HOLY HAPPY 6TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS......HAPPY HOLY FAMILY FEAST DAY............

With less than forty hours remaining in 2012 A.D., on this 6th Day of Christmas we arrive at the Feast of the Holy Family.  The Holy Family Family of Nazareth, the Christ Child Jesus, Mary His Mother, and Joseph, the Foster Father of God's Son become Man.  It is a day coming as the end of the calendar year is upon us to once more focus with familial fervor and fidelity the bonds of life and love that are elementary, in the blood, blended, adopted, and extended, relationships of mutual affection, respect, charity, and generosity, that bind and knit us together.  As my Silver Jubilee Year of Ordination to the Priesthood enters it's final Sunday, I salute the parishioners of my first priestly appointment in 1987, Holy Family Church in Citrus Heights, where for nearly six years I was privileged to minister - first as Associate Pastor for fifteen months, then from 2000-2005, as Pastor.  Happy Parish Feast Day HOLY FAMILY PARISH.  May the example and inspiration the First Family of Christmas and our Redemption sets be an encouragement and empowerment to us and all our families throughout the rest of this Season of the Birth of the Messiah, and into the New Year of Our Lord Jesus The Christ 2013, into which we prepare to enter............Fr.  Troy