Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The First Saint I Ever Heard of (Reposted)

The following post makes its annual appearance in this blog.

Slightly adapted from a post in one of my old blogs.

Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary. People love to quote the saints, but we cannot quote St. Joseph. None of his words have been preserved.
I take that back about not being able to quote St. Joseph. We cannot quote his words, but we can, and should, "quote" his devotion to Jesus and Mary.
St. Joseph was the first saint I ever heard of, but that was because of the children's aspirins! LOL!
I like simple, homely {homely as in homelike, not, definitely not, as in  unattractive] images. I love to think about St. Joseph walking the floor when the Baby Jesus was teething. 

1 comment:

noreen said...

Hi Rochelle,
Poor St. Joseph! He seems to be in the shadow of Mary and Jesus, yet he was the rock that supported this Holy Family! He had the same worries dads everywhere have for their families. I especially think about when they found Jesus in the temple after three days of searching for him, can you imagine the terror he must have felt? Losing the Son of God?

St. Joseph, pray for us!

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