Feast of the Holy Family
The Readings
Archive Homilies
The Holy Family Year A by Rev. Richard Budgen
The Holy Family Year A by Dcn. Bill O'Donnell
The Holy Family Year Cby Rev Richard Bugden
Holy Family - Fr. Scott Hastings (Audio 1.9mb .wav)
Holy Family - Dcn. Bill O'Donnell
Holy Family C - Dcn. Chuck Stevens
Homilies Off Site
Key Phrases
God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.
Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard.
I prayed for this child, and the LORD granted my request. Now I, in turn, give him to the LORD; as long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the LORD.”
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they may not become discouraged.
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. And so we are.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions
“Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man.
Possible Themes
Blessings (of children, of parents)
Family
Fear of the Lord
Holiness
Honor
Obedience
Obedience (Christ as our example)
Responsibility
Vocations (how to foster)
Vocations (of Parent / of Child)
Holy Family History, Information, Prayers, Resources, Traditions, & More
Study and Exegesis
Poetry
SONG OF THE ANGELS ACCOMPANYING
THE HOLY FAMILY - St. Therese of Lisieux
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Wonders on wonders piled! Jesus, of Heaven the Lord, Now upon earth exiled, Flee, from a mortal’s sword. So, unto God in flight, Oh, let us give our love; Let our white wings to-night Protect Him from above! Now bring the flowers most fair To strew before His way! A lullaby prepare, Of songs most sweet and gay! |
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Console His Mother’s heart By singing of His charms. How fair, how sweet, Thou art, Reposing in her arms! |
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Oh, let us speed afar, For here dire perils are! Fly, on this very night, From dangers and from fright! The Virgin bears our Star, Beneath her veil afar, The Star of the elect, Whom longing hearts expect. |
Behold! Heaven’s Lord
Flees from a mortal’s sword!
Quotes
Family - “Other things may change us, but we start and end with family” - Anthony Brandt
Family - “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained” - Winston Churchill
Holiness - It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. - William Blake
Honor - “He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” - Walter Lippmann
Obedience - “Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.” - A. W. Tozer
Obedience -“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Vocation - "An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence". Honore de Balzac