๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ | Homily 29 Dec 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos | Feast of the Holy Family
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ
HOMILY | Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
December 29, 2024
How do you pass on GOODNESS? ๐ive, ๐ขbey, ๐ขutreach, ๐uty, ๐กever Mind (learn to let go), (go the) ๐xtra Mile, ๐ฆacrifice, ๐ฆmile. Be smart, be rich, be wise, but in the end, it pays to be good. Be goodness-minded. Pass on goodness to your children and grandchildren.
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This Holy Mass is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission โ Superior Delegatus and Vocation Promoter) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.
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Somebody once asked: โWhy canโt Monday lift up Saturday?โ
Answer: โBecause Monday is a week day.โ
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Today is the Feast of the Holy Family. Why are some families weak? Thatโs because although they are strong financially and socially, they are weak spiritually.
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In todayโs Gospel, (Luke 2: 41-52) we hear about the loss and finding of Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph. And when they found Him, Jesus said to them: โDid you not know that I must be in my Fatherโs house?โ Reminder for all parents: Donโt forget to make your own house the Fatherโs house where there is prayer, respect, love, and understanding.
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Return to Jerusalem. Parents, can your children say that your house is a Jerusalem, where they find peace and love and will keep going back to it long after you are gone? Or is it a place they want to leave as soon as they can to be away from problems, quarrels, and strife?
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I remember Christmas Day in 2014 when I went back to our old house which had been sold after Mama died. I just parked my car across the street, remembering the many happy memories we had as a family with our mother during the last years of her life. The house was no longer ours, but the memories and happy moments are forever in our hearts to keep and to cherish. It was good
