Saturday 19 March

SOLEMNITY OF ST JOSEPH,
HUSBAND OF MARY

2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Ps 89, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Matthew 1:16-21, 24

Spiritual graft

Lent is a good time for me to contemplate the sort of holy life St Joseph lived. Passing on faith to children does not get the attention and the accolades that a more public Church life often attracts. Being ordinary, doing the ordinary things well is pleasing to God, though passing on faith to children is not always pleasurable. Feeling obedient in faith connects me to all those faithful men and women throughout the ages without whom faith may not have come down to me.