HOLY FAMILY
Today we celebrate the feast of Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Every one played their part well and good in the holy family.
we meet Joseph as a protector of the holy family:
Once a group of school children went to see the pacific ocean for the first time. They were all amazed at the vastness of the ocean and when they came back to school the next day, they shared their experience with their other friends who haven't seen an ocean. They said, "on one can cross the ocean swimming... it is so huge" then one of the boys who never saw an ocean, came up and said, "don't say that no one can cross the ocean swimming. My dad can do anything and he can do it"
Children look up to their parents. They believe in their parents to do great things. they believe that their parents would never fail.
The bible says that St. Joseph was a pious man. He obeyed the will of God and did everything well and thus God chose him to be the foster father of Jesus.And Jesus the only son of God obeyed Joseph and thus grew in wisdom and knowledge.
we then meet Mary the mother of Jesus:
once a man shared a story about his mother saying," when I was small, I used to dislike my mother because all my friends' mothers looked so beautiful but my mother had one side of her face burned. And one day I asked her, "mom... what happened to your face. she looked into my eyes and said, "son... when you were two year old, our house was on fire and while i saved you, one side of my face got burned". That day onwards my mother looked more beautiful than anyone else in the world".
mother means sacrifice. And the bible says when mary accepted the will God, then she completely offered herself to do everything for Jesus. Under her protection and love, Jesus grew in wisdom and knowledge and was found in favour with God and man.
once a man shared a story about his mother saying," when I was small, I used to dislike my mother because all my friends' mothers looked so beautiful but my mother had one side of her face burned. And one day I asked her, "mom... what happened to your face. she looked into my eyes and said, "son... when you were two year old, our house was on fire and while i saved you, one side of my face got burned". That day onwards my mother looked more beautiful than anyone else in the world".
mother means sacrifice. And the bible says when mary accepted the will God, then she completely offered herself to do everything for Jesus. Under her protection and love, Jesus grew in wisdom and knowledge and was found in favour with God and man.
we in the holy family meet with Jesus:
A family becomes holy only because of Jesus. A family has meaning and values because of the love and kindness of Jesus our lord.
There is an old monastic story about the sending of the Son into the world. Before sending His son into the world, God sent his angels to find out the pressing needs of the people. Then the angels reported to God saying, "people need love, they need forgiveness. They need food, They need healing" Then upon hearing the angels, God wanted to fulfill all the needs of his people so he sent His only Son Jesus who became everything to all.
Jesus is the way, the life and the light. When we keep Christ in our family, our family will be a holy one. Let us keep Christ not only in Christmas but in every day of our life. Amen.
A family becomes holy only because of Jesus. A family has meaning and values because of the love and kindness of Jesus our lord.
There is an old monastic story about the sending of the Son into the world. Before sending His son into the world, God sent his angels to find out the pressing needs of the people. Then the angels reported to God saying, "people need love, they need forgiveness. They need food, They need healing" Then upon hearing the angels, God wanted to fulfill all the needs of his people so he sent His only Son Jesus who became everything to all.
Jesus is the way, the life and the light. When we keep Christ in our family, our family will be a holy one. Let us keep Christ not only in Christmas but in every day of our life. Amen.
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