Emmanuel

Sunday December 18th Luke 1 : 26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. When we trace the lineage of Jesus back to David we honor the traditions of humanity. God chose a slightly different route, Mary, whose lineage is not counted as going back through David. Jesus’ greatness comes from God. Just like today, all attempts to corral or control Jesus fail. From the very beginning of the birth of Jesus, God’s plan was God’s plan and had nothing to do with humanities grasp at greatness. Books like “The DaVinci code” and “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” attempt to bring Jesus down to a purely human level. Others attempt to make Jesus so Holy so as to strip all humanity from him. What came from Mary was a gift from God, and a gift for us. Emmanuel, God with us.