Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family, December 31, 2023
The 1st reading (Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14) talks about the traditional family in which there is a husband who is a man and a wife who is a woman. There is a father, a mother, and children. These are simple, traditional concepts that have been good for millennia, but which are now turned upside down in certain environments, with intimidation, crippling repercussions and even the loss of livelihood for those who do not comply. God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother's authority he confirms over her sons. Sirach 3:2 In non-traditional