Which Joseph is this?

Where are all the loving, kind, nice people at?

How should others be towards you in 2020?

I really don’t know what it is like to be in other faiths.

I know its hard to deal with other people and it’s much easier to claim that I love Jesus or that I am spiritual than it is to have to love others and be known by others who are just as screwed up or more screwed up than my experiences have been.

1 John 3:16 NRSV

16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.

Talking with Roger about who this Joseph was in Saint Joseph’s?

Talking with Roger about who this Joseph was in Saint Joseph’s?

How should others be towards you in 2020?

Patron saint of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death

The story of Joseph

The story of Joseph

Our righteousness doesn’t determine God’s plans.

The things wrong with this story:

Joseph is a good guy but has to endure Shame

Shame

How could Joseph pick so poorly?

People can do math, either Joseph was dishonorable or Mary was and Joseph was a fool

Joseph is a good guy but has to endure Anxiety

Anxiety is all that worry about the future, the possibilities, the frustrations over the right thing to do.

Joseph is a good guy but has to endure Worry for his enemy

Matthew 1:19 CSB

19 So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

Joseph is a good guy.

Joseph does good things. Difficult times happen for everyone, our response is what God judges

Proverbs

Proverbs 20:24 CSB

24 Even a courageous person’s steps are determined by the Lord, so how can anyone understand his own way?

1 Corinthians 4:4 CSB

4 For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 Cor 4:2

Joseph could have said I am a good guy, I don’t have to deal with this crap.

Even after he took Mary as his

He couldn’t have sex with her

People could always do math

Joseph could run to resentment, but he did what God commanded.

Matthew 1:24–25 CSB

24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her 25 but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. And he named him Jesus.

Joseph could run to resentment, but he did what God commanded. That is what made God judged good.

When difficult times came through another person - Joseph first thought of what God wanted

Joseph became the greatest step-father the world has ever known

St. Joseph’s is named such for he is the patron saint of caring

What are you going to do with this?

Revelation 21:5 CSB

5 Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.”