Today we are invited to contemplate the Holy Family – Jesus, Mary and Joseph – in the scene from St Luke’s Gospel when for three days Mary and Joseph lose Jesus only to find him again in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family Year B (2023)
Genesis 15:1-6,21:1-3 Hebrews 11:8.11-12.17-19 Luke 2:22-40
Today is the last day of the year. We could do worse than to hear the Canticle of Simeon read out in the Gospel. In the Liturgy of the Hours, this Canticle belongs with Compline, the last prayer of the day, recited or sung just before bed-time.