Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Let's see: a teenage girl with a fantastic story about how she became pregnant; a family who has to flee the country soon after their son's birth; a precocious runaway son who stayed in the Temple when his family traveled home. No one said it was the Feast of the Perfect Family, but that of the Holy Family! Every family has its issues to face. It's how they face those issues that makes them a holy family.

12/30/11

Msgr. William J. King