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The faithful foster-father and guardian
Today, March 19, as our Church celebrates the Solemnity of Joseph, Husband of Mary, we are first invited to read and reflect on a passage from the letter to the Hebrews (11:1-6) entitled "The faith of the ancients." Our treasure, which follows, is from a sermon by Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest.
The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a "just" man. The quality
meant a lot more than faithfulness in paying debts. When the Bible speaks of God "justifying" someone, it means that God, the all-
holy or "righteous" one, so transforms a person that the individual shares
somehow in…
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