CARING FOR A GOD WHO CARES
Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man. – Matthew 1:19
Imagine with me if you can... let’s go back in time and travel to Nazareth.
Put yourself in the shoes (or sandals) of Joseph. Imagine you are the earthly father of Jesus.
The reason for all creation was born in your midst.
You are tasked to protect the very God to whom you pray for protection. You will be providing for the needs of the Great Provider.
As your son’s first teacher, you will teach Him everything you know. You will teach to the God who knows everything.
You will carry the one who carries the whole world in His arms.
You are going to play hide and seek with God who sees everything.
You will put to sleep someone you hope never goes to sleep.
You will be able to make God laugh.
These are some of the wonderful things
Joseph did to his Son, Jesus.
Think: Jesus says that you can do all this to Him if you do them to the least of your brothers. Arun Gogna (gognaa1@yahoo.com) (email from Mr. Ramon Martillano)
St. Joseph has been one of my patron saints since I found a prayer addressed to him while I was searching some old books in our seminary library. This prayer was said by soldiers going to war, since theyare not sure whether or not they will be able to go back alive. Since then I have prayed this prayer together with my prayer to St. Therese of the Child Jesus, my favorite saint. St. Joseph more than just being the patron of the universal church and of departing souls, he has likewise played a major part of my life which I have put in the perifery until recently when I started praying to him. He is the patron saint in our barangay, San Jose, Concepcion, Tarlac. He is likewise the patron saint of my father's barangay in Capas, Tarlac in Aranguren. As I child, Iwas facinated with his image, holding Jesus so close to his heart and used to pray that he whisper my intentions to Jesus. As a Dominican, part of our daily prayer is the prayer to St. Joseph, a reminder that we must constantly ask God's help specially in doing our preaching ministry. He who taught Christ his first lessons on earth should likewise inspire us to bring people closer to Christ through our preaching.
I literally had a fruitful day today with Fr. Adrian who talked with certain people who wil be helping in the scholl the parish is planning to aid. Likewise, I accompanied him in giving a talk to young people who since they study in private schools are not given enough catechism and basic education about the faith. After the talk, Julie and her daughter cika invited me to have lunch with them. This kid although she is just 7 years old joins our teen catechism, and mind you she can take notes very well.
After lunch, Ci Jo and family invited me to watch a 3D film with them in the evening entitled Gnomeo and Juliet, a funny adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "gnome version". To top it all up, we had a hearty meal before the film and had es cream after. I had to wait for 30 years, and had to travel as far as Surabaya just to taste my first even Haagen Dazs ice cream!
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