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Names of scam accounts

A post compiling assorted names from scammers running medical,vet bills,and insulin scams, and more. All names listed here have been recorded from confirmed scam accounts, often hidden in multicolored text. These names are likely stolen off real people who are now being impersonated. Please make sure you haven’t sent money to these names from accounts that are relatively new. These may also appear in other scams.

This update is a WIP so it will regularly update.

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Lucymkira | Steve mwit | AGNES KEBWARO | Mwanasiti Heri | Stella Sipeto | sophia magubo | Martin Gomba | Sarah Migiro | Luciana | A'lycia Thorn-ton | Jessica mathew | Edina sirikale | Bitita Nyaata | Luciamkir | Sophia Magubo | Stev'en mwi'ta | JACKLINE JACKSON |

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Names used in scams pretending to be in Palestine:

Rawan Abu'M (this name is impersonating a real person from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | maryline Otieno | Nicholas Ochieng | Jeff Owino | Grahy Marwa | Taheera Abdallah | Gloria Naomi | Amisi Twaleh | Salima Abdallah | Aisha Mahmood | Remmy Cheptau | Newton ombogo | Godwin Okoth | AHMED SHIMBIR | Wafula Valentine | Rahwan AbdiMahady (same reason as the above; Impersonating a name from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | Nada'r Ab hussein | DIANA MUTENYO | Hakim Malfadho | Leila Rajab | Elizabeth Omasete | George Ochieng | Cecil Wangila | Leila Rajab | Emmily Kimesis | hezron onyango | christine wambura | princereinhard baraka | Iyvon Wabuyele | Wafula Valentine | Raobh Tingo | Sophia Magubo | Sharon Opiyo | Nada,r Ab'r Hus'sein | Jared Orwa | Zalka Yusuf | Khriytine wambura | Ann Stephen | Niva Wangila | Dorine nanjala | Taheera Mohammed | Dorine nanjala | Jastus Kimanzi | Paul Sila | Sussy Wamela | Mwanasiti Heri | Emily Mwelu | Hakim Abdi | Rasher Onchweri | Purity Sikuku | DIANA MUTENYO | Margaret Opiyo | Janeursular Mumali | Jane Majuma | Fred Odhiambo

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Matthew | Your Faith Is My Faith | Romantic

Your grandfather has tasked you with the transaction of his life. He kills two birds with one stone by setting you up with a potential romantic interest at the same time.

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Gaius feels like he’s going to have a sunstroke at this point. He squints against the light as he stands next to Matthew’s booth, and whereas he’d normally enjoy the sun, now he can’t wait for his shift to be over. 

The people of Capernaum hurry through the city and it has been a long while since Matthew had any customers at his station. The tax-collector has counted his inventory a few times and has compared them to his ledger, finding no discrepancies, even after double-checking– Triple-checking. Time really does go by slowly this afternoon, even by Matthew’s standards.

A young woman appears, not a lot younger than Matthew, halting in her step opposed to the rest of the people rushing home for Shabbat. Gaius gives you a curious look, wondering why you are looking around as if searching for something, unlike the others, who are bee-lining for their destinations.

Your eye falls onto the guarded booth and you walk up to it, holding onto the strap of your bag. You smile a little as you look at the sky for a moment. “Just like he said. Late in the afternoon, on the sixth day, so that there would be no line at this time.” you muse to yourself. 

Matthew frowns a little. “Beg your pardon? Like who said?”

Approaching the booth, you lean towards the tax-collector.

“My grandfather, Matthew.”

“How do you know my name?” 

You can’t help but chuckle a little at the unexpected misunderstanding. 

“I mean, my grandfather, whose name is Matthew.” 

“But my name is Matthew.”

For a brief moment, the two of you look at one another. Then, a small smile spreads over your face, which takes Matthew by surprise. He isn’t used to anyone smiling at him, let alone an attractive young woman. He feels a strange flurry of emotions inside his chest before he clears his throat. 

“Are you here to satisfy your tax requirement?” he says in a tone that indicates it’s a practised, often repeated line, and you take your bag from your shoulder, placing it in front of him on the counter, locking eyes with him through the iron bars. 

“My grandfather said I should come here and give something to you.” 

Matthew blinks in slight confusion. “Who is that grandfather you keep mentioning?” There is frustration in his voice and you curiously observe him. 

“Matthew bar Hezron.” 

The tax-collector checks his ledger by sliding his finger across the page, giving you some time to take him in properly. Matthew seems to be sweet, a bit nervous in his habits, with a handkerchief clenched inside his palm, but he appears to be well-groomed and wealthy, judging by his tunic and the expensive scent of bergamot hanging around him. Still, you don’t want to think of him as attractive. He is a tax-collector after all, so you push away the flutter in your chest.

Your grandfather had been insistent on you going here, during this day of the week at this very hour, to give him the item that is currently burning inside your bag. He had added with a wink that he would appreciate it for his name to be kept in the family. When you had tried to mention that you were planning on naming your future firstborn son Matthew in memory and honour of him, he had waved it off with the comment that it was not what he meant, then added that you and the tax-collector were going to follow to same purpose one day. Every word from the old man left you with more questions than answers.

Something strange swirls in your gut as you mull over the instructions. Surely, your grandfather hadn’t meant to try and be a matchmaker for his only granddaughter that still remained a bachelorette. The last thing your family needed was the shame of a tax-collector on their shoulders. 

“Here.” Matthew pulls you from your spiralling thoughts, and you look up, quickly forcing a polite smile on your face. He briefly mirrors the expression. The sight adds something else altogether to that strange butterfly in your stomach, something more soft. “Uh… He recently came to me with an odd request. That he took on all of his children and their families debts. What’s your name?” 

“It’s (Y/n).” you tell him. 

“(Y/n),” he repeats, and you cannot help but feel your heart skip a beat of how nice it sounds when he speaks it. Matthew looks over the ledger again and hums. “Oh, yes, I found it. He has purchased your debts as well, which means that you’re in the clear. Does that answer your question?”

You frown a bit. “I made no request on my own balance.”

“Then why are you here?” 

You open the flap of your bag, and Matthew’s brow furrows in puzzlement. 

“I’m here to give something to you. My grandfather wants you to have it and he told me to go give it to you.”

“What is it?” Matthew asks, “Something of value that he can use to pay off this immense dues?” 

Something akin to sadness flashes through your eyes, but Matthew doesn’t pick up on it. 

“My grandfather is going to pass away soon.”

Matthew blinks. “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. So why pay off his debt now?” 

Your hand slides into your bag and finds what you had been tasked to give to the tax-collector at the booth. 

“It is the most valuable thing my grandfather owns. He said it is more valuable than gold, more precious than rubies.” 

Matthew’s eyes light up as you withdraw your hand. “In that case, I may be able to help you liquidate it. We could work together. A ledger coming up this short on a balance this big reflects very poorly on my performance.”

You take out the prayer tassels and hold them gently in your palm. “These are one of a kind,” you parrot the words that your grandfather had told you to say to the tax-collector, “They date back to the first Exile, made with the world’s most exquisite tekhelet.” 

Matthew gives you a look. “Well, there must be a buyer for it!” He dares to smile a little and feels his heart skip a beat when you mirror it. “If the amount settles the debt, your grandfather will be spared!” 

Drawing a deep breath, you gather the courage to say what your grandfather had insisted on. “My grandfather, the owner of these tzitzit, wants to encourage you to keep them for yourself. He… He wants you to have them.” 

The tax-collector frowns, looking at Gaius for a second to see if the Primi is listening in on the conversation, but he man in question is still leaning against the side of the booth, miffed at the way the sun shines in his eyes. “But… Why? We aren’t relatives.”

“I don’t know,” you admit, “he told me to give them to you and implore you to keep them. He…” 

You swallow hard, knowing that your next words might not be very kind in the light of what Matthew chose as his profession. “He said that you have no use for them right now, and that you chose this occupation. However, he was certain that one day you might need them again.” 

The scoff Matthew lets out almost offends you. “I highly doubt that, with all due respect. I… How about I put these on the market, and I will see what I can do for your grandfather. Perhaps they will bring in quite a bit of money and thus the debt will be settled. If not… Well, you know the penalty of not paying off a tax debt of this extent.” 

“He told me to let you know that he will accept whatever fate awaits him, and that it is more important to him that his children and grandchildren are free from the weight of their debts to the Roman Empire.” 

“It would be wasteful for him to spend the rest of his life in a labour camp. Seeing that he sent his granddaughter instead of coming over by himself tells me he is not physically well.” 

“I think he knows what he is doing. He may not be the healthiest anymore, and he gains another malady or two every day, as he is slowly taken by old age, but his mind is still bright. He was… Extremely adamant on sending me here instead of my brother.” 

You aren’t sure why you’re telling him the latter, but you say it before you can even realise it was forming on your tongue, and Matthew blinks at you in slight puzzlement. There is something disarming in his dark eyes as he looks at you like that, and you can’t help but smile.

“I don’t… Don’t understand.” 

“Honestly? Me neither. But… For what it’s worth, I’m glad he sent me instead of coming over himself. After all, he told me to keep an eye on you when he is gone. He said you and I were supposed to meet, so here I am to fulfil that wish of his.” 

“I cannot recall the face of your grandfather, let alone comprehend as to why something like that would be his last wish before he passes away.” 

It is clearly making Matthew a bit uncomfortable as he hears an unfamiliar stranger wants to have his granddaughter spy on him, which is something you can get behind. You hum apologetically and fiddle with the prayer tassels for a moment as they still lay on the counter between the two of you, separated by the iron bars. 

“It has something to do with establishing a future for his descendants.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” 

“He said you and I will meet again under different circumstances,” you repeat what your grandfather had told you before sending you off, “That we will follow the same purpose one day.” 

Part of you is still a little insulted at his words. After all, how could he possibly think that you’d want to associate with a tax-collector of all people, let alone walk alongside him? 

“The same purpose? What purpose?”

“I am just the messenger is all.” you muse, “But over my years of knowing him, I know that his word can be trusted, for he has never lied to me, and if anything he ever said confused me, it made sense later.”

“I cannot make sense of this.” 

“He thought you’d say that, and he told me to say something else.” You take a deep breath before revealing the words. “He wants me to welcome you back into the faith. Once you’re ready, come to me to say the word.” 

“What? Come find you? Where? And why?”

You shrug and grab your bag again, pulling it over your shoulder before strapping it shut.

“Frankly, I don’t even know. Time will tell, I suppose. I… I’m sorry, but I have to go home now before Shabbat starts.”

Matthew rapidly blinks, inhaling as if wanting to say something, but the words die on his tongue as he watches you retreat.

“Shalom shalom.” 

“Uh, shalom.”

You give another kind smile, knowing your grandfather’s plans could not have been in vain, and aware that all you now had to be was patient to one day find out what he had meant. Matthew looks at you as you walk away, then realises he’s holding the tzitzit in his palm, fiddling with them, and calls after you.

“Uh, miss, what did you want me to do with the prayer tassels?” 

However, the words fall on deaf ears as you turn the corner, and he stares at them in his hand for a moment.

In the meantime, you nearly collide with Someone, and you promptly apologise. 

“Oh, I’m so sorry!” 

“No harm done.” a gentle voice reassures you, and you smile at the Man in front of you as you brush past Him.

“Shabbat Shalom.” 

“Shabbat Shalom.” He repeats in greeting as you walk off.

The Stranger smiles as you walk off, then halts right on the corner that you had turned moments before bumping into Him, and looks at Matthew, who pockets the prayer tassels in favour of putting them with the valuable items to auction off later. The Man smiles, humming as if He knows something nobody else does whilst He looks at your departing form again, and continues His walk through the town, smiling. 

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Jacob’s Journey to Egypt

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.

“Here I am,” replied Jacob.

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives. They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.

The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.

The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.

The son of Dan: Hushim.

The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.

All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen, Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me. The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’ you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.” — Genesis 46 | The Reader’s Bible (BRB) The Reader’s Bible © 2020 by Bible Hub and Berean Readers Bible. All rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 4:2; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 13:7-8; Genesis 15:1; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 29:29; Genesis 34:40; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 41:45; Genesis 43:30; Genesis 44:27; Genesis 45:10; Genesis 47:1; Genesis 47:2-3; Exodus 1:5; Exodus 6:14-15; Exodus 8:26; Numbers 1:38; Numbers 26:12; Numbers 26:15; Numbers 26:23; Numbers 26:26; Numbers 26:44; Numbers 26:48; Numbers 26:57; Joshua 24:4; 2 Samuel 20:1; Matthew 1:3; Luke 15:20; Acts 7:14-15

Genesis 46 Chapter Summary - Jacob's Journey to Egypt

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Lessons From a Genealogy (Ruth 4:18-22)

By listing someone’s descendants in writing, it indicates an ongoing developing story which has happened, and continues to develop up to the present time, and even into the future.

Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon, Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. (New Revised Standard Version) No, I didn’t make a mistake about what the verses are for today from the Revised Common Lectionary. Yes, the Old Testament lesson is a brief genealogy.…

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17th December >> Fr. Martin's Reflections/Homilies on Today's Mass Readings for 17th December (Inc. Matthew 1:1-17): ‘Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ’.

17th December

Gospel (Except GB & USA) Matthew 1:1-17 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, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah; and Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place. After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob; and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.

The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.

Gospel (GB) Matthew 1:1-17 The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

Gospel (USA) Matthew 1:1-17 The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen generations.

Reflections (10)

(i) 17th December

The gospel we have read here are the opening seventeen verses of the gospel of Matthew, the genealogy of Jesus. You might wonder why the church includes this gospel reading among the gospel readings for Advent. After all, it is simply a list of names. Yet, for the evangelist Matthew, this version of Jesus’ genealogy was saying something important about Jesus. It was, firstly, highlighting his humanity. Jesus had ancestors, a family tree, as we all have. He didn’t come to earth as from another planet. Matthew was also telling us that Jesus was Jewish, rooted in a long standing Jewish tradition. As the opening of the genealogy declares, he was son of David and son of Abraham. He would go on to say later in Matthew’s gospel that he hadn’t come to abolish the Jewish law but to bring it to fulfilment. Matthew’s genealogy also hints at something else about Jesus. At the end of the genealogy, we read, ‘Matthan, the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Joseph’. We would expect, in line with the remainder of the genealogy, ‘and Jacob was the father of Jesus’. Instead, the genealogy concludes, ‘Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ’. Matthew is hinting at the mysterious nature of Jesus’ birth. Whereas Mary was the mother of Jesus, the real father of Jesus was God, not Joseph. Matthew will soon tell us that Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us. More could be said about the genealogy. Many of those mentioned were anything but paragons of virtue; they were very flawed people. Jesus did not descend from saints. Yet, God somehow worked through them to give his son to humanity. There can be flaws in our own family story, and, indeed, in our own personal story. Perhaps Matthew is reminding us that God can turn even the flaws in our own personal story to our ultimate good, if we open ourselves up to his working in our lives. As Saint Paul says in his letter to the Romans, ‘all things work together for good for those who love God’.

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(ii) 17th December

The gospel reading we have just read is probably one of the strangest gospel readings of the church’s liturgical year. We might ask, ‘Why bother with that long list of names?’ It was clearly important for the evangelist Matthew to communicate some sense of Jesus’ family tree. There seems to be an increasing interest in family trees in recent times. More and more people want to know ‘Where have I come from?’ and ‘Who are the people who have helped to make me the person I am?’ Each of us is very aware that the story of our ancestors is an important part of our story. It is the part of our story that is below ground, like the roots of a tree. And where would a tree be without its roots? In a similar way, Matthew knew that the story of Jesus’ ancestors was a very important chapter in his own story. In Jesus’ genealogical tree that Matthew gives us there are a number of people who were anything but paragons of virtue. Many of them had what we would call today a dark side. Yet, Matthew is declaring that God worked through all of these people, including those whose character left a lot to be desired, to give the world its Saviour. Matthew’s genealogy reminds us that, in the words of Saint Paul, God’s power can be made perfect in weakness. Even when we are not at our best, God’s purpose for our lives and for the lives of others continues to work itself out.

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(iii) 17th December

The gospel reading we have just read is probably one of the strangest gospel readings of the church’s liturgical year. We might ask, ‘Why bother with that long list of names?’ It was clearly important for the evangelist Matthew to communicate some sense of Jesus’ family tree. There seems to be an increasing interest in family trees in recent times. More and more people want to know ‘Where have I come from?’ and ‘Who are the people who have helped to make me the person I am?’ Each of us is very aware that the story of my ancestors is an important part of my story. It is the part of my story that is below ground, like the roots of a tree. And where would a tree be without its roots? In a similar way, Matthew knew that the story of Jesus’ ancestors was a very important chapter in his own story. The genealogy, the family tree, of Jesus that Matthew presents in this morning’s gospel reading stresses in the very first line that Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and a descendant of David. As son of David, he is the promised Messianic King of the Jews; as son of Abraham he fulfils the God’s promise to Abraham that in his seed all the nations of the earth would be blessed. Jesus, the long awaited Messianic king of the Jews has come, not just for the sake of Israel, but for the sake of all the nations, and that includes all of us. Jesus may be a Jew, but he is the light of the nations.

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(iv) 17th December

This morning we begin the octave of Christmas. The readings for these eight days are very specially chosen. The first reading invariably consists of one of the great Messianic promises in the Jewish Scriptures. The gospel acclamation on each of these eight days is also very significant. Each one is a beautiful prayer, a variation on the simple, ‘Come Lord Jesus’. You may have noticed the gospel acclamation for this morning’s Mass, ‘Wisdom of the Most High; ordering all things with strength and gentleness, come and teach us the way of truth’. The gospel readings for these eight days, apart from tomorrow Sunday, are all taken from the first chapter of the gospel of Matthew and the gospel of Luke. This morning’s gospel reading consists of the opening seventeen verses of the gospel of Matthew. It is an unusual gospel reading; it is tempting to ask ‘what is the point of that long list of names’. What was Matthew doing by beginning his gospel in this particular way? He wanted to show that Jesus was rooted in the Jewish people; his family tree included Abraham and Isaac, David and Solomon, and many others. Jesus was hewn from the rock of Abraham, like the remainder of the people of Israel. We are being reminded that the deepest roots of our own Christian faith are to be found in the story of the people of Israel. That list of names is anything but a list of saints; there are plenty of people whose lives left a lot to be desired; we only have to think of David. Yet, Matthew is saying that in some mysterious way, God worked through all of those characters to bring Jesus to humanity. Matthew is reminding us there that God can bring great good out of human sin and brokenness. That realization is not an encouragement to sin but it gives us hope that even when we fall short of our calling the Lord’s saving purpose continues to work itself out.

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(v) 17th December

Matthew’s gospel opens with the genealogy of Jesus. You may wonder why it is given to us as a gospel reading at the beginning of this novena of days before Christmas. After all, it is only a long list of mostly unpronounceable names. We are being reminded that the child whose birth we are soon to celebrate did not just drop out of the sky. He was fully human and like all humans, all of us, he had an ancestry, he had a family tree. He had roots and he was shaped by those roots. When you look at that list of names, they are a very mixed bag. Many of them are far from being paragons of virtue. Yet, each of them played a part in the making of Jesus. Each of them ultimately served God’s good purpose. There will be good and bad in our own family tree just as there will be good and bad in our own personal lives. Yet, God can work in a life-giving way even through the darker and what we would think of as the more negative experiences of our lives. Every experience can serve God’s purpose if we remain to God’s presence to us. He is constantly at work in our lives bringing new life out of death and great good out of failure.

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(vi) 17th December

Today we begin the octave of Christmas. The gospel readings from the 17th December up to and including Christmas Eve are all taken from the first chapter of the gospel of Matthew and of the gospel of Luke. This morning’s gospel gives us the opening seventeen verses of Matthew’s gospel, the genealogy of Jesus. You might be tempted to ask, ‘Why do we read these verses at all in our liturgy?’ What are we to make of this long list of unpronounceable names? At the very beginning of his gospel Matthew is telling us that Jesus is a Jew, a descendant of Abraham and of David. His roots and our roots as his followers are to be found in Judaism. Matthew was aware that many of those listed in the genealogy of Jesus were anything but paragons of virtue. Yet they had a role to play in the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, to all men and women, Jew and pagan. Matthew may be reminding us that God can work powerfully in and through flawed human beings. Our own personal frailties and weaknesses do not prevent God from working through us. Even though we may be far from perfect, we can still have a role to play in bringing Jesus, Emmanuel, to all those who continue to long for his coming.

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(vii) 17th December

Today, the first day of the Octave of Christmas, we traditionally read Matthew’s account of the genealogy of Jesus. At one level it seems like a rather dry list of names. Yet, this is how Matthew has chosen to begin his gospel and this list of names clearly had great significance for him. It tells us that Jesus had an ancestry; he did not just drop out of the sky, as it were. This ancestry was solidly Jewish. As the first line of the gospel reading states, Jesus was ‘son of David, son of Abraham’. Matthew is reminding us that Jesus, and the church that emerged from him, have their roots in the story of God’s dealings with the people of Israel in the Jewish Scriptures. In this solidly male list of names, four women are mentioned, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and the wife of Uriah. They are all non-Jewish in origin. Matthew is suggesting that Jesus’ heritage line brought in Gentiles as well. Jesus’ initial concern during his public ministry was for the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but he as risen Lord he sent his disciples to go out and make disciples of all the nations. The church, like Jesus, has deep Jewish roots, but is open to the world. Many of the named people in Jesus’ genealogy, both the men and the women, were anything but paragons of virtue. Matthew suggests that there were plenty of skeletons in Jesus’ cupboard. Yet, God worked through them all to bring us Jesus. The same can be true of our own ancestral story. Even out own personal story will not always be one of pure virtue. Perhaps one of the messages of this gospel reading is that the Lord can turn all of our experiences to a good purpose, both the sinful and the virtuous ones, both the darkness and the light. As Paul says in his letter to the Romans, ‘all things work together for good for those who love God’.

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(viii) 17th December

Today, 17th December, we begin the octave of Christmas. The readings these days are special to each day. The Alleluia verse for these days is a special verse relating to the coming of the Saviour. They are lovely prayers in their own right, and would make a perfect prayer programme for these eight days. The Alleluia verse or antiphon for today is, ‘Wisdom of the Most High, ordering all things with strength and gentleness, come and teach us the way of truth’. The gospel readings for these eight days are all taken from the opening chapters of the gospel of Matthew and Luke, the story of the birth and infancy of Jesus. Today’s gospel reading is probably the strangest of all. Why do we read this long list of names on 17th of December? It is the genealogy of Jesus according to Matthew. This evangelist gives his version of the generations that led up to the birth of Jesus. In this way, he reminds us that this special child who has the unique name ‘God-with-us’, has a human ancestry. Like every human being, he has a family tree, a Jewish family tree. Jesus, the Son of God, is also the son of Abraham. Some of his Jewish ancestors mentioned in this list left a lot to be desired. Yet, God worked through them all to bring Jesus, God’s Son, to the human race in the fullness of time. The evangelist may be reminding us that God can always bring good out of what falls short of his desire for us. That is true of our own personal lives, as well. Even the darker experiences of our lives can serve God’s purpose for us, if we keep entrusting ourselves to God in love through it all. As Saint Paul says in his letter to the Romans, ‘all things work together for good, for those who love God’.

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(ix) 17th December

It has been said that the genealogy of Jesus appearing in today’s gospel reading is a preacher’s nightmare. What is to be said about this list of Hebrew names? There is a great interest in genealogy today. There is a television programme given over to the search for one’s ancestors entitled, ‘Who do you think you are?’ That question gives us a clue to what Matthew was doing in giving his version of the genealogy of Jesus. He was inviting us to ask the question, ‘Who do you think Jesus is?’ Matthew is not so much interested in past history as in the present identity of Jesus. The two key names in that list are found together at the very beginning of the list, almost as an introduction to it, Abraham and David. When Matthew tells us that Jesus is the son of Abraham he is stating that Jesus is a Jew and that his story is woven into the larger story of the Jewish people. When Matthew says that Jesus is the son of David he is establishing his credentials as the long awaited Jewish Messiah. We are being reminded that our own Christian faith emerged from the Jewish faith. As Jesus had Jewish roots, so our spiritual and religious roots are to be found in the Jewish faith, which is why the Jewish Scriptures remain important for us as followers of Jesus. Another feature of the genealogy is that four woman are to be found in the otherwise relentlessly male list, and all four woman are non-Jewish in origin, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba. Jesus may be son of Abraham and son of David, but Matthew wants to see that Jesus’ ancestry already shows an ancestry to the non-Jewish, Gentile, world. The Saviour may be from the Jews but he is intended for all nations, as is clear from the final words of Jesus to his disciples in this gospel of Matthew, ‘Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…’ It is because Jesus’s disciples were faithful to that mission that we are here this morning. As Israel was to be a light to the nations, Jesus, the Jew, was a light to the nations. As his disciples we continue his light bearing mission to all we encounter. This role is at the core of our identity and needs to be part of how we would answer the question, ‘Who do you think you are?’

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(x) 17th December

Today we begin the Octave of Christmas. The readings, especially the gospel readings, relate much more to the birth and childhood of Jesus. The alleluia verses are a series of beautiful Advent prayers, each of which is worth making our own this Advent season. The genealogy of Jesus with its list of strange names may strike us as an unusual gospel reading. Why include it in the lectionary at all? Yet, it reminds us very forcibly of the humanity of Jesus. Yes, we believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but he was also a son of Abraham and a son of David. He belonged to the people of Abraham’s God, the people of Israel. Through Joseph, his father, he was a descendant of King David. Jesus was deeply rooted in the Jewish world and tradition. His family tree was a Jewish family tree. His Scriptures were the Jewish Scriptures. When God became human, he did so among a particular people, in a particular place, at a particular time in history. Yet, God sent his Son into the world for all peoples, for every place and for all future time. Jesus, now risen Lord, is to be found among us, in this place, in this time. When God sent his Son into the world it was for everyone, in every time and place. The child Jesus was born not just to Mary and Joseph of Nazareth two thousand years ago, but to each one of us today. That is why we celebrate the birth of this child as good news for us, for me personally. Christmas is the time when we give thanks to God for the greatest gift he could have given us, the gift of his very self, the gift of his Son, who is light from light. Having given such a wonderful gift, God will never take it back. Because of the birth of Jesus to Mary and Joseph, we have all been eternally graced and we are called to live out of that grace.

Fr. Martin Hogan.

[violetjedisylveon]

if you aware they may be a scam, why not do a little more digging before you promote them? clevermiraclebeliever is a known scammer that stole their story from this legitimate gofundme https://gofund.me/522a0090 and are instead linking to their private PayPal account with the name hezron onyango. it doesn't help actual palestinians trying to escape genocide when you post scams

thank you for the advice! I never know how to tell

[the-drokainian]

‭Matthew 1:1-17 NIV‬

[1] This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: [2] Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, [3] Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, [4] Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, [5] Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, [6] and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, [7] Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, [8] Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, [9] Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, [10] Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, [11] and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. [12] After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, [13] Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, [14] Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud, [15] Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, [16] and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. [17] Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

This is the Genealogy of Jesus Christ.

[adragonofthings]

Borrowed from a friend, here is the current names that have been recorded for a scammer who pretends to be Palestinian. Please be aware that these names are likely stolen from real people who aren’t aware that someone’s impersonating them. To check names, click the PayPal link that a blog gives you. It’s often on linktree disguised as a GoFundMe link.

Rawan Abu'M (this name is impersonating a real person from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | maryline Otieno | Nicholas Ochieng | Jeff Owino | Grahy Marwa | Taheera Abdallah | Gloria Naomi | Amisi Twaleh | Salima Abdallah | Aisha Mahmood | Remmy Cheptau | Newton ombogo | Godwin Okoth | AHMED SHIMBIR | Wafula Valentine | Rahwan AbdiMahady (same reason as the above; Impersonating a name from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | Nada'r Ab hussein | DIANA MUTENYO | Hakim Malfadho | Leila Rajab | Elizabeth Omasete | George Ochieng | Cecil Wangila | Leila Rajab | Emmily Kimesis | hezron onyango | christine wambura | princereinhard baraka | Iyvon Wabuyele | Wafula Valentine | Raobh Tingo | Sophia Magubo | Sharon Opiyo | Nada,r Ab'r Hus'sein | Jared Orwa | Zalka Yusuf | Khriytine wambura | Ann Stephen | Niva Wangila

[reggae-vibes-com]

Celebrating Jamaica 61

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[kyra45]

Scammer pretending to be Palestinian v4

This list has been remade.

The purpose of this post is to compile a quick list of accounts confirmed to be stealing their information off of legitimate fundraisers or otherwise are shown to be taking their posts off Facebook and using it themselves. This list is intended to be a quick access point so if searched someone will see info explaining why the blog they shared from is a scam. Before asking if a blog is a scam, please refer to this post for better details regarding these particular scams:

Please keep in mind this post isn’t to say all Palestinian blogs needing aid are scammers; Rather, the purpose of this post is just to keep track of the accounts that scammers are using. As it goes on for months on end, this post may update accordingly with new urls so please make sure you’re checking the original post if viewing a reblog. You can see a few sources here for commonly used content stolen by scammers. You can find the third version of this list here. For a list of other fundraisers to support, refer to this post.

Please refer to the new list.

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Names below are associated with these scammers, and may appear across multiple accounts. This is an entirely new list as the other one may have names that no longer are used. These names often are from real people being impersonated. They are not linked,related to, or associated to the person they may claim to be.

Rawan Abu'M (this name is impersonating a real person from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | maryline Otieno | Nicholas Ochieng | Jeff Owino | Grahy Marwa | Taheera Abdallah | Gloria Naomi | Amisi Twaleh | Salima Abdallah | Aisha Mahmood | Remmy Cheptau | Newton ombogo | Godwin Okoth | AHMED SHIMBIR | Wafula Valentine | Rahwan AbdiMahady (same reason as the above; Impersonating a name from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | Nada'r Ab hussein | DIANA MUTENYO | Hakim Malfadho | Leila Rajab | Elizabeth Omasete | George Ochieng | Cecil Wangila | Leila Rajab | Emmily Kimesis | hezron onyango | christine wambura | princereinhard baraka | Iyvon Wabuyele | Wafula Valentine | Raobh Tingo | Sophia Magubo | Sharon Opiyo | Nada,r Ab'r Hus'sein | Jared Orwa | Zalka Yusuf | Khriytine wambura | Ann Stephen | Niva Wangila | Dorine nanjala | Taheera Mohammed | Dorine nanjala | Jastus Kimanzi | Paul Sila | MERRINE ATIENO |

Laura mae Noro (Name associated with a scam account) | Maureen jane Aloot (Name associated with a scam account)/ Omar Mensom - OMensom (Name associated with a scam account)

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To report scam accounts: Report -> Something Else -> Unlawful use or Content -> Phishing (If possible)

What else to do: Alert anyone sharing the scam posts and show them it’s a scam by linking to any post that explains how.

Additionally, blogs with GoFundMe links are highly likely to be legitimate accounts who may already be verified if you check the notes of their posts. A blog with a linktree link claiming to be a GoFundMe link is not a legitimate account. Also search the username if a day old blog says their vetted/verified and don’t have a GoFundMe link.

[dat2ndaccount97]

hi! clevermiraclebeliever is a scammer that stole their story from this legitimate gofundme https://gofund.me/522a0090 and are instead linking to their private PayPal account with the name hezron onyango

Well shit. Thanks for he heads up