01/05/2024
Senyor San Jose nga Mamumuo,
I-ampo mo kami!
โ๏ธFEAST OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERโ๏ธ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ
To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the โMay Dayโ celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers in both Catholic faith and devotion. Beginning in the Book of Genesis, the dignity of human work has long been celebrated as a participation in the creative work of God. By work, humankind both fulfills the command found in Genesis to care for the earth (Gn 2:15) and to be productive in their labors. Saint Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, is but one example of the holiness of human labor.
Jesus, too, was a carpenter. He learned the trade from Saint Joseph and spent his early adult years working side-by-side in Josephโs carpentry shop before leaving to pursue his ministry as preacher and healer. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: โthe Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide [social] changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.โ
Saint Joseph is held up as a model of such work. Pius XII emphasized this when he said, โThe spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior of the world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work.โ
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
To capture the devotion to Saint Joseph within the Catholic liturgy, in 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Saint Joseph the patron of the universal Church. In 1955, Pope Pius XII added the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. This silent saint, who was given the noble task of caring and watching over the Virgin Mary and Jesus, now cares for and watches over the Church and models for all the dignity of human work.
๐๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด!
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Source: Franciscan Media