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501 I,3 | Luke. The divine messenger introduces Joseph to the mystery of
502 Intro | INTRODUCTION ~
503 VI,30 | s commands.~Pope Paul VI invited us to invoke Joseph's patronage "
504 VI,29 | This patronage must be invoked as ever necessary for the
505 Intro,1 | shared in it with her; he was involved in the same salvific event;
506 III,20 | association and friendship involving by its very nature a communion
507 VI,31(49) | XIII, "Oratio ad Sanctum Iosephum," contained immediately
508 Intro,1(1)| Cf. St. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses, IV,
509 I,3 | was a name known among the Israelites and sometimes given to their
510 II,7(14) | PL 44, 421; cf. Contra Iulianum, V, 12, 46: PL 44, 810.~
511 II,7(16) | Cf. Discourses of January 9, 16, February 20, 1980:
512 II,8 | through the humanity of Jesus-is realized in actions which
513 II,13 | belong to God. Here too, Jesus-who is the true "price" of ransom (
514 I,3 | the meaning of the name Jesus-Yehos ua'-which means "God saves."~
515 III,18 | husband and wife. According to Jewish custom, marriage took place
516 II,15 | Lk 2:43). After a day's journey, they noticed his absence
517 II,9 | The Census ~9. Journeying to Bethlehem for the census
518 III,17 | the truth of the Gospel's judgment that he was "a just man" (
519 II,7(17) | Apostolic Letter Neminem fugit (June 14, 1892); Leonis XIII PM.
520 II,7 | marriage to Mary is the juridical basis of his fatherhood.
521 II,7 | marriage to Joseph, because juridically Joseph's fatherhood depends
522 VI,31 | the ways of holiness and justice, following Joseph's example
523 VI,28 | the same way that he once kept unceasing holy watch over
524 II,14 | killing them all, he wished to kill the new-born "king of the
525 II,14 | magi departed, he "sent and killed all the male children in
526 II,14 | or under" (Mt 2:16). By killing them all, he wished to kill
527 III,20 | There are really two kinds of love here, both of which
528 III,20 | celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of God not only does not
529 II,15 | began to search "among their kinsfolk and acquaintances." "After
530 II,4 | of Zechariah to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth, even as she offered
531 II,13 | 1 Cor 6:20; 7:23; 1 Pt l:19)-not only "fulfills"
532 IV,22 | work, and especially manual labor, receive special prominence
533 IV,23(34) | Cf. Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens (September 14,
534 IV,23(35) | the "model" of workers and laborers; Cf., for example, Leo XIII,
535 II,7 | requisites of marriage were lacking: "In Christ's parents all
536 VI,29(45) | Exhortation Christifidele Laici (December 30, 1988), 34:
537 VI,29 | Exhortation Christideles Laici-"religion and the Christian
538 II,10 | in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because
539 II,7(19) | on the Apostolate of the Laity, Apostolicam Actuositatem,
540 II,15 | the many families of the land of Israel. There Jesus "
541 VI,29 | re-evangelization in those lands and nations where-as I wrote
542 | latter
543 VI,28 | Joseph was in his day the lawful and natural guardian, head
544 V,27 | fatherly" love of Joseph, thus leading to a further deepening of
545 V,27 | between Joseph and Jesus leads us to consider once again
546 II,8 | life of Jesus nothing was left to chance, but how everything
547 V,26 | the decision to put his liberty immediately at the disposition
548 Intro,1 | Christ's upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects
549 III,19 | have expected within the limits of his human heart.~
550 Intro,1 | Quamquam Pluries,( 2) and in line with the veneration given
551 V,27 | Jesus, which was inseparably linked to his divinity. ~
552 II,7 | why the generations are listed according to the genealogy
553 II,15 | sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them
554 I,2 | father David" (Lk 1:30-32).~A little earlier the Gospel writer
555 IV,22 | this by instituting the liturgical memorial of St. Joseph the
556 IV,23 | friendship with Christ in their lives, by accepting, through faith,
557 V,26 | came, bringing him also the logic and strength that belong
558 V,27 | Christ-and the demands of love-that equally pure and selfless
559 III,19 | traditions of the Chosen People, loved the Virgin of Nazareth and
560 Intro,1 | just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly
561 II,14 | sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and
562 II,10 | cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place
563 V,27 | humanity this love shone on all mankind, the first beneficiaries
564 IV,22 | Human work, and especially manual labor, receive special prominence
565 II,9 | significance, by no means marginal, of this historical fact: "
566 II,7 | of all things in Christ, marriage-it too purified and renewed-becomes
567 II,6 | the apostles, popes and martyrs.(11) ~
568 II,13 | his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him" (
569 VI,32 | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-in the year 1989, the eleventh
570 VI,31(48) | Communion from the Votive Mass of St. Joseph. ~
571 II,6 | in the Roman Canon of the Mass-which is the perpetual memorial
572 II,8 | sublime task would not be matched by the necessary qualities
573 II,4 | the Encyclical Redemptoris Mater, in which I sought to deepen
574 Intro,1 | before their eyes his humble, mature way of serving and of "taking
575 III,18 | with God's will and was meant to endure. In her divine
576 II,4 | pilgrimage, the faith of Mary meets the faith of Joseph. If
577 VI,32 | responsibility of each and every member of the Church: husbands
578 VI,30 | and duties of each of its members may be. ~As the Constitution
579 III,21 | neither is it an "apparent" or merely "substitute" fatherhood.
580 V,27 | grace within us, either by merit or by a certain efficacy."(39)~
581 II,8(26) | Pius XII, Radio Message to Catholic School Students
582 II,15 | prepared himself for his messianic mission. Only one episode
583 II,7 | the original "Church in miniature (Ecclesia domestica),"(19)
584 Intro,1(4)| foreshadowed in some way the ministry and greatness of the latter,
585 III,20(31)| Collectio Missarum de Beata Maria Virgine,
586 Intro,1(4)| example, St. Bernard, Super "Missus est," Hom. II, 16: S. Bernardi
587 V,27 | healing (cf. for example, Mk 1:41), and the influence
588 III,19 | Holy Spirit (cf. Rm 5:5) molds every human love to perfection?
589 III,19 | perfection? This love of God also molds-in a completely unique way-the
590 VI,31 | saved the Child Jesus from mortal danger, so now defend God'
591 V,27 | they were both in their mothers' wombs (cf. Lk 1:41-44).~
592 II,7(17) | the "Equipes Notre-Dame" Movement (May 4, 1970), n. 7: AAS
593 | much
594 II,7 | reflected. "Through God's mysterious design, it was in that family
595 Intro,1 | over and protects Christ's Mystical Body, that is, the Church,
596 II,7(17) | Movement (May 4, 1970), n. 7: AAS 62 (1970), p. 431.
597 | namely
598 II,12 | the circumcision Joseph names the child "Jesus." This
599 VI,29 | re-evangelization in those lands and nations where-as I wrote in the
600 II,15 | surroundings of the Holy Family of Nazareth-one of many families in this
601 V,27 | practical demands of love (necessitas caritatis),(41) we can say
602 VI,31 | Church transforms these needs into prayer. Recalling that
603 V,27 | apostolic witness did not neglect the story of Jesus' birth,
604 VI,29 | anew wherever it has been neglected or forgotten, the Church
605 | neither
606 II,7(17) | Leo XIII, Apostolic Letter Neminem fugit (June 14, 1892); Leonis
607 | never
608 | Nevertheless
609 II,14 | all, he wished to kill the new-born "king of the Jews" whom
610 II,10 | them the great and happy news (cf. Lk 2:15- 16) . Later
611 | next
612 III,19 | who, in the spirit of the noblest traditions of the Chosen
613 | none
614 IV,23 | industriousness played a notable role, since "work is a human
615 II,15 | After a day's journey, they noticed his absence and began to
616 II,7(17) | Discourse to the "Equipes Notre-Dame" Movement (May 4, 1970),
617 V,26 | that is the foundation and nourishment of the family.(37)~This
618 II,6(11) | Congregation of Rites, Decree Novis hisce temporibus (November
619 II,16 | he wished to sanctify the obligations of the family and of work,
620 VI,32 | the Word.~May St. Joseph obtain for the Church and for the
621 Intro,1 | exemplar and model.~On the occasion of the centenary of Pope
622 IV,22 | recounting the episode that occurred in the Temple: "And he went
623 Intro,1 | the centuries, I wish to offer for your consideration,
624 II,4 | Spirit" (Lk 1:41). Besides offering a salutation which recalled
625 II,9 | the significant task of officially inserting the name "Jesus,
626 II,8 | predetermined plan. The oft-repeated formula, "This happened,
627 VI,30 | economy the first-the divine one-is wholly sufficient unto itself,
628 IV,24 | the model of those humble ones that Christianity raises
629 V,26 | readiness of will to dedicate oneself to all that serves him,
630 II,15 | Spirit." From that time onwards he knew that he was a guardian
631 Intro,1(4)| Hom. II, 16: S. Bernardi Opera, Ed. Cist., IV, 33f.; Leo
632 II,8 | and according to human opinion, father of God's Son. Whence
633 VI,31(49) | Cf. Leo XIII, "Oratio ad Sanctum Iosephum," contained
634 II,8 | after the Son of God's "ordained" entry into the world, in
635 II,7 | election and predestination is ordered (cf. Rom 8:28-29)-comes
636 II,9 | census in obedience to the orders of legitimate authority,
637 II,6 | Redemption constitute an organic and indissoluble unity,
638 II,7 | in the Holy Family, the original "Church in miniature (Ecclesia
639 | others
640 VI,30 | second-the human action which is ours-though capable of nothing (cf.
641 | ourselves
642 II,8 | whom God chose to be the "overseer of the Lord's birth,"(27)
643 I,2 | power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child
644 II,8 | reverence that children owe to their father."(25)~Since
645 III,20 | share, through the marriage pact, in her own sublime greatness."(33)~
646 II,7 | also his father, who was a parent in the same way that he
647 Intro,1(3)| 1870): Pii IX P.M. Acta, pars I, vol. V, p. 282; Pius
648 IV,23 | Creator and Redeemer, to participate in his salvific plan for
649 IV,23 | through faith, a living participation in his threefold mission
650 II,8 | received by creatures who are particularly sensitive to the voice of
651 V,27 | which have to do with the Paschal Mystery, but they also underscore
652 I,2 | keep in mind the parallel passage in the Gospel of Luke. In
653 II,14 | Nazareth from Bethlehem passed through Egypt. Just as Israel
654 I,2 | the plan of God, with the passing of days and weeks Mary's "
655 II,15 | the Gospel of Luke: the Passover in Jerusalem when Jesus
656 V,25 | mystery "hidden from ages past," and which "dwelt" under
657 Intro,1 | I gladly fulfill this pastoral duty so that all may grow
658 VI,32 | Christ. May he show us the paths of this saving Covenant
659 VI,28 | powerful patronage of the holy patriarch Joseph, declared him "Patron
660 Intro,1(3)| Apostolic Letter Inclytum Patriarcham (July 7, 1871): loc. cit.,
661 II,6 | present in the upper room on Pentecost, the day the Church was
662 II,5 | the time of Calvary and Pentecost-Mary will precede in a perfect
663 II,13 | prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation
664 II,4 | very essence of faith, is perfectly applicable to Joseph of
665 II,6 | of the Mass-which is the perpetual memorial of redemption-after
666 VI,32 | Spirit.~Given at Rome, in St. Peter's, on August 15-the Solemnity
667 II,5 | he shares in this final phase of God's self-revelation
668 II,10 | that "self-emptying" (cf. Phil 2:5-8) which Christ freely
669 III,21 | This is no conventional phrase: Mary's words to Jesus show
670 V,27 | underscore the importance of physical contact with Jesus for healing (
671 Intro,1(3)| Deus (December 8, 1870): Pii IX P.M. Acta, pars I, vol.
672 II,15 | in the feast as a young pilgrim. "And when the feast was
673 IV,23 | virtue of industriousness played a notable role, since "work
674 II,5 | words of the Council: "It pleased God, in his goodness and
675 IV,22 | At the workbench where he plied his trade together with
676 II,7(17) | June 14, 1892); Leonis XIII PM. Acta, XII (1892), p. 149f.;
677 I,2 | the Holy Spirit. ~At this point Luke's text coincides with
678 III,18 | very plan of God. This is pointed out by Luke and especially
679 VI,32 | 1989, the eleventh of my Pontificate. ~
680 II,4 | well, since he responded positively to the word of God when
681 V,27 | only possible for those who possess the perfection of charity.
682 III,18 | the "just" man of Nazareth possesses the clear characteristics
683 VI,29(45) | Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifidele
684 III,19 | love of God which has been poured forth into the human heart
685 III,21 | Family's life, first in the poverty of Bethlehem, then in their
686 VI,28 | wishing to place her under the powerful patronage of the holy patriarch
687 VI,31 | in our struggle with the powers of darkness...and just as
688 V,27 | caritas veritatis) and the practical demands of love (necessitas
689 III,20(31)| Sancta Maria de Nazareth," Praefatio.~
690 VI,32 | Joseph will renew in us the prayerful devotion which my Predecessor
691 VI,32 | called for a century ago. Our prayers and the very person of Joseph
692 II,5 | and Pentecost-Mary will precede in a perfect way.(9)~
693 II,4 | even to the cross,"(5) "preceding"(6) all those who follow
694 II,8 | interrelate according to precise divine commands communicated
695 VI,32 | prayerful devotion which my Predecessor called for a century ago.
696 II,7 | whom every election and predestination is ordered (cf. Rom 8:28-
697 II,8 | place according to God's predetermined plan. The oft-repeated formula, "
698 II,8(24) | Cf. ibid., Preface for the Solemnity of St.
699 II,13 | you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light
700 II,9 | with himself, and after presenting himself he wrote all the
701 III,20 | dignity of marriage but presupposes and confirms it. Marriage
702 II,13 | Jesus-who is the true "price" of ransom (cf. 1 Cor 6:
703 IV,23 | his threefold mission as Priest, Prophet and King."(35)~
704 V | V ~THE PRIMACY OF THE INTERIOR LIFE ~
705 VI,29 | dangers, but also, and indeed primarily, as an impetus for her renewed
706 II,8 | laws. All of the so-called "private" or "hidden" life of Jesus
707 II,10 | together with Mary, is a privileged witness to the birth of
708 II,12 | in speaking the name he proclaims the child's mission as Savior. ~
709 VI,29 | order to bring the first proclamation of Christ, or to bring it
710 II,7 | important for the Church to profess the virginal conception
711 IV,22 | manual labor, receive special prominence in the Gospel. Along with
712 I,3 | accordance with the divine promise, will bring to perfect fulfillment
713 IV,24 | great destinies;...he is the proof that in order to be a good
714 III,21 | venerates this Family, and proposes it as the model of all families.
715 VI,28 | Nazareth, so now does he protect and defend with his heavenly
716 Intro,1 | likewise watches over and protects Christ's Mystical Body,
717 III,19 | as a man. And this love proved to be greater than this "
718 II,14 | an event in which divine providence once again had recourse
719 VI,31 | commended to him, as "the provident guardian of the divine Family," "
720 II,14 | guardian and cooperator in the providential mystery of God, even in
721 II,8 | family, as a faithful and prudent servant, so that with fatherly
722 VI,31 | inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by his blood." Since that
723 II,7 | Christ, marriage-it too purified and renewed-becomes a new
724 II,7 | his all-powerful will to purify and sanctify the family-that
725 VI,31 | the same faithfulness and purity of heart that inspired Joseph
726 V,27 | of his divinity for the purpose of sanctifying man: "By
727 II,8 | matched by the necessary qualities to adequately fulfill it,
728 I,3 | answer to this unsettling question, but above all he sought
729 II,15 | to them and asking them questions; and all who heard him were
730 I,3 | resolved to send her away quietly" (Mt 1:19). He did not know
731 II,9 | Jesus belongs to the human race as a man among men, a citizen
732 V,27 | of the divine Truth which radiated from the humanity of Christ-and
733 IV,24 | humble ones that Christianity raises up to great destinies;...
734 II,16 | had the important task of "raising" Jesus, that is, feeding,
735 II,13 | people of the covenant, ransomed from slavery in order to
736 II,13 | at the age of twelve.~The ransoming of the first-born is another
737 | Rather
738 VI,29 | evangelization in the world and to re-evangelization in those lands and nations
739 II,11 | the sign (cf. Gn 17:13), reaches its full effect and perfect
740 II,7 | living reflection of and a real sharing in God's love for
741 II,7 | the goods of marriage were realized-offspring, fidelity, the sacrament:
742 I,2 | reflect. Then the messenger reassured the Virgin and at the same
743 II,8 | communicated by angels and received by creatures who are particularly
744 II,7 | spousal gift of self" in receiving and expressing such a love. (16) "
745 II,8 | adequately fulfill it, we must recognize that Joseph showed Jesus "
746 V,27 | hidden life in Nazareth. It recognized the "mystery" of grace present
747 II,7 | call him Jesus. Scripture recognizes that Jesus is not born of
748 III,18 | desire of Mary's could be reconciled with a "wedding." The answer
749 III,17 | way." The Gospels do not record any word ever spoken by
750 IV,22 | which Luke refers after recounting the episode that occurred
751 II,5 | Son, born of woman...to redeem those who were under the
752 II,6 | the perpetual memorial of redemption-after the name of Mary and before
753 II,4 | thought of the Encyclical Redemptoris Mater, in which I sought
754 I,2 | Mary and also moved her to reflect. Then the messenger reassured
755 II,7 | Christian family must be reflected. "Through God's mysterious
756 V,25 | Teresa of Jesus, the great reformer of the Carmelites, promoted
757 II,14 | Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or
758 II,9 | others Joseph too went to register together with Mary his wife,
759 II,9 | should be counted. By being registered with everyone, he could
760 II,9 | of the Roman Empire. This registration clearly shows that Jesus
761 II,9 | Nazareth" (cf. Jn 1:45) in the registry of the Roman Empire. This
762 VI,30 | and ever present desire to reinvigorate her ancient life with true
763 II,5 | Together with Mary, and in relation to Mary, he shares in this
764 II,7 | as a result of conjugal relations with Joseph, still calls
765 II,11 | circumcision was the first religious obligation of a father,
766 I,3 | Mary's motherhood. While remaining a virgin, she who by law
767 II,8 | Joseph, he obeyed him and rendered to him that honor and reverence
768 VI,32 | person of St. Joseph will renew in us the prayerful devotion
769 II,7 | marriage-it too purified and renewed-becomes a new reality, a sacrament
770 V,26 | incomparable virginal love, to renounce that natural conjugal love
771 II,15 | 3:23). Nonetheless, the reply of Jesus in the Temple brought
772 III,20 | both of which together represent the mystery of the Church-virgin
773 II,13 | is fulfilled by Joseph. Represented in the first-born is the
774 V,27 | equally pure and selfless love required for his vocation to safeguard
775 II,7 | this marriage none of the requisites of marriage were lacking: "
776 I,3 | unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly" (
777 II,16 | obedient to them" (Lk 2:51), respectfully returning the affection
778 III,20 | Mary into his home, while respecting the fact that she belonged
779 II,4 | true that Joseph did not respond to the angel's "announcement"
780 II,4 | Joseph as well, since he responded positively to the word of
781 I,2 | man?" (Lk 1:34) The angel responds: "The Holy Spirit will come
782 I,2 | your word" (Lk 1:38). In response to what is clearly the plan
783 I,3 | turns, entrusting to him the responsibilities of an earthly father with
784 II,7 | not conceived Christ as a result of conjugal relations with
785 II,14 | event took place before the return to Galilee, an event in
786 II,11 | 21) Joseph exercised his right and duty with regard to
787 V,27 | impulses of divine love have rightly seen in Joseph a brilliant
788 III,20 | singular dignity and his rights in regard to Jesus. "It
789 II,14 | Joseph in a dream and said, 'Rise, take the child and his
790 III,19 | through the Holy Spirit (cf. Rm 5:5) molds every human love
791 Intro,1 | mystery, the Church-on the road towards the future with
792 VI,32 | and Holy Spirit.~Given at Rome, in St. Peter's, on August
793 V,25 | which "dwelt" under his roof. This explains, for example,
794 II,6 | was present in the upper room on Pentecost, the day the
795 II,6 | The path that was Joseph's-his pilgrimage of faith-ended
796 V,27 | required for his vocation to safeguard and develop the humanity
797 III,20 | Virginity or celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of God not
798 II,4 | 41). Besides offering a salutation which recalled that of the
799 II,8 | Joseph toward Jesus. For salvation-which comes through the humanity
800 III,20(31)| Beata Maria Virgine, 1, "Sancta Maria de Nazareth," Praefatio.~
801 V,27 | divinity for the purpose of sanctifying man: "By virtue of his divinity,
802 II,7 | sanctify the family-that sanctuary of love and cradle of life."(17) ~
803 VI,31(49) | Cf. Leo XIII, "Oratio ad Sanctum Iosephum," contained immediately
804 VI,31 | darkness...and just as once you saved the Child Jesus from mortal
805 I,3 | Jesus-Yehos ua'-which means "God saves."~Joseph is visited by the
806 Intro,1(4)| their common name, also saw in Joseph of Egypt a prototype
807 II,8(26) | Radio Message to Catholic School Students in the United States
808 VI,30 | sufficient unto itself, while the second-the human action which is ours-though
809 II,7 | of the New Covenant. We see that at the beginning of
810 II,10 | first announcement of that "self-emptying" (cf. Phil 2:5-8) which
811 II,5 | this final phase of God's self-revelation in Christ and he does so
812 III,20 | beings. ~Through his complete self-sacrifice, Joseph expressed his generous
813 V,27 | love-that equally pure and selfless love required for his vocation
814 I,3 | her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly" (Mt 1:
815 IV,23(34) | Letter Laborem Exercens (September 14, 1981), 9: AAS 73 (1981),
816 VI,32 | learn from him how to be servants of the "economy of salvation."
817 Intro,1 | love for the Savior whom he served in such an exemplary manner.~
818 III,18 | be fulfilled, the Gospels set before us the image of husband
819 II,11 | the Old Testament are a shadow of the reality (cf. Heb
820 I,3 | unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away
821 II,5 | Holy Spirit, and become sharers in the divine nature (cf.
822 II,13 | ransom of the first-born and sheds light on the subsequent
823 II,10 | witnessed the adoration of the shepherds who arrived at Jesus' birthplace
824 VI,30 | evangelical virtues, such as shine forth in St. Joseph."(47)~
825 V,27 | Christ's humanity this love shone on all mankind, the first
826 VI,28 | held him in great honor and showered him with praise, having
827 II,9 | This registration clearly shows that Jesus belongs to the
828 V,25 | discover in his "actions"-shrouded in silence as they are-an
829 V,25 | everything else about Joseph also shrouds his work as a carpenter
830 II,13 | in particular at what Simeon said in his canticle to
831 III,17 | said nothing; instead he simply "did as the angel of the
832 VI,31 | the evil of falsehood and sin...graciously assist us from
833 Intro,1 | consideration, dear brothers, and sisters, some reflections concerning
834 II,15 | found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening
835 I,3 | was for him a difficult situation. "But as he considered this,
836 I,3 | When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of
837 II,15 | of many families in this small town in Galilee, one of
838 VI,31 | God's holy Church from the snares of her enemies and from
839 II,8 | and human laws. All of the so-called "private" or "hidden" life
840 II,8 | love, all the affectionate solicitude that a father's heart can
841 | sometimes
842 II,4 | 4. When, soon after the Annunciation,
843 V,25 | of the man. The Gospels speak exclusively of what Joseph "
844 III,18 | words of the angel, God speaks to him as the husband of
845 II,7 | are in the final analysis specified by love. Hence the family
846 II,7 | family that the Son of God spent long years of a hidden life.
847 III,19 | closeness in marriage. The deep spiritual closeness arising from marital
848 VI,30 | the first place, with a spontaneous theological reflection on
849 II,7 | realization in full "freedom" the "spousal gift of self" in receiving
850 III,20 | of the Church-virgin and spouse-as symbolized in the marriage
851 II,7 | summit from which holiness spreads all over the earth. The
852 III,18 | marriage took place in two stages: first, the legal, or true
853 VI,32 | this saving Covenant as we stand at the threshold of the
854 II,8 | this mission: "He among all stands out in his august dignity,
855 IV,24 | according to his or her own state, and one which can be promoted
856 II,4 | revelation given by him."(7) This statement, which touches the very
857 II,16 | Jesus "in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and
858 II,15 | returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His
859 II,6 | that is to say, before Mary stood at the foot of the cross
860 III,17 | old" (Mt 13:52) from the storehouse of the noble figure of Joseph.~
861 V,27 | witness did not neglect the story of Jesus' birth, his circumcision,
862 V,26 | bringing him also the logic and strength that belong to simple and
863 Intro,1 | from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph
864 I,3 | Mt 1:20-21).~There is a strict parallel between the "annunciation"
865 VI,31 | assist us from heaven in our struggle with the powers of darkness...
866 II,8(26) | Message to Catholic School Students in the United States of
867 II,8 | that the Word of God was subjected to Joseph, he obeyed him
868 II,13 | first-born and sheds light on the subsequent stay of Jesus in the Temple
869 III,21 | an "apparent" or merely "substitute" fatherhood. Rather, it
870 VI,30 | first-the divine one-is wholly sufficient unto itself, while the second-the
871 II,15 | Lk 2:40). The Gospels summarize in a few words the long
872 II,7 | Joseph and Mary arc the summit from which holiness spreads
873 IV,22 | carpenter. This simple word sums up Joseph's entire life.
874 Intro,1(4)| for example, St. Bernard, Super "Missus est," Hom. II, 16:
875 II,8 | to domestic love into a superhuman oblation of self, an oblation
876 II,5 | and that in doing so he supports his spouse in the faith
877 III,19 | such as these are we not to suppose that his love as a man was
878 II,15 | Jesus was the son (as was supposed) or Joseph" (Lk 3:23). Nonetheless,
879 VI,30 | Besides trusting in Joseph's sure protection, the Church also
880 V,26 | sacrifice, whereby Joseph surrendered his whole existence to the
881 II,15 | dwelt among men, within the surroundings of the Holy Family of Nazareth-one
882 II,10 | first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in
883 III,20 | Church-virgin and spouse-as symbolized in the marriage of Mary
884 | taking
885 VI,32 | all of us an exceptional teacher in the service of Christ'
886 II,15 | temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking
887 II,4 | which I sought to deepen the teaching of the Second Vatican Council,
888 II,14 | and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about
889 I,2 | explicitly in what Luke tells us about the annunciation
890 II,6(11) | Rites, Decree Novis hisce temporibus (November 13, 1962): AAS
891 V,27 | in Joseph, the apparent tension between the active and the
892 V,25 | explains, for example, why St. Teresa of Jesus, the great reformer
893 VI,29 | are now put to a hard test."(45) In order to bring
894 III,17 | one of the most important testimonies concerning man and his vocation.
895 III,17 | the Church has read this testimony with ever greater attention
896 III,17 | own special eloquence, for thanks to that silence we can understand
897 II,4 | coming from God the very thing that she had already accepted
898 IV,24 | there is no need of great things-it is enough to have the common,
899 III,19 | Holy Spirit? Are we not to think that the love of God which
900 VI,32 | our day in light of the Third Christian Millennium.~The
901 | though
902 VI,31 | including those dangers which threaten the human family. ~Even
903 II,15 | and acquaintances." "After three days they found him in the
904 IV,23 | living participation in his threefold mission as Priest, Prophet
905 VI,32 | Covenant as we stand at the threshold of the next millennium,
906 I,2 | God will give to him the throne of his father David" (Lk
907 II,14 | Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is
908 VI,31 | by his blood." Since that time-as I recalled at the beginning
909 II,6 | the same direction: it was totally determined by the same mystery,
910 II,4 | This statement, which touches the very essence of faith,
911 | toward
912 | towards
913 III,20 | whereby the Mother of God towers above all creatures. Since
914 II,15 | many families in this small town in Galilee, one of the many
915 III,19 | the spirit of the noblest traditions of the Chosen People, loved
916 Intro,1(4)| the Father's most precious treasures-the Incarnate Word and his most
917 II,15 | asked: "Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father
918 VI,28 | having recourse to him amid tribulations."(43)~What are the reasons
919 III,19 | the model of the Blessed Trinity.~"Joseph. . .took his wife;
920 II,8 | mystery of salvation" and is truly a "minister of salvation."(21)
921 Intro,1 | invoke his patronage with trust, but also will always keep
922 VI,30 | 30. Besides trusting in Joseph's sure protection,
923 VI,30 | protection, the Church also trusts in his noble example, which
924 V,27 | experienced both love of the truth-that pure contemplative love
925 I,2 | Lk 1:28) created an inner turmoil in Mary and also moved her
926 II,8 | life and work; in having turned his human vocation to domestic
927 I,3 | then, that the messenger turns, entrusting to him the responsibilities
928 II,15 | precisely this mystery that the twelve- year-old Jesus brought to
929 III,21 | which Mary spoke to the twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple take
930 I,3 | of the name Jesus-Yehos ua'-which means "God saves."~
931 VI,28 | same way that he once kept unceasing holy watch over the family
932 V,27 | Paschal Mystery, but they also underscore the importance of physical
933 V,26 | coming into his home, becomes understandable only in the light of his
934 II,7 | depends on it. Thus one understands why the generations are
935 IV,22 | house of Nazareth should be understood as a sharing in the work
936 II,7 | love. (16) "In this great undertaking which is the renewal of
937 V,27 | first beneficiaries were undoubtedly those whom the divine will
938 II,7 | of the marriage bond that unites them: "By reason of their
939 Intro,1 | devotion to the Patron of the Universal Church and in love for the
940 II,7 | source of evil which was unleashed on the world, Joseph and
941 VI,29 | Lord, a gift which is not unrelated to the intercession and
942 I,3 | sought an answer to this unsettling question, but above all
943 | unto
944 I,3 | Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved
945 Intro,1 | himself to Jesus Christ's upbringing,(1) he likewise watches
946 II,7 | is no less important to uphold Mary's marriage to Joseph,
947 II,6 | when she was present in the upper room on Pentecost, the day
948 III,18 | betrothed" to Joseph. Mary uttered her fiat.The fact that Mary
949 V,27 | love of the truth (caritas veritatis) and the practical demands
950 V,27 | love of Jesus? And vice versa why should the "filial"
951 V,27 | filial" love of Jesus? And vice versa why should the "filial"
952 III,20(31)| Missarum de Beata Maria Virgine, 1, "Sancta Maria de Nazareth,"
953 I,2 | weeks Mary's "pregnancy" is visible to the people and to Joseph;
954 II,4 | the house of Zechariah to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth,
955 I,3 | means "God saves."~Joseph is visited by the messenger as "Mary'
956 II,8 | particularly sensitive to the voice of God. Mary is the Lord'
957 Intro,1(3)| Pii IX P.M. Acta, pars I, vol. V, p. 282; Pius IX, Apostolic
958 VI,31(48) | after Communion from the Votive Mass of St. Joseph. ~
959 VI,31 | World; and that she may walk before God in the ways of
960 II,14 | so, Joseph, having been warned in a dream, "took the child
961 II,14 | mystery of God, even in exile watched over the one who brings
962 Intro,1 | upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ'
963 III,19 | molds-in a completely unique way-the love of husband and wife,
964 I,2 | Although Mary is already "wedded" to Joseph, she will remain
965 III,18 | could be reconciled with a "wedding." The answer can only come
966 I,2 | the passing of days and weeks Mary's "pregnancy" is visible
967 V,27 | Following St. Augustine's well-known distinction between the
968 V,25 | veneration to St. Joseph in Western Christianity.~
969 | whatever
970 | Whence
971 | where
972 VI,29 | those lands and nations where-as I wrote in the Apostolic
973 | whereas
974 | wherein
975 | wherever
976 II,5 | faith." It is a path along which-especially at the time of Calvary and
977 VI,30 | first-the divine one-is wholly sufficient unto itself,
978 II,4 | to God who reveals,' and willingly assenting to the revelation
979 VI,28 | s history, Pope Pius IX, wishing to place her under the powerful
980 VI,32 | the Church: husbands and wives, parents, those who live
981 I,3 | Mary's Son.~"When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the
982 V,27 | were both in their mothers' wombs (cf. Lk 1:41-44).~As we
983 VI,30 | as the Church has been wont to do in these recent times,
984 III,21 | the Divine Person of the Word-Son, Jesus Christ. Together
985 IV,22 | in a special way. At the workbench where he plied his trade
986 IV,22 | memorial of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1. Human work, and
987 IV,23(35) | Joseph as the "model" of workers and laborers; Cf., for example,
988 III,21 | of man's existence in the world-is also taken up in Christ.
989 III,19 | within it everything of human worth and beauty, everything that
990 VI,28 | is thus fitting and most worthy of Joseph's dignity that,
991 II,10 | to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths,
992 II,10 | night in Bethlehem. Luke writes: "And while they were there,
993 II,9 | believed in him could then be written in heaven with the saints
994 II,9(28) | Origen, Hom. XI in Lucam, 6: S. Ch. 87,
995 VI,32 | Blessed Virgin Mary-in the year 1989, the eleventh of my
996 II,15 | mystery that the twelve- year-old Jesus brought to mind: "
997 | yes
998 | yet
999 II,15 | took part in the feast as a young pilgrim. "And when the feast
1000 II,4 | Mary went to the house of Zechariah to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth,
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