Today, the church celebrates Joseph, the legal, non-biological father of Jesus.
Admitedly a lesser figure in the Gospels, Joseph does get his own white-letter feast day (which usually falls in Lent).
He is a kind of "everyday" saint, whose goodness manifests itself in his diligent performance of his duties and his protection of Mary, his wife, the mother of Jesus.
Joseph may have died before Jesus was crucified, since none of the gospels mention him at that point in the narrative.
Joseph enjoys a place of liturgical prominence in the Divine Praises:
Benedictus sanctus Ioseph, eius castissimus Sponsus.
Blessed be St. Joseph, [Mary's] most chaste spouse.
It may interest liturgical scholars of Anglo-Catholic military camps in Upstate New York to know that in the chapel named after him at Lake Delaware Boys' Camp, this particular Divine Praise (if I may singularize that term, and I think I can) is omitted.
Labels: LDBC, St. Joseph
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