Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Genealogies are my favorite part of the Bible!” said no one ever. Devotionals usually skip them, for it can be hard to tease out ...

There’s a passage of Scripture that I had never preached on or led a Bible study on until recently, because I thought it was uninteresting, unhelpful and unimportant. Its Jesus’ genealogy from Matthew ...

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 Eve vigil Mass, ask your pastor to read all 25 verses in Matthew's Gospel rather than using the shorter form that skips over the genealogy. I know proclaiming Matthew's genealogy can ...

I always wonder what the priest is going to do at Mass on the third Tuesday of Advent. On this day, every priest is faced with a most daunting Advent task: to preach on the long genealogy of Jesus at ...

Our generation has witnessed a new and compelling interest in the study of genealogy. Perhaps this is because every five years more than twenty percent of us move. Now you can go to a department store ...