St. Joseph's Daydreams

Today, we remember St Martha, the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany. Martha is one of those saints who is often remembered for falling s...

Today, the Church celebrates the memory of St Mary Magdalene, the woman who first saw Jesus risen from the dead ( Mark 16:9 ). Tradition tel...

Jesus called Himself “the Way, the Truth, and the Life...” ( John 14:6 ), and in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Church acclaims, “...

A couple weeks back, I came across an "e-retreat" offered by Archbishop Christopher Prowse entitled Silence: from Isolation to Enc...

St Paul says to us in his letter to the Romans:  For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spir...

We're all familiar with Matthew's quote of the prophet Hosea, "Out of Egypt I called my son." ( Mt. 2:15 , Hos. 11:1 ). He...

So, what started my intrigue into considering Joe as an icon of the Holy Spirit is the scene of the Annunciation ( Luke 1:26-38 ). The Archa...

A couple weeks ago, the thought occurred to me that Joe models in a number of ways the Person of the Holy Spirit. To be honest, I really hav...

Last Sunday, Catholic Churches celebrated the Feast of Pentecost and next Sunday the Orthodox Churches will do so. The image of fire always ...

Did you know that the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina is in the midst of celebrating a year dedicated to Joe? In particular it is in ce...