Joseph, Chaste Protector of Mary

When Joseph learnt that he was to lead Mary home – for what had hap­pened with­in her came from the HOLY SPIRIT – his heart glowed with joy and grat­i­tude, and he remained the Guardian of the purest Vir­gin for the rest of his life. Tru­ly, Joseph lived up to his task. He guard­ed Mary’s hon­our before the peo­ple. He was the first to receive the divine Child from Mary’s hands on Holy Night. Togeth­er they wor­shipped the Child. Joseph was a won­der­ful Pro­tec­tor and he pro­tect­ed Mary and the Infant JESUS from Herod’s cru­el­ty. He fed them dur­ing their exile in Egypt. He was a great sup­port and com­fort on the jour­ney home, which was full of dan­gers. The Child grew weary and Joseph car­ried Him in his arms. Dur­ing those qui­et years in Nazareth, to Mary and JESUS, Joseph was their every­thing. Under his care, they fared well.

JESUS reached adult­hood and Mary was there for her JESUS. Joseph, as qui­et­ly and humbly as he had come, was allowed to begin his jour­ney home to bliss with the Heav­en­ly FATHER. In eter­ni­ty, Joseph is the pow­er­ful Pro­tec­tor of vir­ginal souls, of monas­ter­ies, of the entire Church, the great helper and Patron Saint of fam­i­lies, of work­ers and all who call upon him with love and con­fi­dence. Let us call upon him often and earnest­ly in all temp­ta­tions because he is the ter­ror of hell. Fam­i­lies are so very close to his heart, he wants to pro­tect and sup­port them, but this requires that they build up a good reation­ship with him, have him … more