September 8,
2015
The Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast
But you, you,
Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall
come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel ; Whose origin is from of
old, from ancient times.
(Therefore the
Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne,
And the rest of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.)
He shall stand
firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name
of the LORD, his God; And they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach
to the ends of the earth; he shall be peace.
Though I trusted
in your mercy, let my heart rejoice in your salvation. Let me sing of the LORD,
“He has been good to me.”
The Book of the
genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham became
the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and
his brothers.
Judah became the
father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.
Perez became the father of
Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab became
the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 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, Jesse the father of David the king.
David
became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
Solomon became
the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of
Asaph.
Asaph became the
father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of
Uzziah.
Uzziah became
the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah became
the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah.
Josiah became
the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile.
After the
Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father
of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.
Abiud became the father of
Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the
father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the
father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the
Messiah.
Now this is how
the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to
Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the
holy Spirit.
Joseph her
husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his
intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and
said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into
your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived
in her.
She will bear a
son and you are to name him Jesus, because He will save his people from their
sins."
All this took
place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means "God is with us."
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I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.
And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
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