St. Joseph
Our Patron through the Pandemic
Father Kenneth G. Davis Comments Off on Our Patron through the Pandemic
Because we are not victims of human circumstance, but rather objects of divine clemency, we might consider the seeming coincidence that coronavirus coincided with the Year of St. Joseph. Perhaps the divine invitation is to ponder how we dealt with COVID-19 challenges compared to how the patron of the Church dealt with his challenges. St. Read More
From the Shadows
Father Ronald D. Witherup Comments Off on From the Shadows
On Dec. 8, 2020, Pope Francis surprised the world once more by issuing an apostolic letter declaring the “Year of St. Joseph.” I can imagine that no small numbers of bishops and priests were thinking, “Yet another themed year!” Some dioceses had already planned their own themed events, some revolving around synods or diocesan planning. Read More
The Holy Silence of St. Joseph
D.D. Emmons 1
Throughout the sacred Scriptures, men and women are called by God to take on totally unexpected roles. In the Old Testament, it was Noah, Moses, Abraham, David and Gideon, to identify a few. They were leading normal lives when, suddenly, God called them to become key parts of salvation history. Sometimes God summoned the individual, Read More
What Does St. Joseph Teach Us?
Dr. Jo Ann Paradise Comments Off on What Does St. Joseph Teach Us?
Vacation is always a good time to experience the Church universal. You do not even have to go to a foreign country to do so. If you live in the Northeast, attending liturgy in Texas might provide you with a whole different experience of church. I love to explore the worship space after Mass. It Read More
St. Joseph, Our Teacher
Msgr. Charles Pope Comments Off on St. Joseph, Our Teacher
As priests, we have a lot to learn from St. Joseph. Indeed, we should seek to imitate the virtues he exemplified. Let’s consider just a few. We can learn from Joseph’s silence. It may seem odd that we, who have the ministry of preaching and teaching, should find silence a virtue to imitate. But an Read More
The Annunciation to St. Joseph
Father Eugene Hensell Comments Off on The Annunciation to St. Joseph
The Gospels do not contain a great deal of material about Joseph, the husband of Mary. The infancy narrative of Matthew provides most of what we have from the canonical Gospels (Mt 1:1—2:23). Some commentators are of the opinion that Joseph might have died after Jesus had reached his 12th year but before he began Read More