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St. Joseph

  • Five Things to Think of from St Joseph’s Perspective

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Within the Christmas narrative I am always drawn to how Good St. Joseph must have felt with the responsibility of  caring for and protecting his immediate family, the Blessed Virgin and The Son of God.  As a man, I try to imagine having to confront what Joseph confronted…

  • There is a Crisis of “Fatherless” Children in America; We Should Turn to St. Joseph for Help

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson September 8 was the birthday of our heavenly mom, Mary. On her birthday I also always think of Mother Mary’s husband, St. Joseph.  Without him there would be no birthdays to celebrate, either on September 8 or December 25. When God chose Joseph of Nazareth to be the…

  • Krakow: The Pope and the Holocaust; I Am Proudly & Humbly Connected to Both*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Mom died from leukemia way back in 1961. She had just turned 40 and, at the time, there were no cures, no chemo and no bone-marrow transplants. She was dead within six months of diagnosis. We lived in the Bronx in a five floor walk-up. Grandma lived up…

  • Meet a REAL Man; Joseph of Nazareth (Feast Day, March 19)

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson I call Joseph of Nazareth the “Shadow Saint” because so little is known about him. There is not even one spoken word he ever said that was recorded.  But his quiet life resonated like huge cymbals being smashed together over the ages and into our very 21st century…

  • I LOVE Christmas—No Matter What

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson Turkey Day is over and  now the 2015 Christmas odyssey is underway. My personal pilgrimage began  Sunday at 5 AM, as I prepared my wife’s medications for the week. There are fourteen different pills she takes at different times during the day for varied reasons and I…

  • St. Joseph, "Shadow Saint": His Example is the Answer to the Fatherhood Crisis in Society

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Every March 19, The Catholic Church honors and celebrates a man who, next to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the greatest of all saints. His name is  Joseph. He was Mary’s husband and the foster father of  Jesus Christ, the Messiah.  Included among his honors he is venerated…

  • Happy Father's Day to the Best "Dad" ever–St. Joseph

    by Larry Peterson I call Joseph of Nazareth the “Shadow Saint” because, even though he was responsible for being foster-father to the God-man and husband to the God-man’s mom, the Blessed Virgin, his own life was so quiet and unknown.  He had to shelter them, protect them, feed them, provide for them.  He married Mary…

  • May 1: Honoring Good St. Joseph; Patron Saint of all Workers

    St. Joseph, teaching his Son, Jesus, carpentryfrom the painting by Georges da La Tour, 1640s by Larry Peterson Just a ‘shout-out’ from me to St. Joseph, my favorite saint, on the feast of “St. Joseph the Worker”.  He is an inspiration and magnificent role model , not just for husbands and dads but for all…

  • Honoring The "Shadow Saint"; Joseph of Nazareth

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME by Larry Peterson March 19 is the day we honor St. Joseph.  I think we should give him the whole month of March.  I love this man.   I will run this (and nothing else) starting today  March 16, through Friday, March 21. I call Joseph of Nazareth the “Shadow…

  • Honoring the "Shadow Saint" His Name is Joseph

    I call Joseph of Nazareth, the “Shadow Saint” because, even though  his life is so quiet and unknown,  he was responsible for being foster-father to the God-man and husband to the God-man’s mom, Mary. He had to shelter them, protect them, feed them, provide for them. He married Mary while the cloud of “adultery” (…