聖家的典範

我兒，你父親年老了，你當扶助他；在他有生之日，不要使他憂傷。若他的智力衰弱了，你要對他有耐心，不要因你年富力強就藐視他；因為，對父親的孝愛，是不會被遺忘的；天主必要赦免你的罪過，復興你的家庭。你對母親的接納，必獲賞報；天主必依公義，建立你的家庭。

你們該如天主所揀選的，所愛的聖者，穿上憐憫的心腸、仁慈、謙卑、良善和含忍；如果有人對某人有什麼怨恨的事，要彼此擔待，互相寬恕；就如主怎樣寬恕了你們，你們也要怎樣寬恕人。在這一切之上，尤該有愛德，因為愛德是全德的聯繫。還要叫基督的平安，在你們心中作主；你們所以蒙召存於一個身體內，也是為此，所以，你們該有感恩之心。

要讓基督的話，充分存在你們內；以各種智慧彼此教導規勸；以聖詠、詩詞和屬神的歌曲，在你們心內，懷著感恩之情，歌頌天主。你們無論作什麼，在言語上或在行為上，一切都該因主耶穌的名而作，藉著他，感謝天主聖父。

作妻子的，應該服從丈夫，如在主內所當行的。作丈夫的，應該愛妻子，不要苦待她們。作子女的，應該事事聽從父母，因為這是主所喜悅的。作父母的，不要激怒你們的子女，免得他們灰心喪志。

黑落德死後，看，上主的天使在埃及托夢，顯現於若瑟，說：「起來，帶著孩子和他的母親，往以色列去，因為那些謀殺孩子性命的人已經死了。」若瑟便起來，帶了孩子和他的母親，進入以色列地域。

但是，若瑟一聽說阿爾赫勞繼承他父親黑落德，作了猶太王，就害怕到那裡去；夢中得了指示後，便退避到加里肋亞境內，去住在一座名叫納匝肋的城裡。如此，應驗了先知們所說的話：「他將稱為納匝肋人。」

My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his mind fail, be considerate of him; revile him not all the days of his life; kindness to a father will not be forgotten, firmly planted against the debt of your sins — a house raised in justice to you.

Put on, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and avoid any bitterness toward them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they may not become discouraged.

When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.” He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets
might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazorean.