I am a devotee of Saint Joseph, and yet I know very little about him. In the Bible, there are no words attributed to him. He was there at the birth of Jesus and then there was a story about him and Mary looking for Jesus when he was about 12 years old and finding him in the temple. After that, there was no mention of José. I don’t know how old he was and how and when he died.

So I wonder…

o How did you feel when Jesus was born…did you cry?

o How did you help Mary, her pain and all the other things associated with childbirth?

o What was he like as a father? Was there a time when he had to discipline Jesus?

o Did Jesus give Jesus a sheep instead of a pet dog?

o How he taught Jesus his trade

And above all, I wonder what and how he prayed. Were his prayers filled with gratitude and praise? Or did he ask God why he allowed his Son to be born in a stable? Did he tell God that everything that was happening seemed so absurd and made no sense? Did he ask “God, what are you doing?”

I guess we’ll never know. And I guess what and how he prayed isn’t really as important as what he did: OBEY and TRUST God.

We can identify with José. Like him, there are times when things don’t seem to make sense and you wonder what God is up to. But like him, let us obey and trust God. He knows what he is doing and he knows what is best for us. He has a plan for us and even though we can’t see the big picture, we just have to trust him because he loves us.