Monday, March 19th
Joseph, Husband of Mary
2 Samuel.7:4-5, 12-14, 16 Romans.4:13, 16-18. Matthew.1:10-18, 21-24

Let all who seek to follow as they are led and guided by Our Holy Spirit love and honour blessed Joseph, husband of My beloved Mother who fathered* Me in My incarnate days. Let each and every one who seeks for light and guidance note his faithfulness in response, his obedience in all that he was given to do in protecting, guarding, tending Me in infancy and childhood in the context of a loving family.

Let each and every one of the Father’s beloved sons and daughters open the eyes of their mind and the door of their heart to identify their particular call for caring. Whether that call is for one or many it is the Father’s will and loving purpose that His love may be known, experienced and communicated in the dynamic of relationship and service. So will the peace and power and protection of His constant Presence be their joy and progress in the way. And Our saving, sanctifying love will bring them to the fullness of eternity as they continue faithful and obedient in their earthly following.

*N.B. “Fathered” = (2) appear as, or acknowledge oneself as the father of (a child) OED.