The Holy Family

by Deacon Jose Reyes  |  12/31/2023  |  From the Clergy

Few things in a person’s life are as important and influential as the family. Long before we realize it, our families are shaping the ways we think and feel, the ways we act and react. The family is a powerful force, positively and negatively. If we grow up experiencing acceptance and love, we learn to like ourselves and accept other people. If we grow up experiencing rejection, however, we will have a vacuum where the heart belongs, or a spiritual cancer that only a God can heal.

Joseph was committed to Mary. Mary was committed to Joseph. Both of them were committed to their child and to God. The phenomenon that was the Holy Family started with sincere commitment. May our families be committed to the salvation of one another.

O God, who were pleased to give us the shining example of the Holy Family, graciously grant that we may imitate them in practicing the virtues of family life and in the bonds of charity, and so, in the joy of your house, delight one day in eternal rewards.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. AMEN.

Deacon Jose Reyes