[Grem] Advent 3. hétfője szentmiséje igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel records the genealogy of Jesus. It was desperately
important for Matthew to show that Jesus didn’t just appear out of the
blue. Rather, he came out of a rich, densely textured history. St. Irenaeus
tells us that the Incarnation had been taking place over a long period of
time, with God gradually accustoming himself to the human race. Look at
this long line of characters: saints, sinners, cheats, prostitutes,
murderers, poets, kings, insiders, and outsiders—all leading to the Christ.
Of course, King David is mentioned. He was, without doubt, a great figure,
the king who united the nation. But he was also an adulterer and a
murderer. From this long line of the great and not-so-great, the prominent
and obscure, saints and sinners, and kings and paupers came "Jesus who is
called the Messiah." God became one of us, in all of our grace and
embarrassment, in all of our beauty and ordinariness. God had a series of
human ancestors, and, like most families, they were kind of a mixed bag.
And what good news this is for us! It means that God can bring the Christ
to birth even in people like us. *
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