Today we had the reading from Matthew of the geneology of Jesus. You remember so and so "begot" so and so....and on to name 42, I believe.
If we want to feel ok and be at peace with our mixed-up, dysfunctional family, just review or study Jesus' dysfunctional family tree.
Is it not consoling that Jesus would choose real "human" fallible and quite the characters-some of them? He does not come from a "perfect" background.
James Wallace, CSsR, in his reflection in "Give Us This Day" writes "Matthew's listing links Jesus with the world of Chosen People Israel and the world of the Gentiles, reminding us he came for all. His family, like most families, was a mess, a mix of saints and sinners, brokenness and fidelity, shame and glory. Into this clan came the savior, as he continues to come, yesterday, today, and always."
Are you keeping alert these Advent days to this coming?
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