The feast of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy spouse and of the Incarnate Son of God, and thus became an example to all laborers. "Workmen and all those laboring in conditions of poverty will have reasons to rejoice rather than grieve, since they have in common with the Holy Family daily preoccupations and cares"(Leo XIII).Also, please note, this is not the feast to which Speaker Pelosi meant to refer in her (some may call insipid) speech on the Solemnity of St. Joseph.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
St. Joseph the Worker
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