Mary and Joseph obeyed the orders of the Emperor, however painful they were, without complaining or seeking to be exempt.
Reflection of the Holy Family
- Mary and Joseph obeyed the orders of the Emperor, however painful they were, without complaining or seeking to be exempt. They accepted with the same submission the contempt which their poverty attracted and withdrew into a humble stable without the least murmur.
- Jesus, our Saviour, was born in a stable, let himself be wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. For us sinners, what a subject for reflection!
Let us ask Jesus, through the intercession of Mary and
St. Joseph, to grant us the spirit of submission to the orders of Providence, to make us love and practise poverty and to detach us from the glory and vain honours of the world.
Pierre Bienvenu Noailles - Holy Family Pilgrinage
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