The Holy Family

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This mosaic of the Holy Family is located in the Chapel at the Saint Peter Canisius, the Jesuit House of Writers located on the Borgo Spirito Santo, Rome. The mosaic is by Father Mark Rupnik, S.J. and the artisans of the Centro Alleti (Rome) December 23, 2007. Father Rupnik inspiration were the Contemplations on the Incarnation and the Nativity from Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises.

In the Exercises we read about the Nativity. "The first point is [for me] to see the persons, that is, to see our Lady, and Joseph, and the servant girl (the ancilla, the handmaid), and the infant Jesus after he is born, making myself a poor little fellow and unworthy little slave boy, looking at them, contemplating them, and serving them in their needs as if I were there present, with all possible respect and reverence." 

A version of Father Rupnik's Holy Family mosaic is found in the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights of Columbus, Supreme Council, New Haven, Connecticut. 

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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