Happy Feast of Holy Family
Family is Heart of the Church
Lord, even you were born in a manger
Lord, you lived in the Holy Family, the fulfillment of the Heavenly Father
Till the time was fulfilled to preach the Kingdom of God
to everyone the present, past and the future
Lord Jesus, You gave an example of family life
As you obeyed your parents,
To teach the whole human race how to obey parents,
The first steps of the ladder to obey the Living God
Lord, we all brought up through the families
You brought us into the world to practice the true faith in You
Lord Jesus, you were born in the Holy Family’
Which was the plan of the Heavenly Father to David and other Prophets
Lord, family is a place for a child to nourish his or her faith from their home.
The parents are the teachers to teach them the faith and love of God
Oh Father, you created a great family, the Holy Family
To bring Your child, Your own Son into the world
Jesus was called a carpenter’s son
It may be disgrace by humanly way
But God allowed His Son to be humble and to bear all humiliations
Even he is the King of kings and Lord of the lords
Lord, we are praying for our many families
Some are broken by troubling circumstances of this world
Lord, the children are suffering by the broken families
The single parents are suffering, by their untimely separation
You only can bring them hope by uniting them
Lord, give them your humble and gentle heart
To forgive and forget each other and heal the wounds from their heart
Pope St Paul VI said; “Next, there is a lesson on family life. May Nazareth teach us what family life is, its communion of love, its austere and simple beauty, and its sacred and inviolable character. Let us learn from Nazareth that the formation received at home is gentle and irreplaceable. Let us learn the prime importance of the role of the family in the social order.”
