And the Holy Innocents, victims of Herod’s persecution, give their lives in place of Jesus. They testify to him by their ...
Following the Gospel, we fix our gaze on Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, to contemplate the mystery of a God who chose to be born of a woman, the Blessed Virgin, and to enter this world in the way common to ...
The feast of the Holy Family continues the story of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with the flight into Egypt. It usually falls on the Sunday after Christmas. The solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ...
Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered a poignant Christmas message during ...
But along with charity, there must also be clarity, announcing the beautiful plan for family life that God has given humanity. Keywords: feast of the holy family user’s guide to sunday user's ...
The first Christmas story involved religious oppression, occupying forces, widespread government-enforced infanticide and violent authoritarianism. Shortly after Jesus' birth, the Holy Family fled ...
Christmas season tends to draw to the surface ... which captures a moment of small rebellion by a 12-year-old member of the Holy Family. “See what the Father has bestowed on us that we may ...