Holy Family
The Holy Family consists of the
The
Veneration
The Feast of the Holy Family is a
From the 17th century, the feast has been celebrated at a local and regional level and at that level was promoted by
In the
The
In the Catholic Church, hyperdulia[9] and protodulia[10] are the names respectively reserved in a specific way to the veneration of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary and the Most Chaste Saint Joseph. Those venerations are more important than the dulia reserved to any other saint. In fact, the Virgin Mary has the Marian title of Queen of Angels and Queen of Saints and Saint Joseph is the patron of the Roman Catholic Church.
Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Holy Family on 26 December.[11]
In art
The Holy Family became a subject popular in art in the early 16th century, in both
Many early Holy Family compositions are either Nativity scenes or the
Related variants add Jesus's slightly older cousin,
Italy
The Parte Guelfa Holy Family by Luca Signorelli dates from about 1490. Mantegna appears to have invented the very tightly focused group in the late 1490s, painting several variants with John the Baptist and his mother, such as one now in Dresden. Some of these have standing or vertical infants, mostly toddlers rather than new-borns.[13]
By the
Lorenzo Lotto also painted the subject several times, tending to add angels and saints from later periods, to produce versions of a sacra conversazione. Examples are Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Holy Family with St Jerome and St Anne, as well as one in the Louvre with the families of Jesus and John the Baptist.
Northern Europe
North of the Alps, prints from the 1490s by
Gallery
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The Holy Family of Francis I, by Raphael(and assistants), 1518
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El Greco, 1595, one of a number of versions
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19th century relief in a Philippine museum
Patronages and customs
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The Holy Family of Nazareth is a model of life for the priests and brothers of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Family. In their pastoral ministry, they emphasize the importance of sincere love and devotion to Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The founder of the congregation, Fr. John Berthier, wrote that "nothing can strengthen faith, hope and embrace hearts with love as the cult of the Holy Family."
The members of the Holy Family are also the patrons of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The Holy Cross Sisters are dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Holy Cross Brothers to Saint Joseph, and the Priests of Holy Cross to the Sacred Heart. The Sons of the Holy Family is another religious congregation devoted to the Holy Family.
The Cathedral of the Holy Family of Nazareth is the
A pious practice among Christians, especially Catholics, is to write "✝ J.M.J. ✝" often flanked by two Christian crosses at the top of letters, cards, documents and personal notes as a reference to Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the Holy Family.[20] Where it is written, "✝ J.M.J. ✝" is an "appeal for the blessing of the Holy Family."[21]
See also
- Category:Paintings of the Holy Family
- Brothers of Jesus
- Chronological list of saints in the 1st century
- Chronology of Jesus
- Finding in the Temple
- Flight into Egypt
- Holy Kinship
- Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
Notes
- ^ a b Ainsworth, 122
- ^ Martin, James. "The Holy Family", Catholic Update
- ^ a b "Strasser O.S.B., Bernard. With Christ Through the Year". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- ^ Driver, Cory (27 December 2019). "What are the 12 days of Christmas?". Living Lutheran. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica: Feast of the Holy Family
- ^ "Ss. Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Parish: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph". Archived from the original on 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ It is not among the ten feasts listed in canon 1247 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, and canon 1246 of the 1983 Code as holy days of obligation. It would be a day of obligatory Mass attendance in years only when it falls on a Sunday by virtue of it being a Sunday, not by virtue of it being the Feast of the Holy Family
- ^ "Warum der Stephanustag dieses Jahr (fast) überall ausfällt". katholisch.de. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Devotion to Mary, Hyperdulia - Mariology for Everyone. Franciscanfriars. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023.
- ^ "Why does the Latin church give protodulia to St. Joseph instead of St. John the Baptist?". 3 June 2022.
- ^ "СВЯТОЕ СЕМЕЙСТВО - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ a b Hall, 335
- ^ The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, Andrea Mantegna, National Gallery]
- ^ ""The Holy Family", Art in the Bible". Artbible.info. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ "The Holy Family", The J. Paul Getty Museum Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""The Holy Family", New York Metropolitan Museum of Art". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ISBN 0136235964
- ^ University of Dayton Libraries
- ^ "Cathedral of the Holy Family of Nazareth". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- ISBN 978-0-87973-573-9.
- ISBN 978-0-8294-4599-2.
References
- ISBN 1588393984 9781588393982, fully online
- Hall, James, Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 1996 (2nd edn.), John Murray, ISBN 0719541476