The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 29 December 2019 (YEAR A)

For some years now family therapists have used an exercise called ‘the geno-gram’ to help families understand their internal dynamics. Each spouse sits down and writes out their family tree. Usually it stretches back at least three generations. Next to each name they write a letter indicating any 'careers' this relative may have picked up in his or her lifetime. It is not just the person's occupation that interests a family therapist, though it's interesting to see the way doctors, farmers, musicians and civil servants pop up in some families.

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