Saint of the day: Saint Joseph, husband of Mary

Saint of the day, Saint Joseph: The Bible ago a Giuseppe the biggest compliment: he was a "just" man. Quality meant more than loyalty in paying debts.

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 is truly "right" for God to love him or her. In other words, God he's not playing, acting like we're adorable when we're not. By saying that Joseph was "righteous," 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 wooed and won Mary with and the depth of love they shared during theirs wedding . It is not in contradiction with Joseph's manly holiness that he decided to divorce Mary when she was found pregnant.

Saint of the day Saint Joseph the putative father of Jesus

The important words of the Bible I am that he intended to do it "in silence" because he was "a righteous man, but not willing to expose her to shame" (Matthew 1:19). The righteous man was simply, joyfully, wholeheartedly obedient to God: marrying Mary giving the name to Jesus, leading the precious couple to Egypt, taking 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: “Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't your mother called Maria…? "(Matthew 13: 55a). He was almost indignant like "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" (John 1: 46b).

San Giuseppe is the patron of: Belgium, Canada, Carpenters, China, dad, happy death, Peru, Russia, Social Justice, Travelers, Universal Church, Vietnam, workers.