Mary and Joseph
Students may read Matthew 1:16-17 or all of verses 1-17
A woman named Mary and a man named Joseph lived in the village of Nazareth. Little did they know that unusual things were about to happen to them. Mary didn’t know that Gabriel was going to appear to her. She would learn that she had been chosen to become the mother of a very special baby. Joseph didn’t know that when he and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, they would not soon return. He would need to safely guide his little family to the faraway land of Egypt.
Discussion Questions
None of us can know what will happen in the future. What does it mean to have hope when we face the uncertain future? The reading is about the ancestry of Jesus. Why do people like to know about their own ancestry?
