On May 1, we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Joseph, protector of the Holy Family and mentor to the child Jesus is an inspiration. Who exactly is St. Joseph? What is he famous for? Some children respond to BETTY AMUKPO’s inquiries.
St. Joseph the worker is popularly known for his good deeds, his carpentry
‘St Joseph the worker is popularly known as the foster father of Jesus’ St. Joseph the worker is popularly known for his good deeds, his carpentry work and also the foster father of Jesus. St Joseph was engaged to Mary when the angel told her that she will have a baby, so Joseph who always did what is right, but did not want to disgrace Mary publicly, so he made plans to break the engagement privately, but the angel of the lord appeared to him and told him not to be afriad to take Mary as his wife and he shall name the baby JESUS, because he will save the people from danger and Joseph did as the angel has said and when the baby was born he named him JESUS.
‘Joseph The Worker, Patron of workmen’
St. Joseph is famous and known as the earthly guardian of our Lady and the foster-father of the Incarnate Word – Jesus Christ. He is known as a ‘just man’. He saved Child Jesus from the plan of Herod’s through his dream. He is a very hard working man and a carpenter as a profession. Pope Pius IX, said St. Joseph has been designated by God as the master of His goods & of His household. Pope Pius XII gave him the title “Joseph The Worker”. Patron of workmen. He is invoked for a happy death.
‘St. Joseph the worker because of his labour as a carpenter’
St. Joseph the worker derived the name “the worker” because of his labour as a carpenter. He was chosen by God to be the husband of Mary and the foster father of our saviour (Lord Jesus Christ His greatest miracle was his protection on our mother Mary and the Child Jesus from being killed by king Herod
He is also the patron saint of the unborn children, fathers and immigrants’
St. Joseph the Worker is the Patron Saint of the Universal Church in Roman Catholicism and his life is recorded in the gospels, particularly in Mathew and Luke. St. Joseph was the spouse of the Virgin Mary, He is also the patron saint of the unborn children, fathers and immigrants. A rag tag line snaked after him through the lunch hour from the crowds of the busy city to the bishop’s office building. He laid the Cross on the steps and then took coins from his pocket and threw them on the side walk like in the bible, the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas after he betrayed Jesus.
‘He protected the Immaculate Mother of God and raised the Lord of the universe’
Joseph the worker is the Patron Saint of the universe Church in Roman Catholicism and his life is recorded in the Gospels, particularly Mathew and Luke. Joseph was a descendant of the house of King David. He has no recorded words in the scripture. He protected the Immaculate mother of God and helped raise the Lord of the universe but he doesn’t get even one quote rather, he’s a silent, humble servant of God, a humble carpenter who does his task well.
‘St Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, an example of the holiness of human labour’
This feast has a long relationship between St. Joseph and the cause of workers in the Catholic faith. The dignity of human labour to be productive in their labours. St. Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, is an example of the holiness of human labour. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: “the Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide [social] changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.” St. Joseph is a model of such work. Pope Pius XII emphasized this when he said, “The spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Saviour of the world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work.”
‘St. Joseph is a virtuous and a silent worker’
St. Joseph is the model and the patron of all workers and he is known and famous for his great intercession. St Joseph is a virtuous and a silent worker, whom God has given the privilege to be the foster father of Jesus Christ and the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He also rescued the child Jesus from wrath of Herod.
