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22 Dec 2019 - Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle A

On my table I have an image of Saint Joseph sleeping. . . . So when I have a problem, a difficulty, I write a little note and I put it underneath Saint Joseph, so that he can dream about it! In other words I tell him: pray for this problem! —Pope Francis What emanates from the figure of Saint Joseph is faith . . . . Joseph of Nazareth is a “just man” because he totally “lives by faith.” He is holy because his faith is truly heroic. —Pope John Paul II The name God-with-us signifies that two natures are united in Jesus’ one person. Before time began, he was God, born of the Father, but in the fullness of time he became Emmanuel . . . in the womb of his mother, because when the word was made flesh and lived among us he deigned to unite our frail human nature to his own person. —Venerable Bede From [David’s] descendants, God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. —Acts 13:23

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27 Dec 2020 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle B

Joseph, husband of Mary, had guts. He had the guts to pay attention to his dreams. He had the guts to trust his inner wisdom as opposed to conventional wisdom when he discovered that Mary was pregnant before their marriage, and also when he fled with his family to Egypt to escape the horrors of Herod who ended up sacrificing innocent children to protect his own power. Joseph was wise enough to be led by God as to where his family would live and how they would live. Today’s parents need to have guts, too. We need to have the guts to oppose those elements of modern culture that are dangerous to our own faith and the faith of our children. We need to trust our deeper instincts when they tell us to limit our kids’ TV viewing and cell phone time, or say no to certain fashions, or hold to a curfew, or monitor what movies they watch. We need to listen for the promptings of God through our hopes and our conscience when we are teaching our children the importance of relationships above things, or the value of using our talents for the good of all rather than simply for self-aggrandizement. We need to trust our deeper instincts rather than assume that what the general culture is espousing will be just fine for our kids. Joseph had guts. And he had heart. And he had great love for Mary and Jesus. He showed great leadership in his family. Let’s ask his help and guidance so that we might do the same.

Authors Tom McGrath

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01 December 2024

Apocalypse

\ə-'pä-kə-“lips\

Alternative name for the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, that describes the end times in symbolic and allegorical language. Apocalyptic literature is concerned primarily with the fulfillment of history and God's purposes and often involves a human intermediary receiving hidden visionary knowledge of future events.

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