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Joseph is the patron saint of the dying because, assuming he died before Jesus' public life, he died with Jesus and Mary close to him, the way we all would like to leave this earth. Joseph is also patron saint of the Universal Church, families, fathers, expectant mothers (pregnant women), travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers ...
The following points are the main facts in the life of Saint Joseph that Sacred Scripture proposes as historically true. Saint Joseph was married to Mary, the Mother of God. Saint Joseph was considered to be the Father of Jesus. Saint Joseph exercised paternal rights over the child Jesus. Saint Joseph was a just man. READ MORE
Original Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Joseph, Saint, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mar 19, 2021 · St. Joseph: His life, his miracles and his legacy. Renata Sedmakova | Shutterstock. Philip Kosloski - published on 03/19/21. Even though he never spoke a word in the Bible, St. Joseph led a...
St. Joseph. The glorious St. Joseph was lineally descended from the greatest kings of the tribe of Judah, and from the most illustrious of the ancient patriarchs; but his true glory consisted in his humility and virtue. The history of his life hath not been written by men; but his principal actions are recorded by the Holy Ghost himself God ...
Saint Joseph's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Catholic Church.
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St. Joseph was "of the house and lineage of David" (Lk 2:4). Because of this ancestry, St. Joseph is the linkage between the old covenant made with Abraham and Moses, and the new, perfect, and everlasting covenant which will be made through the blood of Jesus. He brings to a close the notion of the Patriarch's promised land and King David's ...
