In his General Audience, Pope Francis explained the role of St. Joseph in the gospels as a \u201cman of silence.\u201d He says that although none of the saint's spoken words are recorded in the Gospel, Joseph was a model of \u201cattentive hearing of God\u2019s word and acting upon it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pope said that the saint's quiet humility \u201cteaches us to make room in our hearts for Christ, and thus to discern the Father\u2019s will for our lives.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added that Jesus learned the importance of silence from the examples of Joseph and Mary, and that \u201cfostering contemplative silence is a sure path to authentic self-knowledge and spiritual growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF THE POPE'S CATECHESIS IN ENGLISH:<\/p>\n
Dear Brothers and Sisters,<\/em><\/p>\n In our continuing catechesis on Saint Joseph, we now consider Joseph as a \u201cman of silence\u201d. The Gospels report none of his spoken words, yet they present Joseph as a model of attentive hearing of God\u2019s word and acting upon it.<\/em><\/p>\n In fact, Joseph\u2019s silence was the sign of a contemplative heart, confirming Saint Augustine\u2019s observation that, \u201cwhen the word of God increases, human words fail.\u201d Joseph\u2019s quiet humility teaches us to make room in our hearts for Christ, and thus to discern the Father\u2019s will for our lives. Jesus learned the importance of silence from the example of Joseph and Mary, and in turn taught his disciples to cultivate it. <\/em><\/p>\n We too are called to exercise interior silence and attentive listening to God\u2019s word, lest our daily worries, temptations and fears lead our spoken words astray and cause harm to others. Though not easy, fostering contemplative silence is a sure path to authentic self-knowledge and spiritual growth. <\/em><\/p>\n May we learn from Saint Joseph\u2019s example of silence to let the Lord fill our hearts and guide our words in the service of his truth and in charity towards all our brothers and sisters. <\/em><\/p>\n I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especially the groups from Nigeria and the United States of America. I pray that each of you, and your families, may experience these final days of Advent as a fruitful preparation for the coming of the newborn Saviour of the world. May God bless you!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 15, 2021. The Pope explained how St. Joseph's lack of speech in the Gospel speaks volumes about his interior relationship with God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/enx5vzcOGCk","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud1512eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud1512eng.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}