Saturday, March 19, 2022
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Mary Husband
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Joseph, David son, no fear to take Mary your wife enter your house. Because na through Holy Spirit she take carry this pikin for belle. She go born one son, and you go name am Jesus, because na He go save His people from their sins. Matthew 1:20
St. Joseph really na man wey God bless! God call am to be the papa of the Son of God for this world and the husband of the Mother of God! This responsibility must don fill am with wonder and deep respect, and sometimes e must don tremble with holy fear as e face this kind great calling.
But one thing wey worth to note be say, as this calling start, e look like say scandal dey inside. Mary carry belle, and no be Joseph give am the belle. How this one take happen? The only explanation wey human sense fit give na say Mary no faithful to Joseph. But this one no match the kind person wey Joseph know Mary to be at all. E surely go don shock am well-well and confuse am as e face this matter wey look like serious problem. Wetin e suppose do?
We know wetin e first decide to do. E decide to divorce her quietly. But then the angel speak to am for dream. And after e wake from sleep, “e do as the angel of the Lord command am and take e wife enter e house.”
One part of this matter wey we fit think deeply about na say Joseph need to accept e wife and her Son with faith. This e new family pass wetin human reasoning alone fit understand. E no fit understand am just by trying to work everything out for e head. E need to approach the matter with faith.
Faith mean say e need to rely on God voice wey dey speak to am for e conscience. Yes, e rely on wetin the angel tell am for the dream, but na dream! People fit dream all kinds of strange dreams! E human nature go push am to question this dream and wonder whether na real. Na God really send this message? This Pikin truly come through Holy Spirit? How this one take happen?
Na only faith fit answer all these questions and every other question wey for come for St. Joseph mind. But the good news be say faith really dey give answers. Faith dey help person face things for life wey no clear with strength, firm conviction and full assurance. Faith dey open door to peace even when person no sure of wetin dey happen. E dey remove fear and replace am with the joy of knowing say you dey follow God will. Faith dey work, and na faith all of us need to survive for life.
Today, think deeply about how deep your faith be when you face things wey look like difficulties. If you feel say God dey call you to enter one challenge for your life right now, follow St. Joseph example. Allow God tell you, “No fear!” Na wetin He tell St. Joseph, and na wetin He dey tell you too. God ways far pass our ways, His thoughts far pass our thoughts, and His wisdom far pass our wisdom. God bin get perfect plan for St. Joseph life, and He get perfect plan for your own life too. Make faith guide you every single day, and you go see as that glorious plan dey unfold.
Lord, help me make I dey live by faith every day. Help my mind make e no stop for human wisdom alone, but make I see Your divine plan for everything. St. Joseph, pray for me make I fit follow di example of di faith wey you live by. St. Joseph, pray for us. Jesus, na You I trust.
40 Days for di Foot of di Cross:
A Look of Love From di Heart of Our Blessed Mama
Reflection Fifteen – To Hear di Word of God and Do Wetin E Talk
(Sat. for di Second Week of Lent)
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Scripture Meditation Dem for Lent
Read More – Saint Joseph, Husband of di Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity
Main picture wey dey above: Di Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs, through Wikimedia Commons
Two very good books for Lent:
Reflections for Lent and Easter
We don update am for Lent & Easter 2022, with more reflections and Table of Contents wey give more details
Reflections for Lent and Easter na one of the four books wey make up the Catholic Daily Reflections Series. As book for devotion, e dey help person well-well to tink deep and pray every day. E get reflections on the Gospel of each day wey remain faithful to the faith, easy to understand, and useful for everyday life. The way dem arrange am, person fit use am for any liturgical year. E get reflections for every Gospel option, including Sunday Years A, B & C, every option for daily Mass, and all Feasts and Solemnities. Allow the death and resurrection of Christ to change your heart more fully this Lent and Easter! You fit also get am as paperback & eBook!
40 Days for the Foot of the Cross:
To Look with Love from the Heart of Our Blessed Mother
Through this book for daily devotion, dem dey invite you to use prayer think deep about wetin dey the mind and heart of our Blessed Mother as she endure the great suffering wey dem make her own dear Son suffer. Mother Mary face her Son Cross with perfect faith, love and devotion. She remain faithful to her Son throughout Im life without shaking. As she stand before the Cross during those three long hours, she no stop to dey faithful.
