HOly Family

Holy Family




Good morning everyone, I am so happy to welcome you all for today’s Holy Mass. Dear friends, every time we come to Church, we celebrate Christ our Lord who is the source of every human family, every time we come to church, we celebrate Christ who increases peace and serenity; happiness and joy in every family and every time we come to church we celebrate Christ who instituted human family by the sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

Once on the feast of the Holy family, a priest invited one of his parishioners called Paul in front of the whole congregation and looked at the people and said, ‘In two weeks, Paul is going to celebrate his fiftieth wedding anniversary. These days people are struggling to be with each other and hold on to their commitment but this man for fifty years, living a committed married life”. Then he looked at Paul and asked, “Paul by the way what did you do for your twenty-fifth wedding anniversary?” Paul was so happy and looked at the people and the priest and said, “I took my wife to France and thus she had a chance to visit her parents and siblings”. The priest and the people clapped their hands and then the priest looked at Paul and asked, “What you are going to do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary?” Paul was so happy and proud and looked at the people and the priest and said, ‘I am going back to France to pick my wife up”.



Today the Holy Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Holy family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. In this family, we first meet with Mary and Joseph who were spiritual people. They both strongly believed in the love and kindness of God and they practiced their faith. They both were blessed to have an angle come to them. They often had ultra spiritual experience.

They both were community-oriented people. Yes, because of their faith in God, they extended themselves in helping others. For example, Blessed Virgin Mary went all the way from Nazareth to Judea to help Elizabeth. When Jesus came to His hometown with His apostles for the first time, people began to say to each other, “We know His Father Joseph and we know His mother Mary…” Every body knew Joseph and Mary in the community. They were known for their faith in God and their generosity towards others.

And the both were good parents. Though they knew Jesus was the Son of the Father, the divine son, God, they did their duty as parents. For example, when Jesus disappeared at the temple, they did not hesitate to question Jesus. Mary looked at Jesus and asked, “Son, why did you do this to us?”

At Cana, when people did not have enough wine, Mary asked Jesus to help them. And Jesus our Lord listened to His parents and thus grew in wisdom and knowledge.



Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The Holy family is called the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph not Joseph, Mary and Jesus. We put Jesus as the head of the family then only a family becomes Holy. When Jesus is in the center of the family, then it becomes holy. When everything in a family revolves around Jesus, then the family becomes holy. Nothing can exist and can give meaning without Jesus. Jesus is the maker of every family. Today let us renew our faith and keep Christ in our families. Let us renew ourselves in the presence of God and keep Christ as the only head of the family. Amen.