“The feast of the Holy Family …[with its rich readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128: 1-5; Colossians 3:12-17; and Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23]…calls us to renew and strengthen the ties that bind…” (Bergant, The Word for Every Season, A, 2010)
Those ties may be in our individual families, among friends, in our community, in our church family, or within the whole human family. We, as a people, and we, as individuals, all have a part in strengthening these ties.