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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Joseph the Worker
DESCRIPTION:From the writing of \nFR KARL RAHNER \n◊◊◊ \nIs it possible to think that anyone living today will be able to see himself or \nherself reflected in Joseph? Are there not people today who\, if they are true to \ntheir character as willed by God\, are a people of small means\, of hard work\, of \nonly a few words\, of loyalty of heart and simple sincerity? Certainly every \nChristian and every Christian nation is charged with the entire fullness of \nChristian perfection as a duty that is never completed. But every nation and \nevery person has\, so to speak\, his own door\, his own approach\, through which \nhe alone can come nearer to the fullness of Christianity. Not all of us will find \naccess to the boundless vistas of God’s world through the great gate of surging \nrapture and burning ardor. Some must go through the small gate of quiet loyalty \nand the ordinary\, exact performance of duty. And it is this fact\, I am inclined to \nthink\, that can help us to discover a rapport between earth and heaven\, between \nChristians today and their heavenly intercessor… \n[Joseph] received into his family the One who came to redeem his nation \nfrom their sin\, One to whom he himself gave the name of Jesus\, a name which \nmeans “Yahweh is Salvation.” Silent and loyal\, he served the eternal Word of the \nFather\, the Word who had become a child of this world. And they called their \nRedeemer the son of a carpenter. When the eternal Word was audible in the \nworld in the message of the gospels\, Joseph\, having quietly done his duty\, went \naway without any notice on the part of this world. \nBut the life of this insignificant man did have significance; it had one \nmeaning that\, in the long run\, counts in each one’s life: God and his incarnate \ngrace. To him it could be said: “Good and faithful servant\, enter into the joy of \nyour Lord.” Who can doubt that this man is a good patron for us? This man of \nhumble\, everyday routine\, this man of silent performance of duty\, of honest \nrighteousness and of manly piety\, this man who was charged with protecting the \ngrace of God in its embodied life… \nA nation needs men and women of life-long performance of duty\, of clear- \nheaded loyalty\, of discipline of heart and body. A nation needs those who know \nthat true greatness is achieved only in selfless service to the greater and holy \nduty that is imposed upon each life; those of genuine reverence\, conquerors of \nthemselves\, who hear the word of God and carry out the inflexible decrees of \nconscience. It needs those who through their lives bear the childlike\, defenseless \ngrace of God past all those who\, like Herod\, attempt to kill this grace. A nation \nneeds those who do not lose confidence in God’s grace\, even when they have to \nseek it as lost\, as Joseph once sought the divine child. \nSuch as these are urgently needed in every situation and in every class. We \nhave a good patron\, who is suitable for everyone. For he is a patron of the poor\, a \npatron of working men and women\, a patron of exiles\, a model for worshipers\, \nan exemplar of the pure discipline of the heart\, a prototype of fathers who \nprotect in their children the Son of the Father.
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