[Grem] A mai adventi szentmise igéi / BOCSÁNAT ELALUDTAM!

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today we read the opening lines of Matthew’s Gospel—the first
words that one reads in the New Testament. They are a listing of the
genealogy of Jesus, the forty-two generations that stretch from Abraham to
Christ. If the Word truly dwelt among us, then he was part of a family
that, like most, was fairly dysfunctional—a mix of the good and bad. And
this is such good news for us.Let me highlight just two figures from Jesus’
family. First, Ruth, who was not an Israelite but rather a Moabite, a
foreigner. Some of you reading this feel like outsiders, not part of the
"in" crowd, looked at askance by others. *Well,



*the Messiah came forth from Ruth the foreigner and was pleased to be her
relative.Then there is Rahab, a prostitute living and working in Jericho.
Are there people reading these words who feel like Rahab? Who think that
their whole lives have been sunk in sin? Well, the Messiah came forth from
Rahab the prostitute, and he was pleased to be her relative. *

*The good news of Christmas is that God himself pushed into the
dysfunctional and ambiguous of man.  *


*Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké! Ámen.*
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