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Litany on Matthew 1:1-17
for use in Year A of the Common Lectionary
Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers,
Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar).
They were wanderers and nomads,
sometimes cowardly, sometimes greedy, sometimes foolish,
trying to be faithful.
Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab,
Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon,
Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab),
Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother),
Obed had Jesse, Jesse had David, and David became king.
They were wanderers and nomads,
sometimes cowardly, sometimes greedy, sometimes foolish,
trying to be faithful.
They were slaves and runaways,
spies, traitors, and prostitutes,
enemy foreigners, business owners, and mercenaries.
David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother),
Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa,
Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah, Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz,
Ahaz had Hezekiah, Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon,
Amon had Josiah, Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers,
and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile.
They were wanderers and nomads,
sometimes cowardly, sometimes greedy, sometimes foolish,
trying to be faithful.
They were slaves and runaways,
spies, traitors, and prostitutes,
enemy foreigners, business owners, and mercenaries.
They were even rulers for a while—some better than others—
brave and cunning, but cowardly and clumsy,
faithful and wise, but adulterous and foolish,
they built God’s people into a Kingdom, and they lost it.
When the Babylonian exile ended,
Jeconiah had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel had Abiud,
Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor, Azor had Zadok,
Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud, Eliud had Eleazar,
Eleazar had Matthan, and Matthan had Jacob.
They were wanderers and nomads,
sometimes cowardly, sometimes greedy, sometimes foolish,
trying to be faithful.
They were slaves and runaways,
spies, traitors, and prostitutes,
enemy foreigners, business owners, and mercenaries.
They were even rulers for a while—some better than others—
brave and cunning, but cowardly and clumsy,
faithful and wise, but adulterous and foolish,
they built God’s people into a Kingdom, and they lost it.
They lived in exile, but God restored them,
and they rebuilt the nation,
and they cared for those in need,
and they stood up to tyrants,
and they lived quiet lives full of successes and failures.
Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband,
the Mary who gave birth to Jesus,
the Jesus who was called Christ.
They were wanderers and nomads,
sometimes cowardly, sometimes greedy, sometimes foolish,
trying to be faithful.
They were slaves and runaways,
spies, traitors, and prostitutes,
enemy foreigners, business owners, and mercenaries.
They were even rulers for a while—some better than others—
brave and cunning, but cowardly and clumsy,
faithful and wise, but adulterous and foolish,
they built God’s people into a Kingdom, and they lost it.
They lived in exile, but God restored them,
and they rebuilt the nation,
and they cared for those in need,
and they stood up to tyrants,
and they lived quiet lives full of successes and failures.
From these people, good and bad,
strong and weak,
chosen and foreign,
people just like us,
God’s Son, God’s Messiah, came. from Matthew 1:1-17, with additions