Collect · Dec 26, 2014 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Holy Family – children first learn who God is by knowing their parents
Novus OrdoHoly Family — Dec 27, 2026, Dec 26, 2027, Dec 31, 2028
Deus, qui praeclara nobis sanctae Familiae dignatus es exempla praebere, concede propitius, ut domesticis virtutibus caritatisque vinculis illam sectantes, in laetitia domus tuae praemiis fruamur aeternis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who deigned to provide us with the very beautiful models of the Holy Family, grant propitiously that we who are eagerly imitating them in domestic virtues and the bonds of charity, may enjoy eternal rewards in the joy of Your house.
This coming Sunday in the post-Conciliar, Novus Ordo, Ordinary Form calendar, is the Feast of the Holy Family. In the traditional Roman calendar, Holy Family will be on 11 January. The place God Incarnate chose to begin manifesting His sacrificial love, which reached its culmination on the Cross, was the family home.