Wednesday in the 2nd Week of Lent: Letter 11 Notes
Be Kind Day – Today when I am recording Feast of St. Joseph – March 19 Major Feast of the Church which means we celebrate it over any other day on the Church Calendar except a Sunday or a Feast of our Lord such as the Feast of the Ascension which we will celebrate next Tuesday. So today you get to celebrate a little during Lent. Joseph of course was the earthly father of Jesus – which had to be a tough job! Imagine raising the Son of God! Joseph appears in the first 2 Chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but is not mentioned in Mark or John. The only other time is when Jesus is referred to as the son of Joseph, a carpenter. Tradition teaches that Joseph was a good bit older than Mary and died shortly after Jesus was presented in the Temple in our Gospel reading for today from Luke. He is the Patron Saint of fathers, carpenters, attorneys, emigrants, travelers and house hunters. I have often heard that if you bur...