JOSEPH, SON OF DAVID

PRAYER MOMENT 

Thursday 19 March 2015, St Joseph

JOSEPH, SON OF DAVID

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He had made up his mind to divorce her informally when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.’” (Matt 1:18-21)

Reflection. If we detect within us an unease, when we hear the story of Mary conceiving her child without the help of a human father, it is quite natural. Yet the Church has held to this amazing story from the beginning. Matthew and Luke describe it in their own way and John places the origins of Jesus, the Word of God, before the ages. The dreams and stories of the first Joseph in Egypt prepares us for this announcement which the angel points too by calling the second Joseph, ‘son of David.’ This Joseph, whom we celebrate today, doesn’t open his mouth in the accounts we have but he witnesses eloquently to the mystery of God made flesh which is central to our faith.

Prayer. Lord, as we honour St Joseph today, help us to reverence the way you work in our lives too. Amen.

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