March 10, 2024 / 12:58 AM
Next March 19, the Feast will be celebrated in honor of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, adoptive father of Jesus and patron of the universal Church.
Pope Francis noted that “the Christian is, we can say, like Saint Joseph.” “Being a Christian does not only mean receiving faith, but also protecting life. One’s own life, the life of others and the life of the Church. The Son of the Most High came into the world in a condition of great weakness. “Jesus was born like this, weak.”
“Saint Joseph cannot stop being the Custodian of the Church, because the Church is the extension of the Body of Christ in history… Joseph, by continuing to protect the Church, continues to protect the Child and his mother, and so do we. , by loving the Church, we continue to love the Child and his mother.”