1ST READING
God
will choose whomever He wants and is never beholden to human wisdom.
This is one of the truths that Israel and the Church have learned over
the past 4,000 years. We will not necessarily understand the wisdom of
God, but we need not be worried about this. With humility, let us be
content that God’s wisdom is as it is, and learn to live with the way He
works with us.
Genesis 49:2, 8-10
2 Jacob called his sons and said to them: “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen to Israel, your father. 8 “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise — your hand on the neck of your enemies; the sons of your father shall bow down to you. 9 Judah,
like a lion’s whelp, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches
like a lion recumbent, the king of beasts — who would dare rouse him? 10 The
scepter shall never depart from Judah, or the mace from between his
legs, while tribute is brought to him, and he receives the peoples’
homage.”
P S A L M
Psalm 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 17
R: Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
1 O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son; 2 He shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment. (R) 3 The mountains shall yield peace for the people, and the hills justice. 4 He shall defend the afflicted among
the people, save the children of the poor. (R) 7 Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more. 8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. (R) 17 May
his name be blessed forever; as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed; all the nations
shall proclaim his happiness. (R)
GOSPEL
The
genealogy of Jesus affirms His humanity by situating Him firmly with a
human lineage. People today are becoming more and more interested in
their lineage as it can shed light on mysteries in their lives and the
lives of their relatives. Well, Jesus is a bit out of the ordinary as He
is both divine and human and there is not much that will explain this
anomaly. As we are reminded today of Jesus’ Davidic ancestry, let us
affirm in our own hearts our commitment to Christ as our Savior and
Redeemer and be consoled by the fact that He comes from the Messianic
line of David.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge.
Matthew 1:1-17
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah
became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez
became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 4 Ram
the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 Salmon
the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of
Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, 6 Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. 8 Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. 11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. 12 After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, 15 Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. 17 Thus
the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen
generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen generations.
think: With humility, let us be content that God’s wisdom is as it is and learn to live with the way He works with us.
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