Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus (A) December 26, 2010
Vatican Radio - Christian Horizons
Biblical Commentary by Don Fabio Rosini
Matthew 2 , 13-23
13 They were just parties, when an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him: "Arise, and take the child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is trying to kill the child."
14 Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt, 15 where he remained until Herod's death, it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
Egypt have I called my son.
16 Herod realized that the Magi had mocked him, was furious and sent to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, according to the time he had ascertained from the Magi . 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:
18 A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
, refusing to be comforted, because they are not.
Return from home to Nazareth
19 Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said "Arise, and take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel because they are dead which sought the child's life." 21 he arose, took the child and his mother, and entered the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard who was king of Judea Archelaus in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Warned in a dream, he withdrew in the regions of Galilee 23 and had just arrived, he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, to fulfill what had been said by prophets: "It will be called a Nazarene."
The challenge of family - It 's a song that can help a great deal of the challenge of the family. Challenge that we all are. There is nobody who is out of this challenge because we all have to articulate our relationship with our family or origin, or what if we got married, we have formed or that we belong anyway. There is a relationship with the reality of the family that has a relationship with the reality of life.
The complicated challenge for the family of Jesus - And we see in this gospel that this challenge begins in a very complicated and for our Lord. The Lord Jesus comes into a family that lives a series of hardships, difficulties, problems. Joseph, who is the main focus of this text, it is one that faces a number of difficulties. First there Herod wants to try to kill the child. Then he must go to Egypt, precisely, and then return to Egypt when Herod made his earthly journey and so it is freed from its threat. And so on.
parameters with which to manage the challenge of family relationships - Basically what we are talking about. The fact that all of us in the challenge of our family relationships and managing these relationships, we have the principles, parameters. Here parameter appears here in this text.
Giuseppe de ve heard an angel to make its mission - Joseph to carry on his mission to obey an angel spoke to him. The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. He must listen to the instructions of an angel and this angel tells him things very serious, very difficult. Must go to Egypt, facing uncertainty, facing difficulties. And then from there the angel will tell you when to return. The text has its fulfillment in its final sentence, when, warned in a dream, he withdrew in the area of \u200b\u200bGalilee and went to live in a town called Nazareth , " it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets . That is what Joseph needs to pursue is obedience to God's plan must accomplish one thing that was foretold by the prophets.
to obey God's plan to fulfill the promises and prophecies - Then each of us, in front of their existence, facing the management of its life, the temptation to simply according to good sense. Making just the second opportunity and convenience. We discover a new way of living, through our Lord Jesus Christ in the world, and through his family we see that appears to form a new family. One that obeys a plan, one that makes promises, prophecies.
Everyone has to defend the child through obedience to God's plans - there on each of us a plan of God, and God is gone along with this plan. And each of us must protect this child so precious. Each of us has to defend the Lord Jesus Christ in his life and must defend the presence of God in his own family through obedience to God's plan
God, if we get in his way sends us angels - Very often we think we have to go on improvising our lives, making things a bit ' as we are, but discover that God, when we put her on the floor, when we put him on the road that is leading us sends us angels. Now the angels speaking to Joseph in a dream. We can provide so much determination in this picture. Certainly an angel is the name of a ministry, rather than a certain individual or a supernatural being precise. ἄ γγελος (transliteration: Aggelos; case: Angelos ) in greek means to herald. We have angels. All of us have the gift of people who have the task a little bit of God's will tell Everyone refers, as Christian to someone. You must do this reference. If we are not listening to an angel, if not we are delivering our lives a little bit to someone who will tell us a little bit, how to manage it, usually act pretty random.
There are dangers that we inform our angels- And usually what we do is that we expose ourselves to Herod. It 'a threat that Joseph does not know. It 'a threat which Joseph did not know. And 'information that gives him the angel. There are dangers that we inform our angels. There are things that we take a little 'lightly. We plan to be calm, we need a wise, angels, guardians, of people who do the service to tell us a little how to protect our lives.
Christians are called to be angels for this generation - This is also a little bit down as a theme. We as Christians have the duty to be angels for this generation. A little bit through our actions, through our choices, through our words and our witness, we are called to show the world how to defend Jesus Christ. After all, a bit 'by himself. After all, a bit 'by the kingdoms of this world.
The challenge of the family is incompatible with the interests of Herod - Because the family has a difficult challenge because it is incompatible with its crucial and delicate challenge with the needs of Herod. Herod has priorities. Our world has priorities that are fundamentally economic priorities, priorities linked to power, priorities linked to management and a world view that is not directly attributable to the priorities of life. While a family's life as a priority. Then what happens? Herod runs, domineering, depriving many families this priority. What to do Joseph? He has to defend, whatever the cost this child. Defending the unborn life, defending the weak, weak of life that is blooming. There.
The mission of Joseph and all of us- After all, a bit 'all we have this mission. The mission of Joseph, the mission of defending our own relationship to life by Herod. Every family has this mission. But Christians are angels in this world to denote parameters, ways of thinking, choices that do not obey to Herod, but know that the escape. We should not be afraid of Herod. We must not be afraid to listen to the angel. Our real problem is not Herod. Our real problem is that we fulfill the prophecies are upon us.
is this challenge that presents itself, the Sunday after Christmas, Sunday Holy Family, is the challenge for all of us to fulfill our mission of fathers, mothers, sons, brothers, to be in any way connected to the other according to the plan of God and not according to common sense or priorities of this world.
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