FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS..............

The central pillars of the Spirit of the Season of Christmas are encountered in Faith, Family, Fidelity, and Fellowship, that provide us with a sensation of Joy and Peace in the serenity of the of hope in the Redemption of Humankind initiated by the Holy Birth of the Christ Child in the Incarnation.  On this 5th day of Christmas we focus in on the pillar of the Family. as the chief thread of civility and stability in Society.  For about a century today's Feast of the Holy Family has been on the Liturgical Calendar shifted to various dates.  For nearly four and a half decades it has been calendared on the Sunday following Christmas Day, except when that day is Sunday, when it is transferred to later in the first week of the Christmas Season.  All Catholic-Christian Families should concentrate in a particular way and means on your relationships as a family unit.  To share the respect, esteem, and appreciation, for the roles and responsibilities. parents, children,, and other family are commissioned by God and inspired by the Holy Family of Nazareth to carry out.  The opening lines of Second Reading in the Liturgy of the Word  at Christmas Holy Family Sunday Mass and Worship Services from St. Paul.s Letter to the Colossians starting at Chapter 3, Verse 12, may be a very beneficial blueprint for organizing and observing this Christmas Feast concentrated on the interpersonal well being of the holiness and wholeness of our own families.To build and further the Call to Holiness in our families the Apostle Paul proclaims that, Compassion, Kindness, Humility, Gentleness, and Patience, are mainstays under-girding the attributes every Human Family requires to truly emulate the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.  On this Christmas Feast of the Holy Family, what acts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, will each of your families share together today in seeking to live the holiness we are intended to envelop deeply into our Redeeming Journey of Life and Faith?????..............Fr. Triy David Powers