Religious Gifts Saint Joseph Statue Home Seller Kit with Prayer Card and Instructions

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Many cities, towns, and locations are named after Saint Joseph. According to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Spanish form, San Jose, is the most common place name in the world. Probably the most-recognized San Joses are San José, Costa Rica, and San Jose, California, United States, given their name by Spanish colonists. Joseph is the patron saint of the New World; and of the regions Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol, Sicily; and of several main cities and dioceses. [ citation needed] Luigi Gambero, "Mary and the fathers of the church: the Blessed Virgin Mary in patristic thought" pp. 35–41 Together with the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, Joseph is one of the three members of the Holy Family; since he only appears in the birth narratives of the Gospels, Jesus is depicted as a child when with him. The formal veneration of the Holy Family began in the 17th century by François de Laval. Several venerated images of Saint Joseph have been granted a decree of canonical coronation by a pontiff. Religious iconography often depicts him with lilies or spikenard. With the present-day growth of Mariology, the theological field of Josephology has also grown and since the 1950s centers for studying it have been formed. [8] [9] In the New Testament [ edit ] Dream of St Joseph, c. 1625–1630, by Gerard Seghers The tradition of burying a statue of St. Joseph started long ago. While Jesus was still a child, Joseph had to move his family for protection against the King. As the family fled to Egypt, the only items they were able to take with them, were the possession they could carry. Once in Egypt, having nothing, Joseph built a home for the family to live in, and a business the family could survive off of.

Joseph's description as a " tekton" (τέκτων) has been traditionally translated into English as "carpenter", but is a rather general word (from the same root that gives us "technical", "technology") [47] that could cover makers of objects in various materials. [48] The Greek term evokes an artisan with wood in general, or an artisan in iron or stone. [49] 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. [50] Joseph the Carpenter, by Georges de La Tour, c. 1645 It is now time to call upon St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, to come to our refuge and help us fight against the forces of evil.Cyprus), Saint Epiphanius (Bishop of Constantia in; texts), Frank Williams (Specialist in early Christian; Holl, Karl (2013). The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: De fide. Books II and III. Leiden [u.a.]: BRILL. p.622. ISBN 978-9004228412. Ryrie, Charles C. (1999). Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth. Moody Publishers. ISBN 978-1575674988.

Williams, translated by Frank (2013). The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis (Second, reviseded.). Leiden [u.a.]: Brill. p.36. ISBN 9789004228412 . Retrieved 18 September 2015.Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary - March 20, 2023 - Liturgical Calendar". www.catholicculture.org . Retrieved 2 October 2023. There is a Catholic tradition that burying a statuette of Saint Joseph on the grounds of a home will help to sell or buy [120] a house.; [121] this tradition became so popular through the World Wide Web that some American realtors bought them by the gross. [122]

The 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. Joseph's death aged 111, attended by angels and asserting the perpetual virginity of Mary, takes up approximately half the story. [70] Church Fathers [ edit ] Leonard Foley OFM Saint of the Day, Lives, Lessons, and Feast, (revised by Pat McCloskey OFM), Franciscan Media, ISBN 978-0-86716-887-7 The reason he was made a Patron Saint is that he taught Jesus the craftsman’s trade and made sure that Jesus always was well housed. That is the reason why he always helped people find a house they were looking for and in that way help the people who need to sell their homes. History to Tradition Origen quotes the Greek philosopher and opponent of early Christianity Celsus (from his work On the True Doctrine, c. 178 AD) as controversially asserting that Joseph left Mary upon learning of her pregnancy: "...when she was pregnant she was turned out of doors by the carpenter to whom she had been betrothed, as having been guilty of adultery, and that she bore a child to a certain soldier named Panthera." [77] Origen, however, argues that Celsus's claim was a fabricated story. [78] Veneration [ edit ] The Nativity of Christ by Martin Schongauer (1475–1480) Holy Family with the Holy Trinity by Murillo, 1675–1682 The Bible doesn’t tell us a lot about Joseph, foster-father of Jesus and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The little it does tell us speaks volumes about his love of God and devotion to his family. When he discovered that Mary was pregnant he wanted to divorce her quietly to spare her shame. But when God told him that she had conceived by the Holy Spirit he accepted the task of caring for her and her son with simple faith. By faith he left his house, friends, and family to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt when cruel Herod sought the life of Jesus. By faith, he found shelter for Mary and her newborn son when it was time for her to give birth.The last time Joseph appears in person in any of the canonical Gospels is in the narrative of the Passover visit to the Temple in Jerusalem when Jesus is 12 years old, which is found only in Luke. No mention is made of him thereafter. [13] The story emphasizes Jesus' awareness of his coming mission: here Jesus speaks to both Mary and Joseph of "my father," meaning God, but they fail to understand. [14] Landman, Leo (1979). "The Jewish Quarterly Review New Series, Vol. 70, No. 2 (JSTOR)". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 70 (2): 125–128. doi: 10.2307/1453874. JSTOR 1453874. Fiensy, David A., Jesus the Galilean: soundings in a first century life, Gorgias Press LLC, 2007, ISBN 1-59333-313-7, ISBN 978-1-59333-313-3, Google books The earliest records of a formal devotional following for Saint Joseph date to the year 800 and references to him as Nutritor Domini (educator/guardian of the Lord) began to appear in the 9th century, and continued growing to the 14th century. [79] [80] [81] Thomas Aquinas discussed the necessity of the presence of Saint Joseph in the plan of the Incarnation for if Mary had not been married, the Jews would have stoned her and that in his youth Jesus needed the care and protection of a human father. [82] [83]