December 25, 2025 Matthew 1: 18-25 Christmastide: Vigil Mass: Contemplate the Words of Scripture… Let us go, quietly, reverently towards the threshold of this great mystery- our Good God fleshing God’s very self into our humanity. Take a moment- breathe in this almost unimaginable free and undeserved gift… That our God would choose the vulnerability, the dependence of a baby. Born to a young woman in a country ruled by an oppressor. What a mystery. Matthew 1: 18-25 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people […]