There are often different reports on ‘family’ in the Media. There were reports on family and career. There were reports on some demographics issues too. Childbearing is for some modern partners increasingly unattractive, wrote a newspaper last week. There were discussions about the adoption rights of gay / Lesbian couples... Yes, in Europe we read a lot about families and its issues.
In this context, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family in the Church.
- Here is some short note about the history of this feast: the Church started this feast after the First World War in response to the disruption of the families that happened since the industrial revolution. The intention of the Church was to strengthen the values of the family life. I think the family life is threatened even in our time just as (or more than?) the past - in different ways. So to celebrate this feast is important for us.
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Fr Thomas Kalathil
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