Liturgical Colour : Violet

Sequentia Sancti Evangelii secundum Matthaeum – Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew

Matthew 1 : 18-21

Cum esset desponsata Mater Jesu Maria Joseph, antequam convenirent, inventa est in utero habens de Spiritu Sancto. Joseph autem, vir ejus, cum esset justus et nollet eam traducere, voluit occulte dimittere eam.

Haec autem eo cogitante, ecce, Angelus Domini apparuit in somnis ei, dicens : Joseph, fili David, noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam : quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est. Pariet autem filium, et vocabis Nomen Ejus Jesum : ipse enim salvum faciet populum Suum a peccatis eorum.

English translation

When Mary, the mother of Jesus, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with Child of the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to publicly expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto you Mary as your wife, for He Who is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His Name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.”