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PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
REFLECTION AND PRAYERS OF ST JOSEPH
The example of Jesus Christ, who wished to honour St. Joseph so much, and to be subject to him on earth, ought to inflame all with a fervent devotion towards this great saint. Since the Eternal Father shared his own authority with St. Joseph, Jesus always regarded him as a father, and respected and obeyed him for thirty years. St Luke says He “was subject to them” (Luke 2:51). These words mean that during all this time the sole occupation of the Redeemer was to obey Mary and Joseph. To St. Joseph, as head of the little family, belonged the office of commanding, and to Jesus as a subject, the duty of obedience. Hence, a learned author has justly said: “Men should pay great honour to him whom the King of kings wished to raise to such a height”.