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29 gru 2020 · The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is normally celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. This feast developed at the beginning of the 19 th century in Canada and then spread to the entire Church in 1920. At first, it was celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany.
History of Feast. The roots of the devotion to the Holy Spouses, Mary and Joseph, are best documented by the history of the Feast of the Espousals,4 which predates by centuries the current Feast of the Holy Family.
21 sty 2021 · January 23 occurs almost two months before the Annunciation (March 24): had the kiddushin taken place then—and assuming a three-month interim between the two stages of marriage—Mary would have conceived of the Holy Spirit about one month before the bridal procession to Joseph’s home.
While there have been feasts of Mary and Joseph as individual saints, and more recently also a feast of the Holy Family, no feast honoring their marriage has entered into the universal liturgical calendar of the Church. At least as early as 1413 Jean Gerson had proposed the Feast of the Betrothal.
Jesus didn’t just put on flesh like a costume and pretend to be one of us; from the moment He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, He fully experienced human life. He lived nine months in Mary’s womb and then entered the world as we all do, naked and cold. But not alone.
10 wrz 2024 · Mary and Joseph are models for us of patient expectation and openness to God. Today’s Gospel might suggest that we do the same. Are we open to God’s surprising love today?
30 gru 2023 · VIEW REFLECTION VIDEO. En Español. View Calendar. Get Daily Readings E-mails. Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Lectionary: 17. Reading I. Sir 3:2-6, 12-14. God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and preserves himself from them.
