The One Thing Necessary: Sermon on the Feast of the Holy Family
In 1892, Leo XIII established this liturgical feast of the Holy Family, and he published an apostolic letter in which he explains the importance of all families looking to the holy family for inspiration and guidance. And he writes this: fathers should look to St. Joseph who is "the the best model of vigilance and care". Mothers should look to Our Lady, who is "an excellent model of modesty, resignation of spirit and the perfecting of faith". And then children should look to the Child Jesus, who establishes "a divine pattern of obedience" which they can admire and reverence and imitate."…
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