A Monk of the Eastern Church writes:
What needs to be clearly understood is that the ancestors of Jesus were not all just and holy men. Amongst them are also sinners; those who have committed incest, adultery, murder; an alien woman, the names of Judas, of Thamar, of David and Ruth are filled with spiritual significance. Jesus wanted, humanly, to be linked with ‘all that’ and to ‘all those.’ He wanted to clear a way for himself through the sins and crimes of men. And so it is the history of each one of us that he takes upon himself and overcomes. For each one of us has some of the features of those of Jesus’s ancestors who are the furthest from holiness. (https://www.goarch.org/-/christ-s-family-our-family)
What this means for you and me is there is in Christ One to whom we can connect. He came not just for the somebodies out there who are special, but for the nobodies, the forgotten, the one known as a sinner and as a saint. These are those for whom He came and has come. These are the ones we are connected with in Him. This is remarkable. You are therefore the one who has caught the Lord’s eye. The plight of your life, your need, your hurt, your desires, your hopes and dreams. This is why we have focused all season upon embracing the miracle -- for indeed, the One who came, came for you. Like Martha who “opened her door to Him,” and Zacchaeus who was told “today, I must stay at your house,” we too need Jesus in our house, in our hearts. Like Scrooge who awoke to life because of Jesus, we too, need Jesus to enlighten our lives, to move us from the life lived out of our own strength, into the life lived by receiving Him and letting Him live through us. As you come this week, let’s ponder how Jesus’ genealogy is the first place to discover Good News.