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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 4 – Thursday March 19, 2020

“Trusting in God”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Trusting in God.

This feast of Saint Joseph is a privileged moment to think of Saint Joseph, to
pray to Saint Joseph, and I would even say, to contemplate Saint Joseph.

The Bible tells us that Joseph was a just and righteous man. A righteous man
is an upright and moral man. The most beautiful compliment in the Bible is
when it is said of someone that he is a righteous, an upright and moral man, a
man of prayer, a man for whom God comes first, a man of service, a man who
gives of himself, a faithful man.

But all this would not have been possible for Joseph had he not put his trust
in God. When Mary became pregnant, he decided to trust in God when the
angel invited him to welcome her into his home. He trusted God, he welcomed
Mary, he becomes the adoptive father of Jesus. At the time of the birth of Jesus,
when the Magi arrived, Herod was a threat, and the angel asked Joseph to go
to Egypt, in order to protect the family, Mary and Jesus. Well! He got up and
went.

He trusted in God. He headed towards the unknown, it was the great un-
known! What was going to happen? He could imagine all kinds of scenarios
but he knew that God was with him. Trust in God.

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