Comments on: Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph,December 29, 2019-“God in human family” https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: J https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17564 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:17:39 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17564 I too, love your explanations. Father just for the record,
I know words can be interpreted in many different ways. Your commentary did not appear to me as demeaning to males in any way.
Thank you for your thoughtful writings.

]]> By: Maria Veronica Ontiveros https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17552 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 20:11:35 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17552 Loved the reflections!
Thank you !

]]> By: A https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17551 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17551 What a patriarchal dogma you preach, Father Lawrence. Maybe what you say would have bern true in the 1950s and is still true in patriarchal societies around the world, but you’re not giving male human beings any credit. By talking over and over how difficult it was for Joseph to accept Mary when she was pregnant with someone else’s child, you’re equating male human beings with the lesser animals who reproduce and rear offspring due to instinct alone. And if they detect that the offspring aren’t theirs, they kill them or abandon them.

Please give both Joseph and your fellow men credit and believe that they both have and can apply reason to their decisions. Otherwise, you are saying that adoptive fathers can’t love or rear their children as well as biological fathers. A dangerous proposition for pro-life adherents.

And, the child wasn’t some random person’s child. It was God’s Son! You really think that Joseph would have had issues with that? How about pride that God entrusted him with His Son, and actually Himself?

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17550 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 14:17:36 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17550 Thank you Father for your wonderful reflections. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May our families thrive in the words and deeds of Christ!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17549 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 14:14:36 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17549 I felt today’s messages were a call to action: to be better in our families and in our marriages, to have greater respect for each other, to be more mindful of how we treat one another…to be better. Therein lies the makings of tremendous New Year’s resolutions and of a renewed commitment to our faith. Thank you, Father.

]]> By: Sandi https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17548 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:54:28 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17548 Thank you. Father. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and blessed new year to you, all the Catholic Moments writers, and our community of readers.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17547 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 11:36:48 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17547 Thank you father, I’m looking all week towards Sunday so I may read your reflections. Is always worth the wait. Thank YOU!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/solemnity-of-the-holy-family-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-december-29-2019/#comment-17546 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 07:29:58 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69657#comment-17546 Thanks a lot Padre Lawrence.May God keep you faithful to your vows in your Priesthood and your greater family of Catholic priests.Happy New Year to you too

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