What
emanates from the figure of Saint Joseph is faith. Joseph of Nazareth
is a “just man” because he totally “lives by faith.” He is
holy because his faith is truly heroic. Sacred Scripture says little
of him. It does not record even one word spoken by Joseph, the
carpenter of Nazareth. And yet, even without words, he shows the
depth of his faith, his greatness. Saint Joseph is a man of great
spirit. He is great in faith, not because he speaks his own words,
but above all because he listens to the words of the Living God. He
listens in silence. And his heart ceaselessly perseveres in the
readiness to accept the Truth contained in the word of the Living
God. We see how the word of the Living God penetrates deeply into the
soul of that man, that just man. And we, do we know how to listen to
the word of God? Do we know how to absorb it into the depths of our
human personalities? Do we open our conscience in the presence of
this word?
--
Pope Blessed John Paul II
