Feast of the Holy Family Year B.
Sirach 3:2—6, 12—14
SECOND READING
Colossians 3:12—21
GOSPEL
Luke 2:22, 39—40
THEME:
THE JOY OF THE PRIMARY CHURCH.
My
son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he
lives. Even if his mind fail, be considerate of him; revile him not all the
days of his life; kindness to a father will not be forgotten, firmly planted
against the debt of your sins —a house raised in justice to you. When he prays,
he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Children, obey your
parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Wives,
be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord
Husbands,
love your wives, and avoid any bitterness toward them.
Fathers,
do not provoke your children, so they may not become discouraged.
One
should ask, why did I start with children instead of the head of the family?
The reason for that is because today’s feast of Holy Family puts it in that
way. The family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. This family should be the yardstick
to every family. Continue Reading......................
Fathers
have many works in the family, both self-created ones and those created by the
family. I have only one advice. When you as a father encounter any problem in
your family, just try to treat it in this way. Adani rice or Abakaliki rice for
some, is a good rice that is very sweet after cooking it, but while eating it,
you must certainly see stones. The solution to it is to throw away those stones
and continue eating, not to pour the rice away. Throw away the problem not the
person it came through in your family.
Mothers
have enormous works in families, as in the case of fathers, both self-created
ones and those created by the family. I advice you to just focus on your family
and trust in God. A woman was narrating how bad her husband is to other women
that she was coming back from market with, I was following them with a
motorcycle. When other women went their ways, I stopped to carry the woman home
and she entered. When we reached her house, I passed and she shouted I should
stop. I told her that I knew that the place is her house but I wanted to take
her home to her parents that her husband is not good for her but she said she
was comfortable with him. It was there that I told her that everyone has
his/her own problem, you should not carry yourself to the market. Onye
nile akwo n' azu n' Ike ya ghere oghe. Your own is not the worst. Do not
make yourself story others will tell.
Children’s
responsibilities are also big, but with God all things are possible. A girl was
telling me how hash her parents were to her, that she was tired of her parents.
I went and planned with her parents to chase her away that I will take her to
my house to help them make her know that they love her so much. When that
happened, I took her. The very first day she came to our house, I committed one
thing and my mother could not hold herself and used mouth to finish me up
before her. As days went by, some attentions were channeled towards her and
after four months she told me that she wanted to go home. That it is obvious
that her parents love her so much. Greater number of parents love their
children so much. Stop complaining and focus on the love they lavish on you and
pray to God for a brighter future and God will bless you.
All
should just perform their duties in the family with love and care in the view
that God is still there for his people. Joseph listened to God more than he
listened to people. Mary pondered more in her heart more than she was telling
people about her troubles. And Jesus though God obeyed his parents. We all fall
into one of these three stages, know your own and imitate your model in it and
you will enjoy here and here after. Family is the primary church we all attend,
we should try and enjoy the whole Joy in it and we will enjoy the final church
in heaven. THANKS AND HAPPY THE FEAST OF HOLY FAMILY.
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