On this great feast, we see how united Joseph and Mary are during their flight into Egypt to escape the murderous Herod, who sought to “search” out and “destroy” the Christ-child.
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In today’s First Reading, we are reminded about the divine origin of the sacred institution of marriage, an institution whose Christian assumptions are severely challenged in our society. Many today don’t see man and woman divinely created to complete and complement one another, neither do they think that human beings are the summit of God’s creation nor that only woman is a suitable partner for man and man for woman.
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The family is the “Sanctuary of Life” and the basic cell of society. The Holy Family, of course, is unique. One member is God, another is sinless, and the third is a saint. But the great lesson of today is that although God could have come into the world in any way he pleased, he chose to become a member of a family, obedient to his earthly parents, and yet totally devoted to the Heavenly Father’s will, as we all must be.
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