We often think of the Holy Family as a family without struggles. God, of course, was their center and their strength, but God called Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to a great self-emptying love.
Joseph took to himself a young maiden with a child not his own, believing in the darkness that this faithful, protecting love would serve God's plan. Mary watched her Son grow to the fullness of manhood, only to be murdered. And Jesus enfleshed the enduring love of His Father despite the cost to those He loved, and to Himself.