December 28 th 2025( Holy Family A,B,C) 

Dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Holy Family! We are all born from a family! We see today more than ever that the family, especially the Judeo-Christian family, is under attack. What is in fact the base of society is the Christian family. The family is the first place where we learn how to truly love the other and how to relate and be generous in coming out of ourselves and putting the other first. Without the family there is no community of faith. If you destroy the family, you also destroy and destabilize society. There is only loneliness and emptiness. This is what the devil tries to do in every generation. Herod's image of the devil wants to kill the child. Joseph and Mary defend this child Jesus and in everything listen to what God says to them obeying his word. Not only Herod but also the state many times wants to replace the role of the family taking control over the children. This is very dangerous, we can see it already in many countries and even our own, how the state wants to manipulate and have control over the people, especially the younger generation. Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus make present to us another truth, the revelation of God. God decided to incarnate himself and to come to the world through a family. This family is a communion of love where God is at the center. No state or no person, no one, can manipulate or distort this form of love. This love is the truth, and it shines in the midst of the world when it appears. It is the same love that God willed to manifest in Jesus Christ crucified for us, the love of God for all men. The Christian family reveals and makes shine into the world this truth, which is a blasphemy for the Jews and madness for the gentiles but for us who believe it is the wisdom of God and power of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Peace, Fr. Nicholas Apollonio, Pastor