My new take on WWJD: What Would Joseph Do? I haven’t created a new wristband or anything. It’s just that I’m identifying with him in ways previously unexplored. It started with Pope Francis announcing a Year for St. Joseph on Dec. 8, 2020, and creating an accompanying prayer. If the Vatican website isn’t in your list of Favorites, here’s a shortcut to it:
Hail Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.
Three words spoke to me. First was trust. God entrusted His only Son to Joseph’s care. When God the Father trusts someone with His most precious beloved Son, from his most vulnerable moments as an infant to his growth and development as a young boy to his maturity into manhood – that gets my attention.
