December 17, Friday THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT The liturgical readings of today call our attention to Christ in his human reality: human like us in everything – except for sin, clarifies St. Paul – a descendant of sinners, who, as Church Fathers stress, are even singled out in Matthew’s family tree of Christ. He […]
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Reflection: Matthew 1:1-17 The Gospel presents the Family Tree of Jesus, mentioning names which are not so familiar. Who are all these people? 42 names of ancestors of Jesus are mentioned in the extensive genealogy of Jesus. While a few of those names are well known biblical names—Abraham and Isaac, David the king, Solomon, Joseph […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT Jesus Christ, “Son of Man” Introduction The liturgical readings of today call our attention to Christ in his human reality: human like us in everything – except for sin, clarifies St. Paul – a descendant of sinners, who, as Church Fathers stress, are even singled out […]