"Come away, come to Nazareth. Come to the regular practice of the Catholic faith," says Br. Stephen Camara, MIC, in part 2 of his Christmas series.
If you've ever tried to teach a difficult concept to a child, you know that using something tangible can help, even if it doesn't capture every nuance. That might be the reason God gave us the Holy Family, whom we honor on Dec. 28.
The Feast of the Holy Family on Dec. 31 is a celebration of the ordinary life of extraordinary people, of the three most holy human beings to ever walk the earth. It marks the source and summit of our Catholic faith, and the earthly icon of the Trinity in Heaven.
For all the talk about how important family is, we so often fail to live it. As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family on Dec. 30, let us ask their intercession for our own conversion and the conversion of our society into a true civilization of love, based on healthy, holy families.
