This Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Gospel shows how Christmas provides every family member a model for how to live the joy of Christmas year round. Every family role can turn negative and harmful if one ingredient is missing; with that ingredient, family life is a joy. St. Paul tells the Colossians the secret to family life is to above all “put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.”
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and
