Gospel of March 19, 2021 and the pope's comment

Gospel of March 19, 2021, Pope francesco: these words already contain the mission that God entrusts to Joseph. That of being a keeper. Joseph is the "guardian", because he knows how to listen to God, he lets himself be guided by his will. Precisely for this reason he is even more sensitive to the people entrusted to him. He knows how to read events with realism, is attentive to his surroundings, and knows how to make the wisest decisions. In him, dear friends, we see how one responds to God's vocation. With availability, with readiness, but we also see what the center of the Christian vocation is: Christ! Let us guard Christ in our life, to guard others, to guard creation! (Holy Mass Homily - March 19, 2013)

First Reading From the second book of Samuèle 2Sam 7,4-5.12-14.16 In those days, address this word of the Lord to Nathan: "Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord:" When your days are fulfilled and you you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up one of your descendants after you, who has come out of your womb, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house in my name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom will be steadfast before you forever, your throne will be made stable forever. "

Gospel of the day March 19, 2021: according to Matthew

Second reading From the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans Romans 4,13.16: 18.22-XNUMX Brothers, not by virtue of the Law given to Abraham, or to his descendants, the promise to become heir of the world, but by virtue of the justice that comes from faith. Heirs therefore become heirs by virtue of faith, so that he may be according to grace, and in this way the promise is sure for all the descendants: not only for that which derives from the Law, but also for that which derives from the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us - as it is written: "I have made you father of many peoples "- before the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. He believed, steadfast in hope against all hope, and thus became the father of many peoples, as he had been told: "So shall your descendants be". That's why I credited him as justice.

From Gospel according to Matthew Mt 1,16.18-21.24 Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, called Christ. Thus was Jesus Christ born: his mother Mary, being betrothed to Joseph, before they went to live together she was found pregnant by the work of the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to accuse her publicly, decided to divorce her in secret. But while he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said to him, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your bride with you. In fact the child that is generated in her comes from the Holy Spirit; she will give birth to a son and you will call him Jesus: in fact he will save his people from their sins ”. When he awoke from sleep, Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him.