{"id":27322,"date":"2021-03-16T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=27322"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:54:01","slug":"year-of-st-joseph-the-solemnity-of-st-joseph-friday-19th-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/year-of-st-joseph-the-solemnity-of-st-joseph-friday-19th-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of St. Joseph: the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Friday 19th March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Each of us can discover in Saint Joseph, the man who goes unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence, an intercessor, a support and a guide in times of trouble. He reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation.<\/p>\n

Year of St. Joseph: www.yearofstjoseph.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prayer to St Joseph by Pope Francis in this special year of St Joseph<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guardian of the Redeemer,<\/em>
\nSpouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<\/em>
\nTo you God entrusted his only Son;<\/em>
\nin you Mary placed her trust;<\/em>
\nwith you Christ became man.<\/em>
\nBlessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father<\/em>
\nand guide us in the path of life.<\/em>
\nObtain for us grace, mercy, and courage,<\/em>
\nand defend us from every evil. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.godwhospeaks.uk\/the-god-who-speaks\/focus\/the-holy-family\/what-do-we-know-about-st-joseph\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.godwhospeaks.uk\/the-god-who-speaks\/focus\/the-holy-family\/st-joseph-in-art-the-ultimate-multi-tasker\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988), Saint Joseph the Worker (1963) basilica of San Lorenzo Florence<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"In this space bathed in a velvety, supernatural light, the young Jesus, with his very Westernised crop of golden hair, has joined his father in his carpentry shop.\u00a0 Bent over the workbench, his right hand rests on two planks of wood while he carefully examines, as though fascinated, the nails held in his left hand.\u00a0 With similar concentration, Joseph\u2019s chiselled face expresses both deep tenderness and profound melancholy.\u00a0 He is about to place his hand on the Child\u2019s head in a gesture of blessing, but also of love and comfort.\u00a0 He has a presentiment of the far more abominable use to be made of this wood that will form the cross and these nails that will pierce the body of his Child, the Christ, true God and true man.\u00a0 The rendering of the objects and tools; the depth suggested by the wooden awning; the treatment of the landscape, oscillating between the abstract gold background and figurative elements of vivid or soft colours: all enhance these two figures, lending them a noble relief and a magisterial presence.\u00a0 This Italian artist enables us to experience a real relationship: it is our gaze that joins with the carpenter\u2019s hand in a caress that unreservedly enters us into this poignant moment of intimacy. Saint Joseph, guardian of the Holy Family, watch over and protect all our families, and especially at this time our children and young people on their return to school.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each of us can discover in Saint Joseph, the man who goes unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence, an intercessor, a support and a guide in times of trouble. He reminds<\/p>\n

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