Homily Notes, 01-10-20 - the Holy Family
January 10th, 2020 Feast of the Holy Family "You are God's chosen people." We can learn a lot of lessons from the example of the Holy Family. They are an example for every family. Their first focus, their first goal, the most essential part of their life, was God. Remember that only a few of the events of the first 30 years of Jesus life are recorded. One of the few is the recording of the Finding in the Temple. It's an example of how the Holy Family put God first and that God was the most important aspect of their life. They were a family blessed above all other families because Jesus is God. Nevertheless, we should strive to imitate their example and put God at the center of our lives and of our families. Many events in the lives of the Holy Family can apply to our own life. They had a great devotion to God: the one essential thing. They never really put their individual good above the good of the whole family, they were always looking o...