Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

All the Holy Ancestors of Jesus Christ Read more

All the Holy Ancestors of Jesus Christ

Today, December 24, is the day on which we commemorate all the holy ancestors of Jeus Christ. The New Testament has preserved two different genealogies of Our Lord, in Matthew 1; and Luke 3. Saint Matthew's list is divided artificially into three equal parts of 14 names each, with several intentional omissions: from Abraham the father of the chosen people to David the king, to whose...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 4
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