The Holy Family

Saturday, January 22, 2011

St. Joseph, established by the Eternal Father as Head of the Holy Family, Patron of the Church, and Father of all Christians.
Strich, Nurmberg

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Fridolin Leiber (1853-1912)

Earthly Trinity

Images of the Holy Family help us to see the beauty of the earthly trinity, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, not only as a model for family life but also as the perfect expression of humankind as created in the Image of God, namely as a community of love. After the fall, this original image was shattered, and we needed a Savior. Jesus, true God and true Man, became part of the human family and its sanctification became possible; devotion to the Holy Family helps to bring us into the unity of that love for which we were created.