As we return from our own family gatherings, the Church offers us the icon of the family in the feast of the Holy Family. Our families can be the source of great joy and blessing - and also great pain and suffering. But this feast reveals the wonderful calling for our families. Jesus being born in a family means he can be born in ours too if we will ask God for this grace. Just as Christ redeemed the world being born in a family, he can redeem our world, through our families.