From Catholic Charities USA ... "Advent and Christmas Daily Reflections"

Friday of the Third Week of Advent

Through their shared Jewish tradition, Mary and Joseph would have known the coming Messiah would be the “righteous shoot to David” in whom “Justice shall flourish in his time.” We heard this proclaimed from the prophet Jeremiah and the Psalm.

We see in the Gospel how Joseph (from the House of David) practices human righteousness and justness before Jesus’ birth. In their first century Palestinian context, Joseph had a difficult choice about what appeared to be Mary’s morally suspect situation - one that was certainly perilous for her ...

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