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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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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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Saint Joseph
Listening to that gospel story about Jesus in the Temple has new resonance for us today. Those of us who grew up with stranger danger already freak out at the thought of leaving our pre-teen son in a strange, public place for hours. Now it’s all the scarier when what surrounds us is a deadly…
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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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Made Himself Known
Made Himself Known (Day 18 of A Simple Lent) Tuesday After an impassioned plea by Judah, Joseph couldn’t take it anymore. He couldn’t keep the ruse up. He had to tell his brothers that it was him. They embrace. They cry tears of joy. They are reconciled. If we read the Joseph story with literal eyes,…
