I entrust my life to you

Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons Have you ever considered the similarities between the patriarch Joseph and Jesus?   They’re uncanny, really.   Both were beloved by their father.   Yet both were betrayed by those closest to them.   Both were stripped of their...

Holy Spirit refresh my heart

He is like a tree planted near running water This psalm can seem abstract and overly spiritual to us at first glance.   How exactly can a man be like a tree?   And how are we supposed to be “planted near running water”?   Bible scholars would say the psalmist uses...

You shall be your servant

Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant Recently, a group of women began getting together to pray for their college-aged children.   Things were going pretty well at the first gathering until one of the women inadvertently shifted the focus. ...

A righteous man

He was a righteous man That’s how we often think of St. Joseph, isn’t it?   The righteous man who did not want to expose Mary—his pregnant spouse—to the shame of public scandal and punishment.   According to Jewish betrothal customs, he and Mary were considered to be...

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