*Foster *father?
That title doesn’t seem to give him the credit he deserves.
In the eyes of the law and the land, he was Jesus’ legal father and the reason he is a descendent of David.
The priest writing this blog describes Joseph as a man of honesty, integrity, virtue, obedience, silence, strength…who has a “deep interior life” and “suffers in silence” and “never complained”…
…who was “the world’s greatest father” and who homeschooled Jesus and taught him how to speak, read, make doors, make plows…and that Jesus looked up to Joseph so much that “he imitated his mannerisms.”
…and as a husband, he was loving, considerate, self-sacrificing, and affectionate…
But I’m wondering where he gets all these details.
In the Christian canon, Joseph makes a few brief but key appearances that show he’s a decent man (tho Mark’s gospel and Paul’s letters do not mention him).
But…to go so far as to get into his mind and say he “had a deep interior life”…or that he “never complained”…or that he taught Jesus how to make plows?
And I may be missing it, but where in the bible does Jesus imitate Joseph’s mannerisms?
He also writes: “we should always pray that we will have the same kind of death that St. Joseph had, dying in the arms of Jesus and Mary”…but says: “In fact, even his death is wrapped in silence…”
If we don’t know any details of his death, why does he say he died in Mary’s and Jesus’ arms?
Where is he getting that info from?
Is he just guessing?
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