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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>today’s Gospel centers on the intriguing figure of Joseph. Joseph is
one of the most beloved of the saints, </b></span>featured in countless works of
art and prominent in the devotional lives of many.<br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">We
know almost nothing about him, yet <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">some very powerful spiritual themes
emerge in the accounts of Joseph. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>He had become betrothed to Mary and
this union had been blessed by God. And then he finds that his betrothed
is pregnant.<br></b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">This
must have been <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>an emotional maelstrom </b></span>for him. And, at a deeper level,
it is <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a spiritual crisis. </b></span>What does God want him to do? <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Then the angel
appears to him in a dream and tells him, "Joseph, son of David, do not
be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.</b>"</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>He realizes at that
moment that these puzzling events are part of a much greater plan of
God’s. </b></span>What appears to be a disaster from his perspective is meaningful
from God’s perspective.<br></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">Joseph
was willing to cooperate with the divine plan, though he in no way knew
its contours or deepest purpose. Like Mary at the Annunciation, he
trusted and let himself be led.</span></b></span></span></div>
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