CCC 530

The flight into Egypt and the massacre of the innocents²¹⁷ Cf. Mt 2:13-18. make manifest the opposition of darkness to the light: "He came to his own home, and his own people received him not."²¹⁸ Jn 1:11. Christ's whole life was lived under the sign of persecution. His own share it with him.²¹⁹ Cf. Jn 15:20. Jesus' departure from Egypt recalls the exodus and presents him as the definitive liberator of God's people.²²⁰ Cf. Mt 2:15; Hos 11:1.