The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved. ³For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children. ⁴He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days. ⁵And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. ⁶He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard. ¹²Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee. ¹³For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son. ¹⁴Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;

¹Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. ²For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. ³Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. ⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

℟ Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: ¹³Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. ¹⁴But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection: ¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful. ¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God. ¹⁷All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. ¹⁸Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord. ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them. ²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord. ²¹Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.

And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: ²³As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord: ²⁴And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons: ²⁵And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in him. ²⁶And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. ²⁷And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, ²⁸He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said: ²⁹Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace; ³⁰Because my eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: ³²A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. ³³And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him. ³⁴And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; ³⁵And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed. ³⁶And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. ³⁷And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day. ³⁸Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord; and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel. ³⁹And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth. ⁴⁰And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him.