We have the wonderful opportunity to spend multiple days unpacking the mystery of the Word Made Flesh. God, through Jesus Christ, has entered into our world and our lives in all manner of ways so that we can enter deeply into a relationship with God.
Then He shows us how we make much of that relationship with the others in our lives, especially the family, which is the domestic version of Church. That is why He was born in a family.
His presence with us calls us to live out virtues by which we show care for one another, bringing to fruition that love which sustains us in all circumstances, and enables us to do so when He is born in our hearts.
Even in the difficult circumstances of fleeing King Herod, Joseph and Mary had firm grounding by following God's directives and trusting Him.
So in our difficulties, we have assurance in entrusting ourselves to the One Who has come to us in the flesh and accompanies us always. His example in the Holy Family helps us see how we can live out our call to holiness by abounding in the glorious exchange of love with those in our families who are so close to us in first showing us love and bringing us into the family. The continual nurturing of love in our families truly makes present the Word Who became Flesh, and it is that love, keeping us close to God, that sustains us.
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