The genealogy of Jesus, as we learn in Matthew 1:1-17, is complicated–full of unsavory sinners, of wise and foolish kings, of virtuous and unvirtuous women. Yet it was the lineage that God chose to deliver His Son to the world. Our celebrant at today’s 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Mass opened by asking us to turn… Continue reading Simbang Gabi 2013, Day 2: The Genealogy We Choose