January 10
NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
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2nd classHoly Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph is celebrated to honor the unique and sublime union formed by Christ, His Blessed Mother, and Saint Joseph in the humble home of Nazareth. This devotion invites the faithful to contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation within the context of family life, exalting the virtues of humility, obedience, and charity exemplified by the Holy Family. Instituted to provide Catholics with a concrete model of familial holiness, the feast emphasizes the sanctification possible within everyday domestic circumstances, showing that the home can be a place where God's love abides profoundly.
The timing of this feast, placed on the Sunday following Epiphany, reflects the period of the liturgical year when the Church meditates upon the hidden years of Jesus. In focusing on Jesus’ hidden life at Nazareth, the Church encourages Christians to find Christ in the ordinary, fostering a spirit of gracious submission to God's will, mutual respect, and unity among family members. The central figures—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—each model essential virtues: the Son’s submission and love, the Mother’s faith and maternal care, and the Foster Father’s courage, labor, and righteous leadership. Holding up their ordinary yet holy life, the Church strengthens the role of the Christian family as a 'domestic church,' where faith is first learned and lived. This feast, especially dear during times of crisis for the institution of the family, remains a powerful reminder of God’s design for unity, peace, and sanctification within every household.
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NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
IntroitPs 83:2-3
Latin
Prov 23:24; 23:25
Exsúltet gáudio pater Iusti, gáudeat Pater tuus et Mater tua, et exsúltet quæ génuit te.
Ps 83:2-3
Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virtútum! Concupíscit, et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Exsúltat gáudio pater Iusti, gáudeat Pater tuus et Mater tua, et exsúltet quæ génuit te.
English
Prov 23:24-25
The father of the Just will exult with glee; let Your father and mother have joy; let her who bore You exult.
Ps 83:2-3
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The father of the Just will exult with glee; let Your father and mother have joy; let her who bore You exult.
Collect
Latin
Orémus.
Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, Maríæ et Ioseph súbditus, domésticam vitam ineffabílibus virtútibus consecrásti: fac nos, utriúsque auxílio, Famíliæ sanctæ tuæ exémplis ínstrui; et consórtium cónsequi sempitérnum:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, Maríæ et Ioseph súbditus, domésticam vitam ineffabílibus virtútibus consecrásti: fac nos, utriúsque auxílio, Famíliæ sanctæ tuæ exémplis ínstrui; et consórtium cónsequi sempitérnum:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, You Who while subject to Mary and Joseph, hallowed family life with virtues beyond description, grant us by their combined intercession, that, having been taught by the example of the Holy Family, we may attain unto their everlasting companionship.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
O Lord Jesus Christ, You Who while subject to Mary and Joseph, hallowed family life with virtues beyond description, grant us by their combined intercession, that, having been taught by the example of the Holy Family, we may attain unto their everlasting companionship.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
LessonCol 3:12-17
Latin
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Colossénses
Col 3:12-17
Fratres: Indúite vos sicut elécti Dei, sancti et dilécti, víscera misericórdiæ, benignitátem, humilitátem, modéstiam, patiéntiam: supportántes ínvicem, et donántes vobismetípsis, si quis advérsus áliquem habet querélam: sicut et Dóminus donávit vobis, ita et vos. Super ómnia autem hæc caritátem habéte, quod est vínculum perfectiónis: et pax Christi exsúltet in córdibus vestris, in qua et vocáti estis in uno córpore: et grati estóte. Verbum Christi hábitet in vobis abundánter, in omni sapiéntia, docéntes et commonéntes vosmetípsos psalmis, hymnis et cánticis spirituálibus, in grátia cantántes in córdibus vestris Deo. Omne, quodcúmque fácitis in verbo aut in ópere, ómnia in nómine Dómini Iesu Christi, grátias agéntes Deo et Patri per Iesum Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
℟. Deo grátias.
English
Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Colossians
Col 3:12-17
Brethren: Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, patience. Bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has a grievance against any other; even as the Lord has forgiven you, so also do you forgive. But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection. And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts; unto that peace, indeed, you were called in one body. Show yourselves thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly: in all wisdom teach and admonish one another by psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing in your hearts to God by His grace. Whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 26:4
Latin
Ps 26:4
Unam pétii a Dómino, hanc requíram: ut inhábitem in domo Dómini ómnibus diébus vitæ meæ.
Ps 83:5.
Beáti, qui hábitant in domo tua, Dómine: in sǽcula sæculórum laudábunt te. Allelúia, allelúia,
Isa 45:15
Vere tu es Rex abscónditus, Deus Israël Salvátor. Allelúia.
English
Ps 26:4
One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
Ps 83:5
℣. Happy they who dwell in Your house. O Lord! continually they praise You. Alleluia, alleluia.
Isa 45:15
℣. Truly You are a hidden God, the God of Israel, the Saviour. Alleluia.
GospelLuc 2:42-52
Latin
Sequéntia + sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam.
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc 2:42-52
Cum factus esset Iesus annórum duódecim, ascendéntibus illis Ierosólymam secúndum consuetúdinem diéi festi, consummatísque diébus, cum redírent, remánsit puer Iesus in Ierúsalem, et non cognovérunt paréntes eius. Existimántes autem illum esse in comitátu, venérunt iter diéi, et requirébant eum inter cognátos et notos. Et non inveniéntes, regréssi sunt in Ierúsalem, requiréntes eum. Et factum est, post tríduum invenérunt illum in templo sedéntem in médio doctórum, audiéntem illos et interrogántem eos. Stupébant autem omnes, qui eum audiébant, super prudéntia et respónsis eius. Et vidéntes admiráti sunt. Et dixit Mater eius ad illum: Fili, quid fecísti nobis sic? Ecce, pater tuus et ego doléntes quærebámus te. Et ait ad illos: Quid est, quod me quærebátis? Nesciebátis, quia in his, quæ Patris mei sunt, opórtet me esse? Et ipsi non intellexérunt verbum, quod locútus est ad eos. Et descéndit cum eis, et venit Názareth: et erat súbditus illis. Et Mater eius conservábat ómnia verba hæc in corde suo. Et Iesus proficiébat sapiéntia et ætáte et grátia apud Deum et hómines.
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Luc 2:42-52
Cum factus esset Iesus annórum duódecim, ascendéntibus illis Ierosólymam secúndum consuetúdinem diéi festi, consummatísque diébus, cum redírent, remánsit puer Iesus in Ierúsalem, et non cognovérunt paréntes eius. Existimántes autem illum esse in comitátu, venérunt iter diéi, et requirébant eum inter cognátos et notos. Et non inveniéntes, regréssi sunt in Ierúsalem, requiréntes eum. Et factum est, post tríduum invenérunt illum in templo sedéntem in médio doctórum, audiéntem illos et interrogántem eos. Stupébant autem omnes, qui eum audiébant, super prudéntia et respónsis eius. Et vidéntes admiráti sunt. Et dixit Mater eius ad illum: Fili, quid fecísti nobis sic? Ecce, pater tuus et ego doléntes quærebámus te. Et ait ad illos: Quid est, quod me quærebátis? Nesciebátis, quia in his, quæ Patris mei sunt, opórtet me esse? Et ipsi non intellexérunt verbum, quod locútus est ad eos. Et descéndit cum eis, et venit Názareth: et erat súbditus illis. Et Mater eius conservábat ómnia verba hæc in corde suo. Et Iesus proficiébat sapiéntia et ætáte et grátia apud Deum et hómines.
English
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 2:42-52
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. And after they had fulfilled the days, when they were returning, the Boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and His parents did not know it. But thinking that He was in the caravan, they had come a day’s journey before it occurred to them to look for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. And not finding Him, they returned to Jerusalem in search of Him. And it came to pass after three days, that they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who were listening to Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. And when they saw Him, they were astonished. And His Mother said to Him, Son, why have You done so to us? Behold, in sorrow Your father and I have been seeking You. And He said to them, How is it that you sought Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business? And they did not understand the word that He spoke to them. And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them; and His Mother kept all these things carefully in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace before God and men.
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Luke 2:42-52
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. And after they had fulfilled the days, when they were returning, the Boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and His parents did not know it. But thinking that He was in the caravan, they had come a day’s journey before it occurred to them to look for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. And not finding Him, they returned to Jerusalem in search of Him. And it came to pass after three days, that they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who were listening to Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. And when they saw Him, they were astonished. And His Mother said to Him, Son, why have You done so to us? Behold, in sorrow Your father and I have been seeking You. And He said to them, How is it that you sought Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business? And they did not understand the word that He spoke to them. And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them; and His Mother kept all these things carefully in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace before God and men.
OffertoryLuc 2:22
Latin
Orémus.
Luc 2:22
Tulérunt Iesum paréntes eius in Ierúsalem, ut sísterent eum Dómino.
Luc 2:22
Tulérunt Iesum paréntes eius in Ierúsalem, ut sísterent eum Dómino.
English
Let us pray.
Luke 2:22
The parents of Jesus took Him up to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord.
Luke 2:22
The parents of Jesus took Him up to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord.
Secret
Latin
Placatiónis hostiam offérimus tibi, Dómine, supplíciter ut, per intercessiónem Deíparæ Vírginis cum beáto Ioseph, famílias nostras in pace et grátia tua fírmiter constítuas.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
In appeasement, O Lord, we offer You this sacrifice, humbly praying that through the intercession of the Virgin Mother of God, and that of St. Joseph, You will establish our households in Your peace and grace.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunionLuc 2:51
Latin
Luc 2:51
Descéndit Iesus cum eis, et venit Názareth, et erat súbditus illis.
English
Luke 2:51
Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.
Post Communion
Latin
Orémus.
Quos cœléstibus réficis sacraméntis, fac, Dómine Iesu, sanctæ Famíliæ tuæ exémpla iúgiter imitári: ut in hora mortis nostræ, occurrénte gloriósa Vírgine Matre tua cum beáto Ioseph; per te in ætérna tabernácula récipi mereámur:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Quos cœléstibus réficis sacraméntis, fac, Dómine Iesu, sanctæ Famíliæ tuæ exémpla iúgiter imitári: ut in hora mortis nostræ, occurrénte gloriósa Vírgine Matre tua cum beáto Ioseph; per te in ætérna tabernácula récipi mereámur:
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
Grant, Lord Jesus, that those whom You refresh with the heavenly sacrament may ever imitate the example of Your Holy Family, so that at the hour of our death, with the glorious Virgin Mary and St. Joseph welcoming us, we may be found worthy to be received into Your everlasting home.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
Grant, Lord Jesus, that those whom You refresh with the heavenly sacrament may ever imitate the example of Your Holy Family, so that at the hour of our death, with the glorious Virgin Mary and St. Joseph welcoming us, we may be found worthy to be received into Your everlasting home.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen
Vetus Ordo texts: Divinum Officium