Reflection on the Feast Day: “To capture the devotion to Saint Joseph within the Catholic liturgy, in 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Saint Joseph the patron of the universal Church. In 1955, Pope Pius XII added the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. This silent saint, who was given the noble task of caring and watching over the Virgin Mary and Jesus, now cares for and watches over the Church and models for all the dignity of human work.”

Fr. Don Miller gives us some of his beautiful thoughts to ponder today: “Why do we make a big deal over the feast of a man we know so little about? Because what little we do know points to a man who can model for all of us what it means to be a man. Joseph was a loving husband and father, a man who worked with his hands, a man who watched over and cared for his family, and who had a deep faith in his God, even when things seemed to be working against him.”