St. Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus, you have been charged with the protection of the universal Church so that you might care for all the children of the Kingdom in the same way you ...

His self-effacement seems to have influenced the scant attention given him by many Church teachers. In a hymn honoring the Holy ... think that St. Joseph is a wonderful saint, but he was not the real ...

while in the Church of Saint Romanus (see Nov. 18); he is not to be confused with Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (Apr. 3). When Saint Joseph became Archbishop of Thessalonica, he was exiled thrice ...