St. Joseph, Model of Virtue: A Podcast Mini-Series

In this featured mini-series on the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast, we are pleased to share a collection of four meditations on St. Joseph – his faith in Christ amid the ordinary circumstances of life and his example of virtue in his role as father, husband, and tradesman.

St. Josemaria explains: “Saint Joseph, our Father and Lord: most chaste, most pure. You were found worthy to carry the Child Jesus in your arms, to wash him, to hug him. Teach us to get to know God, and to be pure, worthy of being other Christs. And help us to do and to teach, as Christ did. Help us to open up the divine paths of the earth, which are both hidden and bright; and help us to show them to mankind, telling our fellow men that their lives on earth can have an extraordinary and constant supernatural effectiveness” (The Forge, no. 553).

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• • In St. Joseph’s Workshop | A Homily by St. Josemaria Escriva
  • Saint Josemaria and the Role of Saint Joseph in Christian Life
  • The Love that Converts Work into Prayer | On the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION

• • “As you get to know [St. Joseph], you discover that the holy patriarch is also a master of the interior life – for he teaches us to know Jesus and share our life with him, and to realize that we are part of God’s family. St Joseph can teach us these lessons, because he is an ordinary man, a family man, a worker who earned his living by manual labor – all of which has great significance and is a source of happiness for us” (Christ is Passing By, no. 39).
  • “Faith, hope, love: these are the supports of Joseph’s life and of all Christian lives. Joseph’s self-giving is an interweaving of faithful love, loving faith and confident hope. His feast is thus a good opportunity for us to renew our commitment to the Christian calling God has given each of us” (Christ is Passing By, no. 43).
  • “A master of interior life, a worker deeply involved in his job, God’s servant in continual contact with Jesus: that is Joseph. Ite ad Ioseph. With St Joseph, the Christian learns what it means to belong to God and fully to assume one’s place among men, sanctifying the world. Get to know Joseph and you will find Jesus. Talk to Joseph and you will find Mary, who always sheds peace about her in that attractive workshop in Nazareth” (Christ is Passing By, no. 56).