Today's Gospel 8 September 2020 with the words of Pope Francis

READING OF THE DAY
From the book of the prophet Micah
I 5,1-4a

And you, Bethlehem of Efrata,
so small to be among the villages of Judah,
it will come out of you for me
the one who is to be the ruler in Israel;
its origins are from antiquity,
from the most remote days.

Therefore God will put them in the power of others
until the one who is to give birth will give birth;
and the rest of your brothers will return to the children of Israel.
He will rise up and feed with the strength of the Lord,
with the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
They will live safely, because then he will be great
to the ends of the earth.
He himself will be peace!

GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Matthew
Mt 1,1-16.18-23

Genealogy of Jesus Christ son of David, son of Abraham.

Abraham the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah the father of Fares and Zara from Tamar, Fares the father of Esrom, Esrom the father of Aram, Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Naasson, Naassòn the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz of Racab, Booz he begat Obed from Ruth, Obed begat Jesse, Jesse begat king David.

David the father of Solomon from Uriah's wife, Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abia, Abiaa the father of Asaph, Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Ozìa, Ozia the father of Ioatam, Ioatham the father of Hezek Ahaz, Ahazias the father He was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah, Josiah the father of Jeconia and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

After the deportation to Babylon, Ieconia begat Salatiel, Salatiel begat Zorobabel, Zorobabel begat Abiùd, Abiùd begat Eliachim, Eliachim begat Azor, Azor begat Sadoc, Sadoc begat Achim, Achim begat Eliùd, Eliùd begat Eliùd, Eleazar generated Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, called Christ.

This is how Jesus Christ was generated: 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 just man and did not want to accuse her publicly, thought of divorcing 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: for he will save his people from their sins. "

All this took place so that what was said by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: "Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son: he will be given the name of Emmanuel", which means God with us.

WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
It is God who "comes down", it is the Lord who reveals himself, it is God who saves. And Emmanuel, the God-with-us, fulfills the promise of mutual belonging between the Lord and humanity, in the sign of an incarnate and merciful love that gives life in abundance. (Homily in the Eucharistic celebration on the occasion of the anniversary of the visit to Lampedusa, 8 July 2019)