5:17-19) as authoritatively taught by the Matthean Jesus, but with mercy as the preeminent principle of application. An angel tells Joseph in a dream that the pregnancy is through the agency of the ...

“Joseph became the guardian ... and by that fatherly love with which thou didst cherish the child Jesus, we beseech thee and we humbly pray that thou wilt look down with gracious eye upon ...

When King Herod fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that all Hebrew male children under the age of three be slain, Joseph moves his family near Egypt. Here, Jesus, sensing His ...

With childlike confidence I present myself before thee, Oh holy Joseph, faithful foster father ... for the love of Jesus, as thy child. Assist me in my present difficulty with thy prayers before ...