3/19/10 c-blog, ACC. TO JEWISH LAW, IF MARY HAD BEEN UNFAITHFUL SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN STONNED TO DEATH, st. Basil: M: "...we know little about Joseph...some portray him as an old man..but nothing to suggest he was old..line of david thru Joseph Mary...around time Jesus begins his public ministry, Joseph disappears...acc to Jewish law, Mary would have been buried up to her waist in sand & stoned to death..if, in fact, she had been unfaithful to Joseph..."
2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 The Lord spoke to Nathan and said: 'Go, tell my servant David, ˜When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins and I will make his kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name And I will make his royal throne firm forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me your throne shall stand firm forever."
.Responsorial Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29  R.       (37)  The son of David will live for ever."
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit yet unwilling to expose her to shame decided to divorce her quietly Such was his intention when, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. When Joseph awoke he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. or Each year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
