The Way of Mary: Bethlehem

 Good Wednesday morning, good pilgrims of The Way of Mary. We seem to have arrived in Bethlehem to find a Palestinian infant, wrapped in bands of a Keffiyeh on the first day of Hanukkah amid the ravages and rubble of war. All things considered, the infant and his parents are doing well. And now, it's over to us.

Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukka!

An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ
descendent of Abraham,
and son of Mary the daughter of Anna:

Sarah was the mother of Isaac;
Rebekah was the mother of Jacob.
Leah was the mother of Judah;
Tamar was the mother of Perez.

The names of the mothers of Hezron, Ram
Amminadab, Nahshon, and Salmon have
been lost.

Rahab was the mother of Boaz;
Ruth was the mother of Obed.
Obed’s wife, whose name is unknown, bore
Jesse;
the wife of Jesse was the mother of David.

Bathsheba was the mother of Solomon;
Naamah, the Ammonite,
was the mother of Rehoboam.

Maacha was the mother of Abijam
and the grandmother of Asa..
Azubah was the mother of Jehoshaphat;
the name of Jehoram’s mother is unknown.

Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah;
Zibiah of Beersheba was the mother of
Joash.

Jocoliah of Jerusalem bore Uzziah;
Jerusha bore Jotham;
Ahaz’s mother is unknown.

Abi was the mother of Hezekiah;
Hephzibah was the mother of Manasseh.
Meshullemeth was the mother of Amon;
Jedidah was the mother of Josiah.

Zebidah was the mother of Jehoiachin;
Hamutal was the mother of Zedekiah.

Then the deportation to Babylon took place.

After the deportation to Babylon,
The names of the mothers go unrecorded.

These are their sons: Jechoniah, Shealtiel,
Zeurubbabel, Abiud, Elliakim, Azor
and Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan,
Jacob,
and Joseph, the husband of Mary.

Of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.

Written by Ann Patrick Ware.
Published in Frank Henderson’s “Remembering the Women”

Oh, and a reminder: If you buy one of those Advent calendars the day after Christmas when they are heavily discounted, you can count down 25 days until the inauguration with chocolate, which might make it a bit easier.

Wait a minute. No, it won't. Never mind.

I hope something good happens to you today.

Bom dia!