๐๐’๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ @ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ (๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด).
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News from Priest in Training (P.I.T.)
Because my dadโs name is Joseph and my momโs name is Maria, they would always joke that we were the โholy family.โ This joke developed over time. Because Jesus is God and Mary is without sin, if there were any problems, she would joke that it was St. Josephโs fault. In the same way, since my dad is a permanent deacon and I am a priest, if there were any problems, it was her fault. Of course, she was joking, but as we see in the Gospel, the suffering that affects the Holy Family is not all caused by St. Joseph.
Very often, we are tempted to see the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as distant from us. If they are so holy, how can they possibly relate to the problems that take place in our family? But this attitude is the exact opposite of the purpose of the Holy Family.
The Word became flesh and dwelt in a human family, not in order to distance Himself, but to draw closer to us. During the thirty years of His hidden life, Jesus chose to live as part of a family in order to show us how important the family is, and in order to make it holy.
But the fact that the life of this family was holy doesnโt mean that they got a free pass from everyday human life or even from suffering. At what should have been a joyful celebration of the birth of her son, Mary hears these words that no mother wants to hear, first, that her son will be a sign of contradiction, and second, that a sword will pierce her soul.
So why does the Holy Family still experience suffering? They do it for…
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