Joseph of Nazareth is a series of reflections on the life of Saint Joseph in the light of faith and based on revelation. St. Joseph, (flourished 1st century ce, Nazareth, Galilee, region of Palestine; principal feast day March 19, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker May 1), in the New Testament, Jesus’ earthly father and the Virgin Mary’s husband. [84] Art critic Waldemar Januszczak however emphasises the preponderance of Joseph's representation as an old man and sees this as the need, " to explain away his impotence: indeed to symbolise it. The first appearance of Joseph is in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, from around 80–90 AD. The fava bean was the crop which saved the population from starvation and is a traditional part of Saint Joseph's Day altars and traditions. Jesus himself frequently used the word "brother" as a generic term for one's fellow man. [41], According to the bishop of Salamis, Epiphanius, in his work The Panarion (AD 374–375) "Joseph became the father of James and his three brothers (Joses, Simeon, Judah) and two sisters (a Salome and a Mary[42] or a Salome and an Anna[43]) with James being the eldest sibling. On the same occasion the mother underwent legal purification and offered a lamb. Subsequently, Jesus was born there. We can learn from him that neither money nor position nor talents nor special opportunities are needed if we wish to serve God with the greatest perfection. Mark the Evangelist. Thus in Matthew, the infant Jesus, like Moses, is in peril from a cruel king, like Moses he has a (fore)father named Joseph who goes down to Egypt, like the Old Testament Joseph this Joseph has a father named Jacob, and both Josephs receive important dreams foretelling their future.[10]. This one spot has been the battleground of nations from the dawn of history, even down to the time of Napoleon –  his comment was that no plain he had ever seen was more suitable for a large-scale battle! [77] Teresa of Avila attributed her recovery of health to Saint Joseph and recommended him as an advocate. the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem. The apocryphal History of Joseph the Carpenter, written in the 5th century and framed as a biography of Joseph dictated by Jesus, describes how Joseph, aged 90, a widower with four sons and two daughters, is given charge of the twelve-year-old Mary, who then lives in his household raising his youngest son James the Less (the supposed author of the Protoevangelium) until she is ready to be married at age 14½. The inn was full. Mary was a 1st century Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus, according to the canonical gospels and the Quran.. Jesus was known afterwards and commonly referred to as the son of Joseph. The capital of the province, Sepphoris, was in sight from the hill above it. ...Banished in vast numbers to the backgrounds of all those gloomy stables in all those ersatz Bethlehems, his complex iconographic task is to stand aside and let his wife be worshipped by the rest of us. The last time Joseph appears in person in any Gospel book is in the story of the Passover visit to the Temple in Jerusalem when Jesus is 12 years old, found only in Luke. This depiction arose to allay concerns about both the sexual continence of the newly wedded couple,[citation needed] the mention of brothers and sisters of Jesus in the canonical Gospels,[82] and Joseph's other children spoken of in apocryphal literature – concerns discussed very frankly by Jean Gerson for example, who nonetheless favoured showing him as a younger man. Jesus' brothers are presented as Joseph's children by an earlier marriage, and his years and righteousness explain why he has not yet had sex with his wife: "I received her by lot as my wife, and she is not yet my wife, but she has conceived by the Holy Spirit."[40]. ‘They came with haste, and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.’. When Herod died, once again the angel spoke to Joseph in his sleep, and Joseph left Egypt, its temples and its pyramids, and set out for Palestine. There is a belief that planting a statue of Saint Joseph on a house will help sell the house. Foods are traditionally served containing bread crumbs to represent sawdust since Joseph was a carpenter. Joseph appears in Luke as the father of Jesus and in a "variant reading in Matthew". In some communities it is traditional to wear red clothing and eat a Neapolitan pastry known as a zeppola (created in 1840 by Don Pasquale Pinatauro in Napoli) on Saint Joseph's Day. For the use of the term, see: James J. Davis. (Matthew 13:53–55) In Luke 3:23 NIV: "Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. No mention is made of him thereafter. Mary and the baby Jesus fall into an exhausted sleep. For other saints and uses, see. The genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew says that Joseph's father was called Jacob,[Mt. The name "Joseph" is found almost exclusively in the genealogies and the infancy narratives. Why should we complain? τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ) τοῦ Ἡλί, ‘the son (as supposed of Joseph, but in reality) of Heli'". Meanwhile, in one of the valleys close by (Bethlehem lies on a hill) the shepherds heard the angels’ message, and were given the strange sign by which they were to recognise him who had been foretold as ‘wonderful cousellor, God the mighty’ (Isaiah 9:6) – an infant wrapped in swaddling bands and laid in a manger. Responsible for the beautifully told "Maria Maddalena" (2000), Mertes does not fictionalize the story of Joseph as well as he does Magdalene's story. Orazio Gentileschi. It takes a particularly old, a particularly grey, a particularly kindly and a particularly feeble man to do that. The Lord's sisters must have been married off by that time, because they stayed in Nazareth. [citation needed], Full cycles of his life are rare in the Middle Ages, although the scenes from the Life of the Virgin or Life of Christ where he is present are far more often seen. They promised that if God answered their prayers through Joseph's intercession, they would prepare a large feast to honor him. B. blessing God that he had lived to see with his own eyes him who was to be the Saviour of all peoples and and the glory of Israel. Sanders terms it a "minor village." Sanders, E. P. Laughlin, 192–194. [68], Upon a typical Saint Joseph's Day altar, people place flowers, limes, candles, wine, fava beans, specially prepared cakes, breads, cookies, other meatless dishes, and zeppole. [1] The Gospels name brothers of Jesus;[2] the Gospel of James, an apocryphal work of the late 2nd century, theorized these as the sons of Joseph from an earlier marriage. Crossan, John Dominic. Joseph goes to Nazareth. What we do know is some of the places where he lived, the things he saw, and a little of what he thought and felt. Edison: Castle Books. A few centuries later the developing doctrine that Mary was a virgin not only at the time of the conception and birth of Christ, but throughout her life, meant that this possibility had to be excluded. After the visit of the Magi, Joseph was warned in a dream to take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there till he was told to return. A just man is one who serves God and keeps his law. And the last scene in which he appears shows him wandering about Jerusalem in bitter sorrow. [57] In 1989, on the occasion of the centenary of Quamquam pluries Pope John Paul II issued Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redeemer), which presented Saint Joseph's role in the plan of redemption, as part of the "redemption documents" issued by John Paul II such as Redemptoris Mater to which it refers.[58][59][60][61]. In 1871, the Josephite Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church were created under the patronage of Joseph, intending to work with the poor. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. [8] These mention Jesus' mother (without naming her), but do not refer to his father. Joseph of Nazareth Greatness is usually not found where most people look for it—in the accoutrements of money, power, fame, and glory. P. de Letter, "The Theology of Saint Joseph". In 2013, Pope Francis had his name added to the three other Eucharistic Prayers. However from the lengthy stories relating to Joseph from apocryphal sources it would seem that Joseph was in Nazareth long before the Annunciation. Matthias the Apostle. “Contexts,” pp 1–24. Once beyond the boundary of the Holy Land the little party was comparatively safe, and the rest of the journey could be made with less haste. Although these things rank high on the world’s scale, they could not be lower on God’s. Joseph’s life was a humdrum one, accompanied by sorrow, hardship, disappointment, and monotonous work. Peter and Paul, Apostles. [15] Matthew and Luke both contain a genealogy of Jesus showing his ancestry from David, but through different sons; Matthew follows the major royal line from Solomon, while Luke traces another line back to Nathan, another son of David and Bathsheba. 'Who has set this trap for me?… Who stole the v… Soon Herod would be seeking the child’s life. You are looking at the same land Joseph – and his adopted son Jesus – looked at…, Map of Nazareth and the surrounding countryside of Galilee. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Once Herod has died, an angel tells Joseph to return, but to avoid Herod's son he takes his wife and the child to Nazareth in Galilee and settles there. Luke’s gospel tells us that Mary stored up in her heart all she saw and heard on that night. The first Josephites in America re-devoted their part of the Order to ministry within the newly emancipated African American community. who cried, Glory to God; for he hath bestowed peace on earth. Joseph is remembered in the Church of England with a Festival on 19 March[70]. Simon and Jude, Apostles. That same account speaks eloquently of Joseph's agony upon discovering Mary's pregnancy: "He struck his face and threw himself on the ground in sackcloth and wept bitterly…. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of Saint Joseph (19 March) is a solemnity (first class if using the Tridentine calendar), and is transferred to another date if impeded (i.e., 19 March falling on Sunday or in Holy Week). According to Matthew 1:16 "Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary", while according to Luke 3:23, Joseph is said t… Note: We have only one fixed date in the course of all these events, the death of Herod in 4 B.C. Consequently, all the names between David and Joseph are different. Joseph of Nazareth: The Man Closest to Christ SDG. [35][36][37], The New Testament has no mention of Joseph's death, but he is never mentioned after Jesus's childhood, and Mary is always presented as by herself, often dressed as a widow, in other texts and art covering the period of the ministry and passion of Jesus. Here in this upland valley, 1160 feet above the sea, Nazareth lies. He would have known there was a large Jewish community in the Nile Delta area. The position of the Catholic Church, derived from the writings of Jerome, is that Joseph was the husband of Mary, but that references to Jesus' "brothers" should be understood to mean cousins. One ancient tradition holds that St. Joseph … 131–134, sfn error: no target: CITEREFVermes,_(2004)_pp._398–417 (. While none of the Gospels mentions Joseph as present at any event during Jesus' adult ministry, the synoptic Gospels share a scene in which the people of Nazareth, Jesus' hometown, doubt Jesus' status as a prophet because they know his family. The Bible tells us that he and Mary reared Jesus in Nazareth. It is a way of life that … On that occasion, with just a word, Jesus would quiet the stormy waters of the Lake of Galilee. [78] Therese of Lisieux stated that she prayed daily to "Saint Joseph, Father and Protector of Virgins..." and felt protected from danger as a result. In the Gospels, Joseph's occupation is mentioned only once. [citation needed] The Golden Legend, which derives its account from the much older Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, tells a similar story, although it notes that all marriageable men of the Davidic line and not only widowers were ordered by the High Priest to present their rods at the Temple. [citation needed], Many cities, towns, and locations are named after Saint Joseph. 1998. He didn’t like what he heard about Archelaus, Herod’s son who now ruled in Judea, so he headed north to Galilee, where it might be safer. Beyond the traditional Christmas story of the Nativity, next to nothing is known about Joseph, the Earthy father of Jesus and husband of Mary. St. Joseph is the patron of the universal church in Roman Catholicism, and his life is recorded in the Gospels, particularly Matthew and Luke. Christianity is not for the weak. From the hills on which Nazareth is built you can look, as Joseph once looked, over the whole land from snow-clad Hermon in the north to the hills of Judea in the south, and from the mountains of Gilead across the Jordan to the waters of the Mediterranean. In popular religious iconography he is associated with lilies or a spikenard. And so, while the Magi stole away eastward, avoiding Jerusalem, Joseph took the road to Egypt. [55] In 1889 Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quamquam pluries in which he urged Catholics to pray to Saint Joseph, as the patron of the church in view of the challenges facing the church. They settled in the town of Nazareth. They were a fun bunch indeed. Several Nativity icons show Joseph tempted by the Devilto break off his betrothal and describe how he resists that temptation. The Bible suggests that Joseph was born in roughly 100 B.C, and in the Gospel of Matthew, his ancestry is traced back to King David. According to Christian theology, Mary conceived Jesus through the Holy Spirit while still a virgin, and accompanied Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. "[46] Epiphanius adds that Joseph and Cleopas were brothers, sons of "Jacob, surnamed Panther. But God had selected him for a special mission: to look after two of the greatest treasures who have ever been on earth - Jesus and Mary. Christian tradition represents Mary as a widow during the adult ministry of her son. One cannot attain it through simple conjecture. This position is still held in the Orthodox churches, but the Western church holds to Jerome's argument that both Joseph and Mary must have been lifelong virgins and that the "brothers" must have been his cousins. [69], In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Joseph patron of the Universal Church and instituted another feast, a solemnity with an octave, to be held in his honour on Wednesday in the second week after Easter. The rest of St. Joseph’s life, so far as we know, was spent at Nazareth. Those who could not afford a lamb, however, offered two doves instead. Joseph appears in Luke as the father of Jesus and in a "variant reading in Matthew". Being one of 8 siblings, she loved family that now extends to adult nieces and nephews with wonderful children. It was left to Joseph to guide Mary and her child to safety. Joseph, the human father of Jesus (Joshua ben Joseph), was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, albeit he carried many non-Jewish racial strains which had been added to his ancestral tree from time to time by the female lines of his progenitors. We get a picture of a silent man who carried out God’s will through obedience, amid trials, by faith, in obscurity. "[39] From the 2nd century to the 5th writers tried to explain how Jesus could be simultaneously the "son of God" and the "son of Joseph". At the time of Joseph, Nazareth was an obscure village in Galilee, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the Holy City of Jerusalem, and is barely mentioned in surviving non-Christian texts and documents. [71][72], Pope Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph the patron of the Universal Church in 1870. As Joseph is informed by God's messengers about trusting and following God's plan for the mysterious divine conception and humble birth of Christ, the dangerous flight into Egypt to save his child, and finally returning to Nazareth to raise Jesus, teach him carpentry and guide his family, this lovely film presents beautiful vignettes of these and other powerful scenes in the life of the young Christ and the Holy … He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli," Margaret Mary (Peggy) Wessel entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, MI on August 21, 1968. Joseph's death at the age of 111, attended by angels and asserting the perpetual virginity of Mary, takes up approximately half the story. San Giuseppe dei Teatini, San José, e.g. The Gospel of Matthew[13:55] asks about Jesus: Is not this the carpenter's son (ho tou tektōnos huios)? [56], Josephology, the theological study of Saint Joseph, is one of the most recent theological disciplines. Eight days later he exercised the authority of a father: he circumcised the child, and gave him his name. We learn from this portion of the Gospel that Joseph was a poor man, for Mary made the offering of the poor. We do not know with certainty the year of Our Lord’s birth but the date most favored is 6 B.C. In Mark 6:3, they call Jesus "Mary's son" instead of naming his father. Catholic and other Christian teachings and stories about or relating to Joseph and the Holy Family frequently stress his patience, persistence, courage, and hard work. Saint Joseph (also known as Joseph of the House of David, Joseph the Betrothed, or Joseph the Worker) is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus. There was very little glamour in Nazareth. Joseph, Mary and the boys (James, Joseph, Simon & Jude) moved to Capernaum with Jesus after the wedding in Cana. Effectively he became Jesus earthly or foster father. [50] Gerson wrote Consideration sur Saint Joseph and preached sermons on Saint Joseph at the Council of Constance. In the Catholic tradition, just as there are prayers for the Seven Joys of Mary and Seven Sorrows of Mary, there are also prayers for the seven joys and seven sorrows of Saint Joseph. Perspectives on Joseph as a historical figure are distinguished from a theological reading of the Gospel texts.[3]. Pope Francis on December 8, 2020 released the apostolic letter Patris corde on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the declaration by Pius IX, on December 8, 1870, of Saint Joseph as patron of the Universal Church; for the same reason he declared a Year of Saint Joseph, from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. The … Joseph is not mentioned as being present at the Wedding at Cana at the beginning of Jesus' mission, nor at the Passion at the end. The third Wednesday after Easter Sunday-The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church (Roman Catholic Church)1 May – Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker (Catholic Church), Joseph (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף‎, romanized: Yosef; Greek: Ἰωσήφ, romanized: Ioséph) is a figure in the canonical gospels who was married to Mary, mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Every historian knows that, without sources, history is impossible. We can suppose that the same was true of Joseph. . Joseph is shown mostly with a beard, not only in keeping with Jewish custom, but also because – although the Gospel accounts do not give his age – later literature tends to present him as an old man at the time of his wedding to Mary. Made in 1999 by Raffaele Mertes, "Giuseppe di Nazareth" is an honorable, yet weak offering from the Italian master of Biblical films. The figure of Joseph is also an incentive God has given us to stir up hope in the ordinary person. The Bible does not tell us what happened to Joseph. By contrast, the apocryphal History of Joseph the Carpenter, from the 5th or 6th century, has a long account of Joseph's peaceful death, at the age of 111, in the presence of Jesus (aged about 19), Mary and angels. According to legend, there was a severe drought at the time, and the people prayed for their patron saint to bring them rain. [75][76], Multiple venerated Catholics have described their devotion to Saint Joseph and his intercession. The Mérode Altarpiece of about 1425, where he has a panel to himself, working as a carpenter, is an early example of what remained relatively rare depictions of him pursuing his métier. Michael and All Angels. Luke's account makes no mention of him being visited by angels (Mary and various others instead receive similar visitations), the Massacre of the Innocents, or of a visit to Egypt. [citation needed], Some statues of Joseph depict his staff as topped with flowers, recalling the non-canonical Protoevangelion's account of how Mary's spouse was chosen by collecting the walking sticks of widowers in Palestine, and Joseph's alone bursting into flower, thus identifying him as divinely chosen. We have to assume that Joseph lived during the major portion of Christ's life at Nazareth, as would appear from the text of St. Luke, "He was subject to them." Saint Joseph is frequently invoked for employment, daily protection, vocation, happy marriage, and a happy death. The Oblates of St. Joseph were founded in 1878 by Joseph Marello. [19] But the specific association with woodworking is a constant in Early Christian tradition; Justin Martyr (died c. 165) wrote that Jesus made yokes and ploughs, and there are similar early references. [62], 19 March, Saint Joseph's Day, has been the principal feast day of Saint Joseph in Western Christianity[63][64] since the 10th century, and is celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, many Lutherans, and other denominations. Metropolitan Cathedral of San José or São José, e.g. [73], Saint Joseph is the patron saint of a number of cities, regions and countries, among them the Americas, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Indonesia, Mexico, Korea, Peru, the Philippines, and Vietnam, as well as of families, fathers, expectant mothers (pregnant women), explorers, pilgrims, travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers, and working people in general. [27] It was, however, only about 6 kilometres from the city of Sepphoris, which was destroyed and depopulated by the Romans in 4 BC, and thereafter was expensively rebuilt. [13] In Luke the tone of the contemporary people is positive, whereas in Mark and Matthew it is disparaging. The doctrine of the Perpetual Virginity means that Joseph and Mary never had sexual relations. In shape the Plain of Esdraelon is a triangle, and the northern side, running east and west, is formed by the southern edge of the hills of Galilee, which drop sharply into the plain. [14] This incident does not appear at all in John, but in a parallel story the disbelieving neighbors refer to "Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know" (John 6:41–51). Joseph hears the voice on an angel in the music he listens to: Caravaggio’s symbol of a heavenly message. Exactly how long Joseph lived after the last mention of him in the Gospels, when Jesus was twelve years old, is unknown. 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