The holy family exemplifies the love of our kin relations.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: December 30, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The following are excerpts from a sermon given yesterday by the Rev. Mike Wilson at St. Mary of the Mills Catholic Church in Laurel.

God in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, exists in love. And because God created us in His likeness, we have the same purpose of love in our families.

We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family today because, once the child Jesus is born, Joseph and Mary have a family. The family is the basis of our society, and as God is love among the three persons, love is to bind together all our families' ...

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