The righteous man Joseph

Joseph, a righteous man, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him.

He did something that, considering human reason, he could not obey.

How could Joseph believe the messenger of the Lord

that his fiancée Mary was pregnant with a child when she was a virgin?

How could Joseph believe the messenger of the Lord

that the child was born of the Holy Spirit?

How could Joseph believe the messenger of the Lord

that the baby was “Jesus” who had saved his people from their sins?

How could Joseph believe that the child Jesus was “Emmanuel,”

the messenger of the Lord, “God with us”?

How could Joseph wake up from his sleep and take as his wife Mary, her fiancé,

who was pregnant with baby Jesus, Immanuel, as the messenger of the Lord?

How could Joseph not sleep with Mary until she gave birth to her son?

How could Joseph give birth to a son and name him “Jesus,” as the angel of the Lord said?

Joseph, a righteous man, had faith and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him.

Without faith, he cannot do the Lord's work, which cannot be understood by human reason

(Matthew 1:19-25).