Consider the story of
Saint Joseph. He is about to get married to a young woman named Mary. Then came
along the news, she is pregnant and he is not the father, add to that is the
explanation that it was from the Holy Spirit.
How could it be
believable other than if you are a man of God? He was probably confused,
fearful and at the same time angry, a mix of emotions! Questions arise and he
might have felt betrayed.
Imagine you are about to
get married and then at the last minute you know she’s pregnant and the father
is not you?
But based on his
decision, Joseph is different; it shows he is a discerning man and his heart
aligned with God. Why? Only a man of God can comprehend in faith what is
happening around him. If not, it would have been easy to decide the other way.
Upon learning it and not
knowing what to do, he might have said, I will sleep this over… meaning, I will
fully trust in Gods will. And because he is connected with God, he understood
that it was the angel of the Lord who appeared to him in his dream, he listened
and he obeyed. The dream made him brave enough to wake up and decide to take
Mary with him.
Saint Joseph, pray for
us.
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