Here we are preparing for the Christmas and also for the New Year 2009 .
Looking back , 2008 wasn't a great year , many bad happenings and wrong presidential election , many terrorist attacks and disasters , many sorrowful perspectives for the unborn babies and other sinful behaviour from White House , including corruption and strange politics .
The Holy Family feast is a good time to remember the family unit and pray for our human and spiritual families , for unborn and elders , for justice and hopes for the future , for our children and parents .
The Feast of the Holy Family is not just about the Holy Family, but about our own families too . The main purpose of the Feast is to present the Holy Family as the model for all Christian families, and for domestic life in general. Our family life becomes sanctified when we live the life of the Church within our homes. This is called the "domestic church" or the "church in miniature."
St. Paul gives us some advice on family life in Colossians 3:12-21 :
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged . "
May you all have a great Christmas and New Year !
Looking back , 2008 wasn't a great year , many bad happenings and wrong presidential election , many terrorist attacks and disasters , many sorrowful perspectives for the unborn babies and other sinful behaviour from White House , including corruption and strange politics .
The Holy Family feast is a good time to remember the family unit and pray for our human and spiritual families , for unborn and elders , for justice and hopes for the future , for our children and parents .
The Feast of the Holy Family is not just about the Holy Family, but about our own families too . The main purpose of the Feast is to present the Holy Family as the model for all Christian families, and for domestic life in general. Our family life becomes sanctified when we live the life of the Church within our homes. This is called the "domestic church" or the "church in miniature."
St. Paul gives us some advice on family life in Colossians 3:12-21 :
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged . "
May you all have a great Christmas and New Year !
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