During the Octave of Christmas the Feast days come one after the other. It is such a blessed time of the year one might become overwhelmed. However, the Feast of the Holy Family is something that deserves particular attention. Something that I became aware of at least a year after the Children's Rosary formed was that the chapel where the first meeting of the Children's Rosary was held some 10 years ago is named after the Holy Family. In our parish we rarely call it by its formal name the Holy Family Chapel but rather call it simply our chapel and so its true name was not known to me until shortly after the Children's Rosary began. In reflection it seemed a perfect home for the Children's Rosary. For children are the heart of the family and the family is the lungs of the Church. If our families are strong then our church will be strong. And so I could see the wisdom of Our Lord in bringing the children to prayer in a space dedicated to the Holy Family. Through these little innocent prayers the coals in our families of love and peace would be stoked and a renewed commitment to family prayer would begin.
The pictures in this post were taken at the December 2021 meeting of the Children's Rosary at Holy Family Chapel at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in West Hartford, Connecticut USA. This is the chapel where the Children's Rosary began. At our last meeting one of the children decided to dress as an angel. The children gathered around the Holy Family placing roses as they led each decade of the Rosary.
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