Today makes the beginning of a deeper journey into the Advent season.
The nine days before Christmas is a time to enter into the mystery of the Incarnation, the Word made flesh.
The gospel passage is about the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
It begins with Abraham and ends with Joseph, the husband of Mary, of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
In short, the genealogy recalls the people in the history of salvation whom God calls to fulfil His plan.
In that list of people, it was like a tapestry of characters, with some who were faithful, and yet there were others who make us wonder why they were even mentioned.
But the genealogy shows us that God can make it straight even when the line is crooked.
It also shows that God came into humanity in all its weakness and brokenness, so as to seek and save what was lost.
But even that does not fully explain the great mystery of the Incarnation, and why God chose to become man in the person of Jesus Christ.
As we enter deeper into the season of Advent, let us also be filled with the spirit of Advent and give thanks to God for His great saving love for us.