FW: May 1 - Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

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Is this how labor day started(European version May 1)?
 
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From: Sr. Michele Randall 
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:23 AM
To: OCH Everyone
Subject: May 1 - Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
 
  Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker May 1st
 
Saint Joseph was a humble man, a compassionate man, a caring man, a man
who accepted hardship and danger.  Saint Joseph was a man of faith,
obedient to whatever God asked of him without knowing the outcome, a man
who placed others first in his life.
In that mysterious anguish of not understanding what was taking place
with Mary his one thought was to protect her.  The responsibility of
saving Jesus from Herod he did unquestionably because he cherished the
life of an infant.  Joseph fades from Scripture when Jesus became older
yet the virtues of Joseph remain down through the ages.  Joseph was just
and strong - he protected his family, he was an expression of God's
Fatherhood.  Joseph was and is a model of goodness.
Saint Joseph is a wonderful model for fathers, but, also, a wonderful
model for each of us - virtue knows no gender. Each of us can practice
the virtues of Joseph, each of us can be just and strong.  Justice is
sharing what we have with those less fortunate; being strong is being
the voice of the voiceless, protecting those who cannot protect
themselves.  As the refrain from the song "We are Called" states - "we
are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are
called to serve one another; to walk humbly with God."  Simply put, we
are called to be Saint Joseph in our day, in our world.
Happy Feast!
Sister Michele, D.C.