In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph the patron saint of the universal Church. One hundred fifty years later, Pope Francis declared a special year dedicated to the patron saint, reflecting on his somewhat unknown but significant figure.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Fr. Julio Valladares Miranda belongs to the order of Jesus the Divine Worker. He says Saint Joseph\u2019s life and decision before God\u2019s will can be an example for today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n JULIO VALLADARES MIRANDA Pope Francis wants the Apostolic Letter \u201cPatris corde\u201d (With a Father\u2019s heart) to be the guide for this year. In it, he explains that \u201cthe two evangelists who made his figure evident, Matthew and Luke, refer very little, but enough to understand what kind of father he was\u201d and the mission entrusted to him.<\/p>\n JULIO VALLADARES MIRANDA The pope calls to explore the biblical figure of Joseph. Even in the Old Testament, there was another man named Joseph that the Egyptians turned to look for food during the drought.<\/p>\n JULIO VALLADARES MIRANDA Amid the current crisis, the pope wants St. Joseph\u2019s love, tenderness, obedience, acceptance, courage, work ethic, and discreet service to be characteristics that guide the construction of a post-pandemic society.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi December 31, 2020. Fr. Julio Valladares Miranda belongs to the Order of Jesus the Divine Worker. He says St. Joseph's life and his decision before God's will can be an example for today's society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W6ZhRii1-gs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsangiuseppeintervistaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsangiuseppeintervistaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45812"}],"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=45812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cGod entrusted him with the most precious treasures \u2014 Jesus and Mary \u2014 and he faithfully responded in full with faith, courage, with tenderness, with a father\u2019s heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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\n\u201cWe can learn to read our history with optimism, but not with the \u2018false\u2019 optimism of prefabricated phrases; rather, from our own experience, our own history, as wise individuals, which is what Pope Francis remembers with great devotion. Recognizing that St. Joseph, in the face of history, does not place himself as a passive being. He is a being of action, a being who seeks how to respond to God in the most challenging moments.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOrder of Jesus the Divine Worker<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe can all see each other in St. Joseph, and we can imitate him. The pope asks us to be men and women of courage who want to be protagonists in our history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOrder of Jesus the Divine Worker<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe pope also shows how he has some biblical ties to the Old Testament by recalling Joseph\u2019s figure from the Book of Genesis, this man to which one must turn. One must also go to him to find answers, words of encouragement, and to be able to respond even to present-day needs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTranslation: Christian Campos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"