𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 — 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 @ 𝗢𝗟𝗠 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘂 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗥𝗛𝗣, 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀. 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴).
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News from Priest in Training (P.I.T.)

Because my dad’s name is Joseph and my mom’s name is Maria, they would always joke that we were the “holy family.” 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. Joseph’s 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 doesn’t 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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