St. Joseph was a just man. He was faithful to the laws and customs, the ways of Israel. And yet he was also faithful to dreams, hopes and a vision of what God desires. More than being the patron of the Church, he is the patron of the hidden doing of God's will. In the silence of his sleep, we hear and see nothing. In his dreams he sees everything.
Imagine what his anxious moments must have been like. He desired to do what was right and just, but he also desired to do what was fair for Mary. The saints would have us look at our own anxious moments and know that just as Joseph was in the hands of God, so are we. saints would encourage us to seek God's will with the same energy and devotion as Joseph. Excessive fear causes agitation too, as one can readily imagine. Why become anxious as long as we are in the hands of God? Is he not a most loving Father? Does he not take care of us? Does he not dispose all things for our own good? He used Moses to humiliate Pharaoh and, in general, God chose the weak…to shame the strong. (1 Cor 1:27) When we use the 24 hours of the day for God, in the heart of his will, we have done everything. This does not deny, however, the necessity of prayer and faith in God."
Joseph challenges us to love the will of God and to trust the will of God with the same tangible faith. This faith would get us up from our sleep to follow a dream of God's way without fear or anxiousness.
Imagine what his anxious moments must have been like. He desired to do what was right and just, but he also desired to do what was fair for Mary. The saints would have us look at our own anxious moments and know that just as Joseph was in the hands of God, so are we. saints would encourage us to seek God's will with the same energy and devotion as Joseph. Excessive fear causes agitation too, as one can readily imagine. Why become anxious as long as we are in the hands of God? Is he not a most loving Father? Does he not take care of us? Does he not dispose all things for our own good? He used Moses to humiliate Pharaoh and, in general, God chose the weak…to shame the strong. (1 Cor 1:27) When we use the 24 hours of the day for God, in the heart of his will, we have done everything. This does not deny, however, the necessity of prayer and faith in God."
Joseph challenges us to love the will of God and to trust the will of God with the same tangible faith. This faith would get us up from our sleep to follow a dream of God's way without fear or anxiousness.
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