St. Joseph is my namesake, since my mother named me “Joseph”(because I was born near Christmas and she couldn’t name me “Jesus”). Today I begin, and I encourage you to begin with me, a 33-day preparation for consecration to St. Joseph, which will take place on May 1st (the feast of St. Joseph the Worker). I’m using Fr. Donald Calloway’s fine book Consecration to St. Joseph. Although online booksellers have been sold out for weeks, you can get this book in a Kindle edition until you get one in the mail. Each day, until May 1st, I will offer you one tidbit from that day’s reading (which itself takes only seven or eight minutes). I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Donald H. Calloway, author of the book.
Day One
The name “Joseph” in Hebrew means “the Increaser.” Like the Patriarch Joseph in Egypt, Joseph of Nazareth increased the good things entrusted to him (Jesus and Mary). I consecrate myself to St. Joseph because I want to be like him, an “increaser.” Many of us have consecrated ourselves to Mary, so that we become “another Mary” for Jesus: a faithful, loving, and trusting companion. Consecration to St. Joseph helps us become “another Joseph:” a faithful, loving, and trusting companion of Jesus and Mary.
Day One
The name “Joseph” in Hebrew means “the Increaser.” Like the Patriarch Joseph in Egypt, Joseph of Nazareth increased the good things entrusted to him (Jesus and Mary). I consecrate myself to St. Joseph because I want to be like him, an “increaser.” Many of us have consecrated ourselves to Mary, so that we become “another Mary” for Jesus: a faithful, loving, and trusting companion. Consecration to St. Joseph helps us become “another Joseph:” a faithful, loving, and trusting companion of Jesus and Mary.
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