THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH - FEAST

 

DOMESTIC CHURCH

➡️ Feasts, Solemnities, and Liturgical Seasons

If we aspire to a deeper understanding of Jesus’ life and mission, we must draw close to the mystery of the Holy Family of Nazareth to observe and listen… For every believer, and especially Christian families, the humble dwelling place in Nazareth is an authentic school of the Gospel.

AN INTIMATE COMMUNITY OF LIFE AND LOVE

Here we admire, put into practice, the divine plan to make the family an intimate community of life and love; here we learn that every Christian family is called to be a small “domestic church” that must shine with the Gospel virtues.

A MODEL FOR EVERY HOME

Recollection and prayer, mutual understanding and respect, personal discipline and community asceticism and a spirit of sacrifice, work and solidarity are typical features that make the family of Nazareth a model for every home.

PRAYER:

Grant us, Lord, always to follow

the example of Your Holy Family,

that at the hour of our death

Your glorious Virgin Mother

with blessed Saint Joseph

may come to meet us,

and so we may deserve to be received

by You into Your everlasting

dwelling place.

Amen.

⬅️ Marian Feast Days