Day 31 - Little Month of St. Joseph

 

31st Meditation.

"And was subject unto them."
-Saint Luke ii. 51.

 

Jesus yields obedience to Saint Joseph and the order of things seem reversed. Henceforth, what pretext will you find to dispense you from obeying? But I am wiser and better than is he who is placed over me as my superior. That may be, or it may not be so. The wisdom and sanctity of Jesus are incomparable, and yet Joseph commands and Jesus obeys.

Joseph commands Jesus! Kings have but men for their subjects. Joseph is more than king; true that but one subject forins his empire, but this subject is King of kings, and King of Angels, the God made man: Et erat subditus illis.

Joseph is surpassed by none! Placed between God and man, interpreter and instrument of the Divinity. Joseph, as prophet, transmits the divine message to people and kings. As being, in a certain sense, intermediary between God the Father and God the Son, Joseph is interpreter and instrument of the Eternal Father, and transmits the divine commands not to kings or nations but to Him who is the Monarch of all!

Can the sacerdotal dignity equal that of Joseph? From the throne of truth itself, Peter, living and infallible in the person of his successors, pronounces on faith, on morals. Prophet and king, the Holy Father teaches and commands; no earthly dignity so great as his, no function so sublime, save that of Joseph. Joseph speaks; and He who is power and wisdom, Jesus, the God Incarnate, obeys.

In heaven the saints do not lose the privileges granted to them on earth. Whilst here below, Joseph commanded Jesus; in heaven he turns his suppliant gaze on Jesus, and at once his prayers are answered. On earth Jesus obeyed Joseph, in heaven He forestalls his adopted father's slightest wish.

Have recourse, then, to Joseph.-Ite ad Joseph. He is all-powerful with Jesus. Watchword. Do God's will, and God will strengthen yours.

31. St. Joseph's Power with our Lord.

Catherine de Saint-Augustin, hospital sister in Quebec, beheld in vision, on the Feast of the Ascension, our Lord's entry into heaven. St. Joseph took precedence of the saints of the Old Testament. It was he who presented the King of Glory to his Eternal Father. Our Lord at the same time declared that in heaven He would continue to do the will of His adopted father.