Pope Francis, Mass for January 1, Solemnity of the Holy Family

(SE): Today’s feast, Pope Francis said during the January 1 Mass for the Solemnity of the Holy Family, “immerses us once more in the mystery of Christmas” – a mystery summed up in the Second Reading, where St Paul tells us that “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,” Vatican News reported.

These words “echo in our hearts today” and “remind us that Jesus, our Saviour, became flesh and is revealed in the frailty of the flesh.”