Father in heaven, Your Son Jesus Christ showed his love for you by serving his brothers and sisters in need. I now ask you to give me your help I serve you and your people Open my mouth to praise you in word and song. Open my ears to hear your word. Open my hand to do your work well. Take from me all evil and distracting thoughts. Help me to know what I should do and do it well. Help me to serve reverently at your Holy Altar and give you praise and glory now and for ever. Amen
Until he comes, the sceptre will not pass from Judah
Jacob called his sons and
said:
‘Gather round, sons of Jacob,
and listen;
listen to Israel your father.
Judah, your brothers shall
praise you:
you grip your enemies by the
neck,
your father’s sons shall do
you homage,
Judah is a lion cub,
you climb back, my son, from
your kill;
like a lion he crouches and
lies down,
or a lioness: who dare rouse
him?
The sceptre shall not pass
from Judah,
nor the mace from between his
feet,
until he come to whom it
belongs,
to whom the
peoples shall render obedience.’
In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon fails
The ancestry of Jesus Christ, the son of David
A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of
Abraham:
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah
was the father of Perez and Zerah, Tamar being their
mother, Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of
Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon was the
father of Boaz, Rahab being his mother, Boaz was the father of
Obed, Ruth being his mother, Obed was the father of
Jesse; and Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Solomon was
the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, Asa was the father of
Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father
of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the
father of Ahaz, Matthew 1:1-17
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