the betrothed couple were not yet living together, Joseph may have been among the last to learn of Mary’s pregnancy.
Mary gave birth to her firstborn son, the child of her own flesh and blood. She brought forth the God who had been born of God before creation began.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Here is a good Jewish man engaged to be married, and he learns that his bride has become pregnant before they have come together.
Reginald H. Fuller
It is remarkable that both Matthew and Luke, whose infancy stories are in most aspects poles apart from one another, agree that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.