Jesus, Saint Joseph, and the Power of Making All Weeks Holy Detail of St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, c. 1620s, by Guido Reni.(Public domain/via Wikimedia) By Kathryn Jean Lopez ...

St. Joseph, as an observant Jew, would have been keenly aware of God’s action in his family’s life and thus made himself, like Mary, “the servant of the Lord” (cf. Luke 1:38).

But right now, while the Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph Devotion can also be prayed on Wednesdays since it’s the day devoted to him or any time in addition to Sundays, for the Year of St ...

St. Joseph was the most chaste spouse of Mary and he along with his wife did not abdicate their authority that was theirs as parents of Jesus and “ . . . and he was obedient to them” (Luke 2:51).

"We'd like to present you the image of Saint Joseph with baby Jesus. As you can see, the image looks amazing, and this looks like new," says Fr. Czyżewski.

Standing beside his bed is a youthful-looking Jesus, perhaps 16 or 17 years old, beardless, wearing a long tunic, eyes trained intently on Joseph. Sitting by the bed is Mary.

On the feast of St. Joseph, the Vatican published the pope’s letter written to the religious superior of the Congregation of Saint Joseph, which is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding.

Jesus was not born in Jerusalem, with all the court… no, he was born in a periphery and spent his life, until the age of thirty, in that periphery, working as a carpenter like Joseph.