Commentary: Quoth the bulletin:
The Feast of the Holy Family is a liturgical celebration in the Catholic Church in honor of Jesus of Nazareth; his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary; and his foster father, Saint Joseph, as a family. The primary purpose of this feast is to present the Holy Family as a model for Christian families.Scripture of the Day
The Book of Sirach, chapter three, verses two thru six, fourteen thru sixteen;
or The Book of Genesis, chapter fifteen, verses one thru six & chapter twenty-one, verses one thru three;
Psalm One hundred twenty-eight, verses one thru five;
or Psalm One hundred five, verses one thru six, eight & nine;
The Epistle to the Colossians, chapter three, verses twelve thru twenty-one;
(the shorter form Colossians, 3:12-17 is also permitted);
or The Epistle to the Hebrews, chapter eleven, verses eight, eleven & twelve, seventeen thru nineteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter two, verses twenty-two thru forty;
(the shorter form Luke, 2:39-40 is also permitted).
Commentary: I read at Mass on Saturday afternoon (I have questions as to whether this actually qualifies as a vigil Mass & thus satisfies the attendees' Sunday obligation, but that's a matter of canon law for much higher up the food chain than your humble narrator) & did not know which Scriptural combination I'd be reading aloud, so I had to practice four readings instead of the usual two. This is a bit of a mess, methinks.
Merry Christmas!
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