ADVENT LANTERN (daily meditations)

The thoughts of Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Tamás József

Saint Joseph, in order to become the adoptive father of Jesus, had to pass through various trials. Possibly his greatest trial happened when he had to face with his fiancés – Mary’s secret. She was with child, but he had nothing to do with that child, the child was not his. Being a true man, he was in inner turmoil about how to proceed handling his apparently infidel fiancé. But when he receives an explanation from God in his dreams, he proceeds doing what God expected of him to do: he takes Mary and her child to himself and cares for them as a good family father. What a beautiful example he sets for us preparing for Christmas. Let us accept Mary and her baby in our lives, just as he did.

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