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If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in prayer. You will have more time than ever and your work will get done. Sow time with the poor. Sit and listen to them, give them your time lavishly. You will reap time a hundredfold.
- Dorothy Day
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2 SM 7:4-5A, 12-14A, 16; PS 89:2-5, 27 AND 29;
ROM 4:13, 16-18, 22
MT 1:16, 18-21, 24A
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Of her was born Jesus who is
called the Christ.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said,
"Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins."
When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home.
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Reflection on the Scripture |
"When Joseph awoke he did as the angel of the
Lord had directed him and received her into his home as his wife." –Matthew 1:24
In his fatherly love for the members of the Church, St. Joseph calls us to complete obedience, particularly to a "renewed commitment to evangelization." If you love Jesus and St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus and patron of the
Church, let St. Joseph be an impetus to evangelize zealously.
PRAYER: Father, send the Holy Spirit to teach me St. Joseph's part in Your plan of salvation.
PROMISE: "All depends on faith, everything is grace. Thus the promise holds true for all Abraham's descendants." –Rm 4:16
PRAISE: Throughout his life, St. Joseph behaved exactly as "the Lord had directed him" (Mt 1:24). Praise You, Lord, for St. Joseph, the man of faith.
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Theological Gems from Emile Merch's Theology of the Mystical Body - selected by Jim and Tyra Arraj
Book III: Christ
Chapter 13: Revelation and the Trinity
414. The Word remains here, as encompassing, as interior, as powerful as ever.
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