The Holy Family; 12 Days of Xmas

Holy Family - Feast (Sunday in the Octave of Christmas or December 30)
This feast was developed in the 17th century. It is based on the Gospel accounts. This family is looked upon as an excellent domestic unit representing the ideal family life. This feast was established in the Universal Church in 1921. The Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas or on December 30 if Christmas falls on Sunday.
-St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Site: "Special Feastdays"

images & prayers.
-Patron Saints Index: "Holy Family"

The primary purpose of the Church in instituting and promoting this feast is to present the Holy Family as the model and exemplar of all Christian families.
excerpted from With Christ Through the Year, Rev. Bernard Strasser, O.S.B.
-Catholic Culture: "Feast of the Holy Family"

See Catholic Culture: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

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