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The Holy Family of Jesus,
Mary and Joseph
December 29, 2019
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Immense Danger

Since the objective of advertisers has long been to “define us as consumers,” is it any wonder that Americans are the most overweight population in the world with other countries eating their way to second place?

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

The Human Struggle with Sexual Energy

How can we avoid somehow pitting sexual fulfillment against holiness? How can we be robustly sexual and fully spiritual at one and the same time?

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Weeping for the Children

Why didn’t God send his angel to warn all the fathers of young children in Bethlehem?

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Reflections

Larry
Gillick, SJ

Family

The community of the Church will come together as a family with its own memories and hopes.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Our First Priority

We no longer feel comfortable with wives being submissive to husbands, and just the reading of this passage in today’s liturgy offends some people.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Holy Family

Does Joseph have second thoughts about leaving his job, dwelling, or possessions when the angel tells him to take Mary and flee to Egypt?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

The Flight into Egypt

Joseph …

who felt the
grain
of wood and
the
bite of the
saw
against wood

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