Ancient family trees did not bother to list women. Matthew's genealogy of Jesus lists four, and every one of them arrives ...

Jesus had a family tree. Do you know yours? A reflection for the Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent. “Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar ...

At the Christmas Vigil Mass, we take a journey through salvation history to recall once again the great gift that is the coming of Christ in the flesh. Saint Matthew, in his attempts to demonstrate ...

Scripture presents us with two genealogies of Jesus’ human ancestry. Although He is fully God, He entered the world and was born of the virgin Mary. Both her lineage and that of Joseph, with whom ...

What does it take to end racism? It starts with Jesus. The issue of race has rarely been easy for God’s people. Jesus’ friend Peter struggled to love Gentiles as much as he loved Jews. America’s ...

If you were able to design your family tree for the express purpose of accomplishing a certain goal, what type of people would you look for? I imagine you’d look for mature, responsible, ...

You can find today’s readings here. Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian ...