The Holy Family Mt 2: 13 – 15, 19 – 23 Feast of the Holy Family Introduction Today is the feast of the Holy Family. This reading tells us of the struggles that the Holy Family had to endure and go through. But it also tells us how God protected them from hostile elements that threatened its survival. The Gospel 3 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I have called my son.” 19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, 20 “Get up, take the child and h...
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