In his Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris custos, Blessed John Paul II encouraged the faithful to turn to St.
Joseph, husband of the Blessed Mother and father to Jesus, as our model and
patron. He wrote:
May St. Joseph
become for all of us an exceptional teacher in the service of Christ's saving
mission, a mission which is the responsibility of each and every member of the
Church: husbands and wives, parents, those who live by the work of their hands
or by any other kind of work, those called to the contemplative life and those
called to the apostolate.
As protector of the Holy Family,
St. Joseph gave himself completely and generously to the Mother of God and her
Son. Inspired by this true “gift of self,” join us in praying the Thirty Days’ Prayer to St. Joseph for the future of fatherhood in
our society.
In these days leading up to the feast of St. Joseph, let us entrust fathers and husbands to his must humble
and loving care.
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