The Holy Family

Feast of the Holy Family
of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

WORD

GOSPEL VIDEO:  Luke 2: 22-40
REFLECTION: The Holy Family

Pray the Scripture for this feast. Click HERE then scroll down and click on today’s date for a video reflection. Prayerfully consider today’s gospel with lectio divina.

Prepare your family or group for the readings. See reflections, sermons, and images on The Text This Week.

Contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation through the work of artists.

WORSHIP

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
The shepherds went in haste,
and found Mary and Joseph and the Infant lying in a manger.
Luke 2: 16

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 128 or Psalm 105

HYMNS FOR THE DAY:
♦ Once in Royal David’s City
♦ Angels from the Realms of Glory
♦ Of the Father’s Love Begotten
♦ O Little Town of Bethlehem Here’s another tune.
♦ Angels We Have Heard on High

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Our God has appeared on the earth, and lived among us.
Baruch 3: 38

WORLD

Send a Holy Family e-card to your friends. How can we observe this feast? Print a Holy Family coloring page. Walk with the Holy Family in Egypt.

Hear Pope Francis: May every family have a home.

Listen to:
♦ An Arabic Byzantine hymn of the Nativity
♦ A Telugu hymn of the Holy Family from southeastern India
♦ Holy Family by Danielle Rose
♦ Mary and Joseph by Tim McGraw

Mark your calendar for the rest of the Christmas season. Don’t forget the Christmas Table Prayer. Here’s and overview of the season.

POPE FRANCIS: Prayer to the Holy Family

VIDEOS
ADULTS: Marriage and Family Part 1  //  Part 2
CHILDREN: Joseph, Call Him Jesus
YOUTH: Wait, Marriage Can Be Fun?

MUSICAL REJOICING: Vechniot Bog (Eternal God), a Macedonian carol