FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2020
Matthew 1, 18-24:
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for the child in her comes from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins”.
The figure of St. Joseph could not be missing from Advent. Today he appears on the scene as he always does in the Gospel: open to the ways of the Lord.
Joseph is the man who sees, believes, suffers, keeps silent, waits and obeys.
Different paths would pass through his head. But when he saw the path that God was marking out for him, because he wanted it thus, he did not hesitate to commit himself and accept His will with all the consequences.
He assumed in faith that God was acting in his life and in the life of Mary and he lived this mysterious reality with gratitude.
Ask the Lord, through the intercession of St. Joseph, that you may always accept his plans and carry them out every day in your life.
And also ask St. Joseph to help you prepare for Christmas with the same love that he would prepare for the birth of Jesus.
Good day.
Antonio Maria Sanjuan Marin, cmf
