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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. </b></span>The Gospel presents<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>
the life of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as a model for our families.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">We
<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">spend a lot of time worrying </span>about our family’s welfare. Will we have
enough money to send the kids to the best schools? Will they find and
establish a lucrative career? Will they fit into polite society?</span></b></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>But
the only question that finally matters is: have they found their
mission from God? </b><b>The family is meant to be, as John Paul II described
it, an </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">ecclesiola</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>, a little Church. </b></span>And the Church’s purpose is to discern and foster the missions of its people.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>What
makes a family holy is its capacity to surrender itself to a higher
goal,</b></span> as in Aristotle’s definition of friendship. <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When the family turns
in on itself, it devolves into dysfunction. </b></span>"If you love someone, set
them free," says the famous quotation attributed to American writer
Richard Bach. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The holy family is one that is free for God’s work.</b></span></span></b></div>
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