When Love Takes Flight

For the Holy Family, it happened in the middle of the night, long before the world had finished catching its breath from Bethlehem. A dream that would not let Joseph sleep. A voice urgent enough to cut through his exhaustion: “Rise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt” (Mt. 2:13). Before Jesus could walk, before He could speak His first word, His life was already in danger. Before Mary had recovered from childbirth, she was packing for a border crossing she never imagined.

We like to picture Christmas as calm and bright, the holy night wrapped in music and candlelight. But the Gospel remembers the truth: the Child came into a world where fear was real, rulers were ruthless, and families did whatever they had to do to survive. That is how the Savior’s life begins—not in safety, but in the fragile courage of two parents who trust a God they cannot see.

Joseph did not…