REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH YEAR B 31ST DECEMBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH YEAR B 31ST DECEMBER 2023 Gen.15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps.105; Heb.11:8.11-12.17-19; Lk.2:22-40 AN IMPROVED FAMILY CATECHESIS Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We celebrate them as the ideal model for every family on earth. Experience reveals that with the increasing number of Churches in our societies, evil thrives daily such as: increase rate of divorce, growing acceptance in the use of contraceptives and reproductive technologies that are contrary to the teaching of the Church, growing demand for same sex unions, single parenting, and so on. With all of these, we are experiencing a gradual de-Christianization of our society. To re-Christianize our society, we must begin from the family because the family is the first and vital cell of the society, the pillar and manufacturer of acceptable behaviours in the society. The documents of the Church are full of teachings on the fund...