26 DEC 2021 - ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS

#RulesForChristianHouseholds #DiscontentmentInMarriage TOPIC: DO YOU EXPERIENCE DISCONTENTMENT IN YOUR MARRIAGE? First Reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Or 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Or Psalms 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21 Or Colossians 3:12-17 or 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24 Alleluia: Acts 16:14B, Colossians 3:15A, 16A Gospel: Luke 2:41-52 As we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family today, we reflect on our own marriage. For what happens with it determines the kind and degree of honor and respect that our children will give us. Unless we go through the heat and furnace of sacrifice, unless we let the seed fall to the ground to die so that it may produce much fruit, our marriage will remain selfish, stagnant and lifeless. This is the 628th installment of our CFC quarantine contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings. [NOTE: All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time for us to ponder what God's message is for us individually and to pray that we may live them out in our lives. This video is also available on Couples for Christ’s and Bong Arjonillo’s Facebook pages. In You Tube, just type ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS]