In this video, Tony considers why the Church places the Feast of the Holy Family within the Season of Christmas. As he explains, the answer to this question points to how the Holy Family serves as a shining example that calls all families to the adventure of holiness.
Endnotes:
St. Paul Daily Missal, 167.
Romans 8:28
Luke 1:31
Luke 1:34
Luke 1:38
Matthew 1:20
Matthew 1:21
Matthew 1:24
Matthew 2:13-15
Genesis 1:3
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.