LIVE IT TODAY: Sunday, December 28, 2025 | Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
I have entrusted My Son to a family, and through your faithful obedience I desire to reveal My protection, My purpose, and My love to the world.
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I have entrusted My Son to a family, and through your faithful obedience I desire to reveal My protection, My purpose, and My love to the world.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Matthew 2:13–15, 19–23
When the magi had departed, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,
“Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt,
and stay there until I tell you.
Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night
and departed for Egypt.
He stayed there until the death of Herod,
that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled,
Out of Egypt I called my son.
When Herod had died, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream
to Joseph in Egypt and said,
“Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel,
for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
He rose, took the child and his mother,
and went to the land of Israel.
But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea
in place of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go back there.
And because he had been warned in a dream,
he departed for the region of Galilee.
He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth,
so that what had been spoken through the prophets
might be fulfilled,
He shall be called a Nazorean.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
God enters a violent world not by force, but by faithful obedience entrusted to parents.
On the Feast of the Holy Family, the Church draws our eyes not first to crisis, but to communion. This Gospel reveals a family bound together by trust in God amid uncertainty. Jesus does not grow in isolation or abstraction, but within a home where love, sacrifice, and obedience shape daily life. Salvation enters the world through a family that listens together and moves together.
Joseph again stands at the center—not as a ruler or a preacher, but as a father who receives God’s word and acts decisively for the sake of those entrusted to him. Mary’s quiet consent and Joseph’s courageous obedience form a unity of love in which the Son of God is protected, nurtured, and raised. The Holy Family shows that holiness is forged not in comfort, but in fidelity lived together.
Matthew’s account emphasizes that God’s guidance unfolds step by step. The Holy Family does not see the whole road at once. They receive light for the next step only. Egypt, return, Nazareth—each move requires trust renewed. Family life becomes the school of discernment, where listening precedes acting and faith steadies fear.
Nazareth matters. It is not a consolation prize after danger passes; it is the chosen place where the Son of God grows “strong, filled with wisdom.” Ordinary years, hidden labor, shared meals—this is where God prepares the Redeemer. The Holy Family sanctifies the unseen years of parenting, work, and daily perseverance.
This Gospel speaks directly to the domestic church. Families today often face uncertainty, pressure, and unseen threats to unity and faith. The Holy Family reminds us that God’s will is most often lived not through dramatic gestures, but through daily decisions to stay together, pray together, and trust together.
We parents are called to mirror this holy unity: to lead with humility, to listen for God’s guidance, and to protect the spiritual life of our homes. We form saint-shaping families when we place our trust not in control or clarity, but in obedience born of love—praying over our children by name and entrusting our families to the God who dwells within them.
“The Holy Family is the beginning of the Church.” (CCC 1655)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In My Heart:
Where is God asking me to trust Him more deeply, even when the path ahead feels uncertain or demanding?
In My Home:
How can our family more intentionally live as the Holy Family did—listening for God’s guidance and responding with courage and unity?
In My World:
Where am I being called to witness to the dignity of family life through quiet faithfulness rather than force or argument?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, share one way each person feels protected, guided, or strengthened within your family.
Then, one by one, pray over each person by name, asking for the grace to trust God’s direction, the courage to act in obedience even when it is costly, and the peace that comes from knowing God is at work through your family’s faithfulness.
Daily Challenge:
Choose one concrete act of obedience today—small or unseen—that places your family more fully under God’s care and direction.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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