The Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Patron Saint of Workers.

The Feast of St Joseph the Worker. 

"He came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?

"Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? 

 Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?”  And they took offense at him.

"But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.”  And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith." (Matthew 13: 54 - 58).

Monday 1st May 2023 in the 4th Week of Easter. Today is May Day, the feast of St Joseph the Worker.

The Church teaches that God laid down for human beings the law of work. 

Jesus Christ, a man in all things but sin was not exempt from the law of work. He followed the profession of His foster father Joseph the Carpenter.

 After Joseph died, Jesus became a self employed business man running the family carpentry shop until he was 30 years. Then he left Nazareth to start His ministry.

The feast of St Joseph the Worker "reminds us that honest work, no matter how seemingly menial, can be sanctified. Through work we can sanctify ourselves and others, making each of us participants in the work of redemption." (Roman Missal).

May the Lord prosper the work of our hands.

St Joseph the Worker, Pray for us.

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