We pray you will receive Jesus, the Word Incarnate, in a new way into your
heart.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007, Holy Family
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14, Colossians 3:12-21, Psalm 128, Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
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THE ETERNAL FAMILY REUNION
"Christ's peace must reign in your hearts." —Colossians 3:15
We want to celebrate Christmas with our families. Therefore, Christmas is
especially difficult for us if a loved one has died in the last year.
However, we have the great hope of our families getting together for the
eternal happiness of heaven. We will have a family reunion in heaven in
the not too distant future, and if the Lord has His way, not one family
member will be missing.
For your family to stay together for an eternity of Christmases, you must:
* Repent of sin and decide to love the Lord with all your heart, soul,
mind, and strength.
* Talk to your family members about your love for Jesus.
* Be in right relationship with family members. Honor your parents (Sir
3:2), be submissive to your husband, lay down your life for your wife (Col
3:18-19), disciple your children.
* Pray together daily as a married couple and as a family (see Mt
18:19-20).
* Forgive family members seven times seventy times (see Col 3:13).
Many of you feel very discouraged about the spiritual state of your
families. Be instead confident that the Lord loves each member of your
family, even to death on the cross. Jesus will change the hardest heart.
Be hopeful.
Prayer: Father, may I remove the plank of sin from my own eye so as to
help family members remove the specks from their eyes (Mt 7:5).
Promise: "Kindness to a father will not be forgotten, it will serve as a
sin offering — it will take lasting root." —Sir 3:14
Praise: "Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory
and praise" (Ps 96:7).
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from
December 1, 2008 through January 31, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General Archdiocese of Cincinnati, July
30, 2007
The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be
free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or
statements expressed.
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