Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I have always looked to St. Joseph for the strength to be a good and chaste man. He is, after all, Mary's "most chaste spouse," and as the father of Jesus and the protector of Mary he is an ideal model of what it means to be a responsible husband and father. I hope to live as he lived: chaste, responsible, strong, courageous, skilled, loving, manly. I am so thankful that, in giving me my middle name, my parents made him my patron. I have done the same with my own son (Dominic Joseph), so that he will always have the intercessory power of St. Joseph to guide him and protect him.

Here are some articles on St. Joseph. Learn what it means to be devoted to him and to live the sort of life that he lived:

• Act of Consecration to St. Joseph
• Exploring St. Joseph
• Feast of St. Joseph
• In the Hands of St. Joseph
• Joseph: Foster-Father of the Lord
• Latin Prayers and Devotions to St. Joseph
• Patron Saints Index: St. Joseph
• Prayer to St. Joseph Before Mass
• St. Joseph
• St. Joseph: Custodian of the Two Hearts
• St. Joseph and the Third Christian Millennium
• St. Joseph: A Compilation of Papal Teachings, Meditations, Sermons, and Discussions
• St. Joseph: A Saint for Fathers
• St. Joseph: Foster-Father of Jesus
• St. Joseph: Patron of Dedicated Souls
• St. Joseph: Patron of the Universal Church
• St. Joseph: The Silent Figure
• The Active Silence of St. Joseph
• The Man Mary Loved
• The Predestination of St. Joseph and His Eminent Sanctity
• The Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph
• Thirty Days Prayer to St. Joseph
• What about St. Joseph?

Pax Christi,
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