Today, December 27, we celebrate the feast of The Holy Family. Benedict XVI put into proper perspective the importance of The Holy Family to today’s world when he said:
The Holy Family is an icon of the domestic Church, which is called to pray together. The family is the first school of prayer where, from their infancy, children learn to perceive God thanks to the teaching and example of their parents. An authentically Christian education cannot neglect the experience of prayer. If we do not learn to pray in the family, it will be difficult to fill this gap later. I would, then, like to invite people to rediscover the beauty of praying together as a family, following the school of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Artwork: Mabuse, Jan. C. 1527. Oil. Museo De Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.