The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph
The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. We don't know much about him, except what is mentioned in the Gospels. Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the adoptive father of Jesus. Holy Scripture proclaims him a "just man" and the Church turned to Joseph for his patronage and protection.
One hundred years later, John Paul II echoes his predecessor in his 1989 Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redeemer), hoping that "all may grow in devotion to the Patron of the universal Church and in love for the Savior who has served in such an exemplary way ... way all the Christian people will not only turn to St. Joseph with greater fervor and invoke his patronage with confidence, but will always keep before their eyes his humble and mature way of serving and "participating" in the plan of salvation ".
St. Joseph is invoked as patron for many causes. He is the patron of the universal Church. He is the patron saint of the dying because Jesus and Mary were on their deathbed. He is also the patron of fathers, carpenters and social justice. Many religious orders and communities are placed under his patronage.
La Bible he gives Joseph the greatest compliment: he was a "just" man. Quality meant more than loyalty in paying debts.
The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph: the story
When the Bible speaks of God "justifying" someone, it means that God, all holy or "just", thus transforms a person that the individual somehow shares the holiness of God, and therefore it is truly "right" for God to love him or her. In other words, God is not playing, acting as if we are lovely when we are not.
Saying that Joseph was "right", the Bible means that he was one who was completely open to whatever God wanted to do for him. He became a saint by opening himself totally to God.
The rest we can easily assume. Think about the kind of love he has wooed and won with Maria and the depth of love they shared during their marriage.
It is not in contradiction with Joseph's manly holiness that he decided to divorce Mary when she was found pregnant. The important words of the Bible are that he intended to do it "silently" because he was "a right man, but not willing to expose her to shame ”(Matthew 1:19).
The righteous man was simply, joyfully, wholeheartedly obedient to God: marrying Mary, naming Jesus, leading the precious couple to Egypt, leading them to Nazareth, in an undetermined number of years of quiet faith and courage
Reflection
The Bible tells us nothing about Joseph in the years following his return to Nazareth, except the incident of the finding of Jesus in the temple (Luke 2: 41–51). Perhaps this can be interpreted as meaning that God wants us to realize that the holiest family was like any other family, that the circumstances of life for the holiest family were like those of any family, so that when the mysterious nature of Jesus began to appear, people could not believe he came from such humble origins: “He is not the son of the carpenter? Isn't your mother called Maria…? "(Matthew 13: 55a). He was almost indignant like "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" (John 1: 46b)
St. Joseph is the patron saint of:
Belgium, Canada, Carpenters, China, Fathers, Happy death, Peru, Russia, Social justice, Travelers, Universal church, Workers of Vietnam