Saint Joseph
The Word of God · Francis Borgongini-Duca
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Feast of St. Joseph pp. 65–67
God, Who had chosen her in preference to all creatures, Who had filled her with grace, preserving her from original sin and blessing her among all women, wished that she should have for her defence and for her comfort in the perilous hours of persecution, in the straits of poverty and of exile, not angels from Heaven, not the great and powerful of the earth, but a poor, humble workman of Nazareth by the name of Joseph.