Today's Meditation: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
Do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. (Matthew 1:20)
Bewilderment, grief, fear. What a mix of emotions Joseph must have felt the day he realized that Mary, his betrothed, was pregnant! After deciding to divorce her quietly, Joseph fell into a fitful sleep. But then in a dream, an angel told him,… More »
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