The Holy Family by the Le Nain brothers |
Today the church celebrates
the feast of the Holy Family. Many of the pictures shown of the Holy Family of
Nazareth depict them as the perfect couple with Jesus well behaved and
obedient, usually playing with a bird, holding a pomegranate, or with John the
Baptist. They still had their share of problems and issues to deal with, all
through their lives. To start they had to escape into Egypt for 2 years because
Herod was trying to kill baby Jesus. Once they settled in Nazareth, Mary and
Joseph raised their son in a very simple environment. As a baby, Jesus had to
be diaper-changed, he had to be nursed, toilet-trained eventually, learn how to
walk, how to talk, and many other things that babies do as they grow and
mature. This way we can very easily
connect with the Holy Family of Nazareth, because they were very much like
every family raising toddlers. They had
their hands full, and we don’t even know what tricks Jesus played on his
parents. Because whether you’re in Beverly Hills California, Buckingham Palace
in London, St Julian’s, New York or Oregon, or
Nazareth in the Holy Land, boys will be boys!
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