3rd Week of the Advent - Saturday
17th December 2022 (Saturday) Readings and Reflection
Dear Brothers and Sisters, we are on the Saturday of 3rd Week of the Advent. Today's gospel reflection is on the theme God’s grace embraces!
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Reading of the Day
First Reading: Genesis 49:2, 8-10
2. “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.8. “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. 9. Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? 10. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Psalm 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17 (R. see 7)
Response: In his days shall justice flourish and great peace forever.
O God, give your judgment to the king,
to a king's son your justice,
that he may judge your people in justice,
and your poor in right judgment. Response
May the mountains bring forth peace for the people,
and the hills justice.
May he defend the poor of the people,
and save the children of the needy. Response
In his days shall justice flourish,
and great peace till the moon is no more.
He shall rule from sea to sea,
from the River to the bounds of the earth. Response
May his name endure forever,
his name continue like the sun.
Every tribe shall be blest in him,
all nations shall call him blessed. Response
Gospel : Matthew 1:1-17
1. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3. and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4. and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5. and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6. and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7. and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8. and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9. and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10. and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,c and Amos the father of Josiah, 11. and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12. And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,d and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13. and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14. and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15. and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16. and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. 17. So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
Daily Gospel Reflection
The Reflection by Fr. Thumma Mariadas Reddy MSFS{alertWarning}
Main Theme: God’s grace embraces!
Indicative: Our God is a living God and a life-giving God. He is ever-present and active. But for many and in the lives of many, God is not alive.{alertSuccess}
1. We reflected on the same passage the last Sunday. Our focus was on God as the God of life, and we as destined for life in eternity. Our simple reflection is God is not dead though many try to make Him dead, many try to deaden His Spirit, His presence, and action. In the life of many, God is not really alive. He does not live for them because they do not bother at all about Him.
Imperative: Let us not secularise too much heaven and eternal life also. Let us not restrict the unbounded mercy and reign of God{alertSuccess}
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