The Bible Study Evangelista

Category:  Joseph   Tag:  father ,  father wound ,  Joseph ,  Old Testament ,  priesthood ,  sacrifice ,  spiritual warfare ,  suffering   Every man is called to fatherhood and priesthood by virtue of his masculinity. Like Abraham, the Father of Faith, whose faith was “accounted” to him as righteousness, St. Joseph’s accumulated acts of sacrificial faith in his role of father and priest of the Holy Family formed him and made him capable for his larger role as the Pillar of Families for the whole Church. In accepting and receiving our men, faults and all–husbands, sons, priests, fathers–we receive Joseph, in a sense. We participate in nurturing their role as priests and fathers knowing that St. Joseph works through them on our behalf in, with, and through Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Category:  Joseph   Tag:  father wound ,  forgiveness ,  Joseph ,  Old Testament ,  suffering ,  unleashed ,  woundedness   In this episode we explore Old Testament Joseph’s life, because in order to understand St. Joseph as patron of the Church, we must know something of his ancestor, OT Joseph, for whom he is named. Psalm 105 gives us a snapshot of OT Joseph, and a  prophecy  of NT Joseph: “ When he summoned a famine on the land,  and broke every staff of bread,  he had sent a man ahead of them,  Joseph, who was sold as a slave.  His feet were hurt with fetters,  his neck was put in a collar of iron;  until what he had said came to pass  the word of the  Lord  tested him.  The king sent and released him,  the ruler of the peoples set him free;  he made him lord of his house, a nd ruler of all his possessions,  to instruct his princes at his pleasure,  and to teach his elders wisdom ” (Ps 105:16-22, emphasis mine).