When we don’t really know someone, but we’ve heard a lot about him or her, our imaginations can take over. We paint a certain picture of who this person is. We’re often wrong. For many people, this experience is analogous to our experience of the Holy Family. We’ve heard a lot about Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, but we don’t really know their family life. We paint a picture of unattainable perfection in our heads and we can dismiss the Holy Family as being out of touch with our trials and tribulations. This is exactly why the Holy Family consecration matters.