THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER 2020
Matthew 1, 1-17:
“And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
Today’s Gospel wants to show us that Jesus is fully human.
Like everyone else, he has a genealogy. Generations follow one another until they reach the direct ancestors of Jesus.
Jesus Christ is one of us. He wanted to become flesh, to become man and to pitch his tent in our midst.
He placed his arrival in a village, a family, a time and a place. Nothing that is authentically human was foreign to him. Nothing that is authentically human is indifferent to him.
Ask the Lord that you too feel very human. Let nothing that people live, suffer and hope for be indifferent to you.
May you have a heart of flesh that is attuned to everything that concerns the human being. Become incarnate in your world to save it.
Good day.
Antonio Maria Sanjuan Marin, cmf
