Pope Benedict: Words on St Joseph
Some of the Holy Father's Words Concerning Our Glorious Patron:
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Joseph teaches us that it is possible to love without possessing. In
contemplating Joseph, all men and women can, by God’s grace, come to
experience healing from their emotional wounds, if only they embrace the
plan that God has begun to bring about in those close to him, just as
Joseph entered into the work of redemption through Mary and as a result
of what God had already done in her.
Pope Benedict XVI, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 18 March 2009
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St. Joseph is presented as a “just man” (Matthew 1:19), faithful to
God’s law, ready to do His will. On account of this he enters into the
mystery of the Incarnation after an angel of the Lord appears to him in a
dream and tells him: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary your wife with you. In fact the child that has been conceived in
her comes from the Holy Spirit; she will give birth to a son and you
will call him Jesus: he in fact will save his people from their sins"
(Matthew 1:20-21). Forgetting the thought of repudiating Mary in secret,
he takes her in because his eyes now see the work of God in her.
Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 19 December 2010
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St. Joseph was just, he was immersed in the Word of God, written,
transmitted in the wisdom of his people, and precisely in this way was
prepared and called to know the Incarnate Word - the Word who came among
us as a man - and predestined to care for, to protect this Incarnate
Word; this remains his mission forever: to care for the Holy Church and
Our Lord. We entrust ourselves in this moment to his care, we pray that
he help us in our humble service. We go forward in courage under this
protection.
Pope Benedict XVI, Address, 19 March 2011
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ENTRUSTMENTS TO ST JOSEPH BY HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI:
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