Nativity

of Mary
September 8
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, the Nativity of Mary,
the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin
Mary, refers to a Christian feast day
celebrating the birth of Mary, mother
of Jesus.
What is the History?
In the case of saints, the Church commemorates
their date of death, with Saint John the Baptist and
the Virgin Mary as the few whose birth dates are
commemorated. The reason for this is found in the
singular mission each had in salvation history,[3] but
traditionally also because these alone were holy in
their very birth (for Mary, see Immaculate
Conception; John was sanctified in Saint
Elizabeth's womb according to the traditional
interpretation of Luke 1:15).
The earliest document commemorating
Marymas comes from a hymn written in the
sixth century. The feast may have originated
somewhere in Syria or Palestine in the
beginning of the sixth century, when after
the Council of Ephesus, the cult of the Mother
of God was greatly intensified, especially in
Syria.
The scene was frequently depicted in
art, as part of cycles of the Life of the
Virgin Mary. Medieval depictions of
Mary in infancy often include her birth
by Saint Anne. In late medieval
depictions the setting was often in a
wealthy household.
The Genealogy of Jesus
 Mt 1:1-17

1This is the account of the genealogy

of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of
Abraham
2Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob
Jacob the father of Judah and his
brothers.
3 Judah was the father of Perez and
Zerah (their mother was Tamar),
Perez was the father of Hezron, and
Hezron of Aram.
4 Aram was the father of Aminadab,
Aminadab of Nahshon,
Nahshon of Salmon.
5 Salmon was the father of Boaz.
His mother was Rahab.
Boaz was the father of Obed.
His mother was Ruth.
Obed was the father of Jesse.
6 Jesse was the father of David,
the king.
David was the father of Solomon. His
mother had been Uriah’s wife.
7 Solomon was the father of
Rehoboam.
Then came the kings:
Abijah, Asaph
8 Jehoshapat, Joram, Uzziah,
9 Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah,
10 Manasseh, Amon, Josiah.
11 Josiah was the father of Jechoniah
and his brothers at the time of the
deportation to Babylon.
12 After the deportation to Babylon,
Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel
And Salathiel of Zerubabel.
13 Zerubabel was the father of Abiud,
Abiud of Eliakim, and Eliakim of Azor
14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok
the father of Akim, and the father of
Eliud.
15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar,
Ealeazar of Matthan, and Matthan of
Jacob.
16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the
husband of Mary, and from her came
Jesus who is called the Christ-the
Messiah.
17 There were the fourteen
generations in all from Abraham to
David, and fourteen generations from
David to the deportation to Babylon,
and fourteen generations from the
deportation to Babylon to the birth of
Christ.