On this feast day of St Joseph, found the below beautiful song with the Divine Office morning prayer.
If 'Jesus grew up in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men' (Luke 2:52), then St Joseph must have been a wonderful, loving Father. If the grown up Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well; told the Scribes and the Pharisees, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her"; cried with Martha and Mary, then, he would have first seen how Joseph respected Mary in the Holy Family.
In my constant failings as a dad and husband, praying today the intercession of him, who was always faithful to his calling as a father, as a protector, as a husband and above all, faithful to God.
If 'Jesus grew up in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men' (Luke 2:52), then St Joseph must have been a wonderful, loving Father. If the grown up Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well; told the Scribes and the Pharisees, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her"; cried with Martha and Mary, then, he would have first seen how Joseph respected Mary in the Holy Family.
In my constant failings as a dad and husband, praying today the intercession of him, who was always faithful to his calling as a father, as a protector, as a husband and above all, faithful to God.
Did you wonder where he’d lead you?
Were you afraid of what the world might say?
I feel you understand my fears today
I feel you standing by my side.
You taught the child to be a man
A man whose life my freedom won,
Yours was the shoulder that he rested on
You have the Saviour in your arms.
St Joseph pray for me that I may live my life with Jesus as you did
St Joseph pray for me that at the hour of my death He may hold me
St Joseph pray for me,
That I may follow where the Spirit leads me
Chaste husband of the Virgin wife
Wise guardian of the Bread of Life,
The One beheld the Son of God
St Joseph pray for me!
The little hands that played with wood
The little boy who you called “son”,
You always knew he was the chosen one
Who’d one day hang upon a cross.
Yet you lived to do the Father’s will
Fearlessly followed His commands,
You were the loving and gentle man
He chose to guide his precious One.
St Joseph pray for me that I may live my life with Jesus as you did
St Joseph pray for me that at the hour of my death He may hold me
St Joseph pray for me,
That I may follow where the Spirit leads me
Chaste husband of the Virgin wife
Wise guardian of the Bread of Life,
The One beheld the Son of God
St Joseph pray for me!
Chaste husband of the Virgin wife“Prayer to St. Joseph (Husband of Mary)” Sung by Angelina is available from Amazon.com
Wise guardian of the Bread of Life,
The One beheld the Son of God
St Joseph pray for me!
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