December 17, 2014
Wednesday,
3rd Week of Advent
1st Reading:
Gen 49:2, 8–10
Gospel: Mt 1:1–17
This is the account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram. Aram was the father of Aminadab, Aminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon.
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.
Jesse was the father of David, the king. David was the father of Solomon. His mother had been Uriah’s wife.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Then came the kings: Abijah, Asaph, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah.
Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
After the deportation to Babylon Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel and Salathiel of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud of Eliakim, and Eliakim of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, and Akim the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and from her came Jesus who is called the Christ—the Messiah.
There were then 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.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
The three (3) sets of fourteen generations spread within the timeline between Abraham’s lifetime and the birth of Jesus shows the collective nature of humanity’s response to God’s plan of salvation. The covenant made by God to Abraham was not only a one-man’s responsibility but the responsibility of a whole generation. All of us are stewards of that covenant. Being so, we do not destroy each other. Instead, we fulfill our role of stewardship in solidarity with fellow stewards, aware that our individual actions will make ripples that will affect the community. By this we understand that even the sins that we do in private have repercussions harmful to the community at large.
It is this solidarity that compels us to strike our breast as we acknowledge that we too have contributed to the evils besetting our country today. Fittingly this season of advent is a call to repentance!—Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM . Email:dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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