DATE : 17/12/2020, Thursday of the Third week of Advent Year (B)
EVENT : Mass of the Week day
COLOUR: VIOLET/PURPLE
READINGS : Gen. 49:2.8-10; Resp. Psalm 72:1-2.3-4ab.7-8.17; Matt. 1:1-17.
THEME: ANCESTRAL ORIGIN: A BLESSING OR A CURSE
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this Seventeenth day of December, I wish to reflect with us on the theme: " Ancestral Origin: A Blessing or a Curse". Beloved, I believe that due to no fault of ours, many of us cannot trace our ancestral origin more than four generations. Apart from the limitation of undocumented history, many of us do not judge it as important, hence, we are not interested in knowing who our ancestors were, what prophecies were made upon their generation and what blood covenant was made such that any child born in the lineage automatically becomes initiated and carries a spell. Most of us do not care to know what mistakes our ancestors made that may be affecting us. Furthermore, it is pitiable to see that most modern Christians instead of sanctifying their so called "pagan" genealogy, have chosen to deny or cut off themselves abruptly from their roots which they perceive as evil.
Beloved in today's Gospel passage, St. Matthew, presents us with the genealogy of Jesus. This is to show the importance of knowing and sustaining our ancestral lineage. Now, a key factor in this genealogy is that Jesus' ancestral origin is not a perfect one. There were holy men like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David, as well as people of questionable character like Tamar, Rahab and Ahaz. Yet, Jesus came from this ancestral origin and still fulfilled his destiny. He did not reject his ancestors, he did not cut off ties with them, he did not exorcise himself from them, Instead, he purified it and even associated himself with one of them who was adulterous, David. Thus the name, JESUS, SON OF DAVID.
Child of God, As Christians, we are not meant to distance or cut off ourselves from our genealogy. Anybody telling you to do so is misleading you because Christianity is not opposed to culture, genealogy and history. Rather, we are called to know and be interested in our ancestral origin; to know where our ancestors came from, to know what prophecies, promises or curses were placed upon their heirs. And most importantly, through our Christian baptism, we are called to sanctify our genealogy, to connect it to the Divine origin and to present it before the throne of God, that He may purify us from the ungodly initiation made on our behalf, and help us to fulfill our destiny. We are also meant to pray for the grace to sustain our ancestral bloodline and to be reunited with them in heaven, when our stay on earth is over. Beloved friends, instead of investing much energy in breaking and destroying your ancestral lineage, why not invest your energy in getting to know your origin and ask God to sanctify it for you.
Do not be afraid for you will be remembered in my priestly prayers throughout this month. God bless you
#End Sars,
#End Political Oppression
#End Bad Governance
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8)
LET US PRAY :Lord Jesus, I invite you to be the ruler of my life and the king of my lineage. May there be nothing in my genealogy to hinder me from doing your will always.
The Lord be with you....... and with your Spirit.
May Almighty God bless you the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit......Amen
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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