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Sancta Familia The Holy Family

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Devotion to the Holy Family became popular in the 17th century. In 1921 the Feast honoring the Holy Family was established for the Universal Church on the first Sunday after Epiphany. Today the Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on the first Sunday after Christmas, unless Christmas itself falls on a Sunday, then the celebration is moved to December 30. The devotion to the Holy Family is built around the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life with Mary and Joseph. The Holy Family is looked upon as the ideal family that we today can pattern our families upon.

Orationes et Devotiones (Prayers and Devotions)

• Oratio in honorem Sanctae Familiae
       Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family
• Oratio post Missam ad Sanctam Familiam
       Prayer to the Holy Family after Mass
• Alia Oratio post Missam ad Sanctam Familiam
       Another Prayer to the Holy Family after Mass

Hymni (Hymns)

• O gente felix hospita
       O House of Nazareth the Blest
• O Lux beata caelitum
       O Highest Hope of Mortals
• Sacra iam splendent
       A Thousand Lights Their Glory Shed

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