RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH!

RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH
Saint Joseph is the BLESSED FATHER
Of us all=
How GRATEFUL I am=
How grateful we all
Should be
For Joseph STANDING BY
Mary and Jesus=in their
TIMES OF NEED
"Joseph=son of David
Do not be afraid
To take Mary-
Your wife=
Into your home"                                                                                                                Matthew 1:20
UNLIKE going to the Aventura mall
Or any other mall
Advent is BEST DONE
PREPARING for the way
Of Jesus==
Preparing for JESUS' ARRIVAL
But even the CHURCH
Has trouble WAITING=it is
TIME=to get ready
For the COMING OF Jesus
It is time
To RESPECT SAINT Joseph
And his GUIDANCE of
Mary and Jesus
"........So that your daily life
May win the RESPECT
Of outsiders
And so that you
Will not be dependent
On anyone"                                                                                                                              1 Thessalonians 4:12
"He must manage
His own family
And see that his children
Obey him-
And he must do so
In a manner worthy
OF FULL RESPECT"                                                                                                                  1 Timothy 3:4
"Show PROPER RESPECT
To everyone
Love the family
Of believers=
Fear God-
Honor the emperor"                                                                                                                      1 Peter 2:17
Saint Joseph
Was a GREAT MAN=
The FATHER of us all
He respected everyone
He was a man
For his times=
He was a man
FOR OUR TIMES TOO
When so many Fathers
FAIL to step up=
JOSEPH always stepped up
RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH!
HIS LOVE for Mary
SAVED her life=and Jesus'
And saves our LIVES TOO
"It is I=proclaiming victory=
Mighty to SAVE"                                                                                                                          Isaiah 63:1
The ANGEL who visited Joseph
Probably SANG to
THE HOLY FAMILY
Joseph is the IDEAL
FAMILY MAN=
Stepping up FOR HIS FAMILY
Jesus never mentions
His Father Joseph
But he does give us
THE FIRST BEATITUDE
"BLESSED are the poor
In spirit=
For theirs is
The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"                                                                                            Matthew 5:3
We PRAY to our FATHER
In heaven today=to thank him
For the HUMILITY of Saint Joseph
And to STEP UP
As all Fathers should
RESPECTING Saint Jospeh this ADVENT
And CHRISTMAS!
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our HOLY FAMILY=led by our Saint Jospeph=
And in the name of our all glorious=LOVING FATHER GOD
Robert P. Wallman
12-18-19

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick