tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post150614820742824065..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Short Meditation for St. Joseph's DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-38425829989116382282007-03-19T20:18:00.000-05:002007-03-19T20:18:00.000-05:00For tomorrow's winkel, I'm transferring St. Joseph...For tomorrow's winkel, I'm transferring St. Joseph's day... and I got to thinking, in many ways he does provide a good model for us pastors. Believing what God's Word tells him that the woman he is to care for is not a sinner (and even when he had thought she was a sinner, he does not broadcast the sin publicly, but looks to deal with it quietly). Raising the family in the fear of the Lord, getting them to the festivals. Taking them away from those who would take their life. Like Joseph, pastors care for those who are not their children, but God's, as if they were our own. <BR/>And yes, sinner too, for Joseph sinfully worries about that Child when He is in the House of the Lord.<BR/>I know there's something in the connection between Mary and our mother the Church too, but I haven't quite put it into words yet.<BR/><BR/>Btw, a few months back I read that "Physician, heal thyself" comment in Nazareth might have been aimed at Jesus because he was going around healing all sorts of others, but was "powerless" in the face of Joseph's death. fwiw.<BR/>thanks for this devotionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com