For the Year of St. Joseph

From the book “Joseph the Silent” by Michel Gasnier, O. P.

"Certainly, Joseph was considered to be not only a fine workman noted for his skill, but a man of integrity. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the work given the carpenter would be carefully and conscientiously done…Before God, labor is not only a necessity; it calls for pride, nobility, a spirit of reparation. There is nothing slavish about it. On the contrary, it is a kind of prayer, a way of finding God, a means of salvation…Joseph understood perfectly that a work done in love goes straight to God."