Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The assigned readings are Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; and Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 128 (Psalm 128:1-5).
The Gospel reading is as follows:
When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazorean.”
Reflection on this feast:
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Feast of the Holy Family (December 29, 2013)
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: The Feast of the Holy Family: Piety . . . in the 21st Century?
The Sacred Page: Feast of the Holy Family (28 DEC 13)
Word on Fire: Sermon 677: Herod and Joseph: Feast of the Holy Family
Dr. Scott Hahn: Saving Family (December 29th 2013 – Feast of the Holy Family)
The Catholic World Report Blog: The Holy Family and the Unity of God’s Family (28 DEC 13)
The Word Engaged: Holy Ground (Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph A)
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