Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25
Today we also celebrate the Rememberance of the Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, Hagia Sophia at Constantinople
Ping
That’s beautiful.
(The Midwestern White People Choir - my family - is doing “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” in Spanish at St. Luke’s Redneck Catholic Party Barn today :-).
Matthew
Chapter 1
- 1
- 1 2 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
- 3 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, 4 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 Messiah.
- 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 Messiah, fourteen generations. 5
Sigh. Maybe someday again...