12/09 c-blog, POPE PAUL SAID EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE HOLY FAMILY, ST. JOACHIM:M"...pope paul...everything we need to know can be learned from the holy family at nazareth..family unit..importance of work in their lives..learn a lot..focus on God..obedience..st. joseph..how he was obedient..angel appeared during difficult time...joseph had own hopes & expectations..angel asked him..truly dicey business isn't it...take mary as wife..flee to egypt make home in nazareth..angel appearing to him..how obedient..how open to God's will..mary annunciation scene..scr don't tell us her own plans..some say she consecrated herself a virgin..maybe why she was confused when angel appeard..obviously not in her wildest dreams as a child growing up..now Jesus as an adolescent..leaves parents behind..answering questions of the doctors...fire in him...to share what he knew..devestating line when they found him..why looking for me..don't you know I had to be inmyfathes house...doingHis fathers will..parewnts came dutifylly went back dutifyll followed..psychologist...would certainly find holiness..always desiring to do what God asked og them...we are called to the same holiness. Busy lives..mary obedient..so joseph..so Jesus..how model this for our own lives..pray together a home..night prayers. Family prayers at meals.. remind selves..simple practices...discipline to remember..do enough. Becomes second nature...,more open to God..worship as family..signs & symbols at home..that God is #1... cross crucifix...bible? ...not need to be dusted...more than once a year...catholics have been accused of not knowing the bible very well..don't need to be bible scholars but familiar with scr..imp of obedience...children...obeying family members who have authority..if not firstborn...need to obey firstborn..firstborn have a lot of responsibility...do whatever is reasonably asked..cooperation & friendliness....again..obedience..important..reading from colossians..simple virtues...ordianry family in a certain extent...joseph carpentry..Jesus working side by side with him...ordinariness..how put in our lives. Prayer, obedience...end year 2009..what do different in 2010..giving up many things..this time next week, jan 3...take things in prayer...how to help live as holy family..awareness of call as Christians..simple virtues.."
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 "God sets a father in honor over his children a mothers authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins and preserves himself from them When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard. Whoever reveres his father will live a long life; he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother. 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."
R: "Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways"
"Brothers and sisters: Put on, as Gods chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. that is, the bond of perfection And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
Gospel Luke 2:41-52 Each year Jesus parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety. And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Fathers house?"
