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Trust — the Love of God, Hope of the World
In the person of Joseph, God trusts in a human to trust in the mission, to raise the Messiah, to be a beacon of hope to the world.
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Choosing and Faith—for Advent 4A
The Birth Story of Jesus is a big deal to Christians . . . except that Matthew gives us a story in passive focus, not on Jesus, but Joseph.
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God’s deal with Joseph
The Holy Family is our family. And God shows us that we are part of a project that thrives on making room for the new.
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All About Joseph?
The gospel for Advent 4A gives us Joseph’s angelic encounter while deciding about Mary when most of us are thinking Christmas.
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It’s not just doing the right thing
We often read the challenge Joseph faces as doing the “right” thing. What the angel invites them all into is something new.
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Between — Back to the Birth
To better understand the birth of Jesus in Matthew, we have to go back to the genealogy. A messy, cool bit of surprise and wonder.
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Echoes of Fear and Salvation
Three thousand years ago, an unremarkable boy grew into a remarkable king. He was a shepherd and musician, smaller than his brothers. And yet this boy took down Goliath, survived persecution from the first King of Judah, and he became the great king to unite the divided kingdoms. Two hundred years later, they’re divided again and it’s…
