A Sonnet for the Genealogies of Jesus

Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
Gospel: Mt 1:1-17
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121725.cfm

Alas his ancestry was hard to tell,
A humble birth at first not written down
Then miracles make the need to compel  
And go beyond just noting the birth town.

One story tells of forty-one fathers; 
fourteen from Abraham to King David
The next set to those held by exilers,
Then fourteen to Jesus the Anointed.

Another begins with God and Adam;
A lot of names, different from the other.
Still acknowledging David and Abram,
None show the lineage of his mother.

Truth speaks louder than historical fact;
One is known more by the ones they impact.