Message from Pastor
THE HOLY FAMILY
The Christmas atmosphere and the good wishes of our greetings do not mean that problems have magically disappeared from our lives. Unfortunately, even during these days, people continue to face conflicts, illnesses, the loss of loved ones, and painful situations of various kinds.
Living Christmas does not protect us Christians from difficulties, but it does give us a perspective of faith that can radically change our attitude towards them.
We can learn something of this in this feast of the Holy Family. By contemplating today’s Gospel, we discover Joseph’s wisdom in interpreting, from God’s perspective, the problems of his wife and his newborn son. Faced with conflict, persecution, and injustice, Joseph and Mary do not react by retaliating or entering into an endless spiral of reproaches and lamentations. Joseph transforms an objectively evil situation into a serene response to God’s plan of salvation. This is the mystery of "God with us" that is revealed to us for our lives.
Christmas is an opportunity to feel close to the God who saves us from the fragility that is expressed in so many situations that are beyond our control; a God who became a migrant and persecuted child; a God who grew up in the bosom of a family that, instead of notoriety, chose anonymity and the simplicity of everyday life lived in Nazareth.
In a vengeful and divided society, the family of Nazareth sends us a message of peace and unity today. Joseph embodies the wisdom of the good man who knows how to interpret events from God’s perspective and therefore finds reasons to trust and hope despite the difficulties. This is what we believers are called to do today, following the example of the Holy Family: to create spaces where love triumphs over hatred and where those everyday details that build unity and peace are generously nurtured. We will not be able to bring about this change of attitude unless we welcome into our lives the God who came to save us and to remain with us.
Happy Sunday!
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