Reflection for  MONDAY, St. Joseph, Spouse of BVM.

By

Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar

 Gospel Verses 


 Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24

How Jesus Christ came to be born

Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.

  This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph; being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do.

 Reflection on the readings 

We may have devotions to saints like St. Anthony, St. Jude, St. Michael the Archangel, etc.

And no doubt, we will have a devotion to Our Lady, and we will have our favourite prayers to her, like the Rosary, and prayers to the other saints.

But we may have to admit that somehow, we have missed out St. Joseph in our devotional prayers.

Yes, we know that he is a powerful intercessor, and we hear his name being mentioned in the Mass as the Spouse of Mary.

Today is his feastday, and we are reminded of his role in God’s plan of salvation.

He was a simple village carpenter, and Mary was betrothed to him, but his life began to change when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.

Even though he didn’t quite understand what was really happening, he accepted God’s will to be the husband of Mary and to be guardian of the child Jesus.

Today we honour him as the Spouse of Mary and the guardian of the Church, the spouse of Christ.

Let us remember to pray to St. Joseph, that like him, we will do God’s will with humility and simplicity.

St. Joseph’s greatness is in the way he carried out God’s will, and that is quietly and faithfully in the ordinary things of life.

May we follow St. Joseph’s example, and may St. Joseph pray for us.

 GOD BLESS YOU

Good morning. Have a nice day. 

HAPPY FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH