Joseph
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Trust — the Love of God, Hope of the World
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8 min read
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
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7 min read
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?
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2 min read
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
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3 min read
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
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3 min read
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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With Us
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8 min read
It is tempting to see Joseph as righteous because he “does right by Mary”. But this version misses the story’s most powerful truth.