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	Saint Joseph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the father (according to the law) of Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23) and the husband of Mary.
		Joseph was betrothed to Mary at the time that she conceived Jesus; and therefore they were already legally husband and wife then, although they were not yet permitted to live together.
		Joseph is the patron against doubt and hesitation, as well as the patron saint of fighting communism, and of a happy death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_the_Betrothed (922 words)

	Orthodox Icon of St. Joseph the Betrothed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Verily, Joseph the betrothed, saw clearly in his old age that the foresayings of the Prophets had been fulfilled openly; for he was given a strange earnest, receiving inspiration from the angels, who cried, Glory to God; for he hath bestowed peace on earth.
		Joseph was of the royal lineage of David, but was a simple carpenter.
		He is referred to as "the betrothed" because his marriage to the Theotokos was never consummated.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /phn57.htm (168 words)

	Saint Joseph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus, according to the New Testament (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23).
		He was betrothed to Mary at the time that Mary conceived Jesus.
		It is probable that Joseph died before Jesus entered on his public ministry because only Mary was present at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee, and he is not described at the crucifixion along with Mary (John 19:25).
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Saint_Joseph (799 words)

	St.Joseph'sSite
		When Mary His mother had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
		But Joseph, her husband, being a just man, and not wishing to expose her to reproach, was thinking to put her away privately.
		O chaste spouse of most Holy Mary, glorious St. Joseph, great was the trouble and anguish in your heart when you were perplexed over putting away your immaculate spouse, yet your joy was was immense when the sublime mystery of the Incarnation was revealed to you by the angel.
	www.stjosephsite.com /SJS_NSeven1.htm (533 words)

	Our Lady of La Salette and St Joseph Church
		O glorious patriarch, St. Joseph, humble and just craftsman of Nazareth, help us in our daily work so that we may find in it an effective means of glorifying Our Lord, of sanctifying ourselves, and of being useful to the society in which we live.
		Joseph was betrothed to Mary, the marriage contract had been signed, which in Jewish Law meant they were now husband and wife.
		Joseph, after sleepless nights, “tossed and turned as though he were being assailed by demons” eventually called upon “Yahweh, his God: ‘Eternal God’, aloud and with gentle conviction.
	www.rc.net /southwark/londonbridge-lasalette/Stories.html (3730 words)

	The Feast of St. Joseph
		When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.
		Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
		Joseph's love of Mary and his vision of life with her--and later his love of Jesus and his vision of life with him--were his two great visions, both given to him by God and both seemingly taken away from him by circumstances God arranged.
	www.centeringprayer.com /awakenings/awake25.htm (701 words)

	Nine days of prayer with Saint Joseph
		Saint Joseph was the husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus.
		Betrothed to Mary, Joseph decided to divorce her quietly when he found she was with child, but an angel of the Lord told him to take her as his wife, since the child was the "Holy One" of God.
		Joseph was present at Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, and warned by an angel in a dream, he fled with the infant and his mother lest Herod kill the child.
	www.cptryon.org /prayer/9days/stjoseph.html (354 words)

	SAINT JOSEPH
		It is probably at Nazareth that Joseph betrothed and married her who was to become the Mother of God.
		When forty years of age, Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, "the Lord's brother").
		St. Joseph's was henceforth the simple and uneventful life of an humble Jew, supporting himself and his family by his work, and faithful to the religious practices commanded by the Law or observed by pious Israelites.
	www.thesacredheart.com /sts/jose.htm (1508 words)

	The Gospel According to Joseph
		Joseph is soon to begin his career with his father's approval and begin a family with his wife.
		Joseph and Mary are bound to one another, but Joseph will not take her home to live with him until after the wedding.
		Joseph cannot simply forgive her and marry her anyway - that's very storybook and soap opera romantic, but it is not reality in first-century Palestine - certainly not for Joseph.
	www.westarkchurchofchrist.org /benjamin/2004/041226am.htm (1483 words)

	St. Joseph
		Joseph is visited by the messenger as "Mary's spouse," as the one who in due time must give this name to the Son to be born of the Virgin of Nazareth who is married to him.
		Joseph is the one whom God chose to be the "overseer of the Lord's birth,"[27] the one who has the responsibility to look after the Son of God's "ordained" entry into the world, in accordance with divine dispositions and human laws.
		Joseph, in obedience to the Spirit, found in the Spirit the source of love, the conjugal love which he experienced as a man. And this love proved to be greater than this "just man" could ever have expected within the limits of his human heart.
	www.stj1.co.uk /St_joes_Joseph.htm (6737 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Joseph
		A few months later, the time came for Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem, to be enrolled, according to the decree issued by Caesar Augustus: a new source of anxiety for Joseph, for "her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered", and "there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:1-7).
		Joseph's was henceforth the simple and uneventful life of an humble Jew, supporting himself and his family by his work, and faithful to the religious practices commanded by the Law or observed by pious Israelites.
		The earliest traces of public recognition of the sanctity of St. Joseph are to be found in the East.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08504a.htm (1540 words)

	Saint Joseph biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23).
		Joseph is the patron saint for house sellers and buyers.
		Once the house is sold, Joseph is "rewarded" by being dug up, set aright and set in a place of honor in the family's new home.
	saint-joseph.biography.ms (574 words)

	Father Demetrios Serfes - The Righteous Elder Joseph The Betrothed
		Joseph, when He beheld the greatness of this wonder, thought that he beheld a mortal wrapped as a babe in swaddling clothes; but from all that come to pass he understood that He was the true God (Apostica of Forefeast, Tone One -as is sung in the Eastern Orthodox Church).
		A threefold purpose was accomplished by Joseph's betrothal to the Virgin: quiet obscurity was assured for Christ until the appointed moment, an impenetrable defense was provided for both her and the divine infant.
		All this was accomplished by the sacred betrothal of St. Joseph to the Virgin-Mother." (Translated from Lives of the Saints 8, Munich: St. Job of Pochaev Monastery, 1956, 110-113).
	www.serfes.org /lives/stjoseph.htm (1393 words)

	JUST JOSEPH
		Joseph was not only a good, honest carpenter, but he exhibited outstanding moral qualities in every area of his life.
		Joseph was a man of love and wanted to do the best for Mary--even when he thought she had betrayed him.
		Joseph would certainly have known the Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming Messiah, and it was to these promises in the Word of God that the angel pointed Joseph (1:21-23).
	www.growingchristians.org /dfgc/joseph.htm (1594 words)

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		Joseph her betrothed is naturally shocked when he finds out that Mary is pregnant.
		Joseph is commanded to take Mary and her Son into his own house in Nazareth.
		Thanks to Mary and Joseph, says the Pope, "the mystery of the Incarnation and, together with it, the mystery of the Holy Family, come to be profoundly inscribed in the spousal love of husband and wife and, in an indirect way, in the genealogy of every human family."
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/12/19/OPED2004121924728.html (672 words)

	An Elderly Joseph
		Joseph himself had problems with doubts, as is portrayed in his posture in the Icon of the Nativity (and also in the liturgical texts for that glorious Feast).
		The idea that the Christian East's portrayal of an aged Joseph (who would not have had much interest in conjugal relations) is the product of their desire to underscore Mary's perpetual virginity is interesting.
		Joseph's nobility is shown by the fact that he transcended his male jealousy and decided to deal mercifully with his betrothed (whom he suspected of infidelity since she was pregnant).
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/articles/articles_a/joseph.htm (804 words)

	Charles L. Souvay
		This is the last we hear of St. Joseph in the sacred writings, and we may well suppose that Jesus’ foster-father died before the beginning of Savior's public life.
		This praise bestowed by the Holy Ghost, and the privilege of having been chosen by God to be the foster-father of Jesus and the Spouse of the Virgin Mother, are the foundations of the honour paid to St.
		Certain it is, at all events, that the feast of "Joseph the Carpenter" is entered, on 20 July, in one of the old Coptic Calendars in our possession, as also in a Synazarium of the eighth and ninth century published by cardinal Mai (Script.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/CEJOSEPH.HTM (1396 words)

	Mary
		When the time approached for Jesus to be born, Mary and Joseph found it necessary to go to their ancestral town, Bethlehem, for an "enrolment" (Lk 2:1–5, RSV), or census (KJV "tax").
		On that occasion something of the poignancy of her future experience was revealed to her when Simeon prophesied that "a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also" (Lk 2:34, 35).
		Shortly after this event, Mary and Joseph were warned by an angel to flee to Egypt to protect the life of the Child from the evil designs of King Herod (Mt 2:1–17).
	www.nisbett.com /people/bp-mary.htm (1295 words)

	JOSEPH, OBEDIENT TO THE LORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
		So in light of Mary and Joseph's strained relationships in Nazareth and the shortness of their stay in Bethlehem, we shouldn't assume that this command to return to Israel is necessarily easy for this family, especially with a growing four-year-old.
		Joseph is redirected to Nazareth of Galilee, back to the place this all began: the setting of the unwed pregnancy, the source of disgraceful rumors.
	www.pbc.org /dp/goins/CH-97-2.html (4416 words)

	Were Mary and Joseph Married?
		From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deuteronomy 28: 30; Judges 14: 2,8; Matthew 1: 18-21).
		When one combines the account of the Gospels regarding Jesus' birth and the status of Joseph and Mary, the conclusion is that Mary and Joseph were technically married at the time of Jesus' birth.
		Joseph and Mary first arrived in Bethlehem to be taxed, they were betrothed (Matt.
	www.bibletruths.net /Sermons/BTSO140.htm (563 words)

	Catholic Online - Featured Today - Joseph: A True 'Man’s Man'
		When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
		As the Old Testament Joseph embraced his lot, rejecting the temptation to bitterness or “victim-hood” and actually came to rule Egypt, forgiving the very brothers who had sold him into slavery; so too this son of the Covenant embraced the One who would establish the New Covenant on the altar of Calvary.
		Joseph uniquely participated in the mystery of Gods plan of redemption through simply being the man he was called to be.
	www.catholic.org /featured/headline.php?ID=796 (987 words)

	Bible Study - Joseph
		When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
		And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
		Joseph was certainly older than Mary at the time of their marriage, some believe much older, perhaps in his thirties or forties.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2001/20011103.htm (622 words)

	Apostle Jude - OrthodoxWiki
		The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Jude was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and his brother, along with St. James, by virtue of being the son of St. Joseph the Betrothed.
		He is referenced in the Synoptic Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and wrote an epistle which is part of the New Testament.
		Jude was the brother of St. James and son of St. Joseph, Betrothed to the Theotokos.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Apostle_Jude (240 words)

	Joseph Study Bible Forum studybibleforum
		In Luke 3:23, the geneology begins "being supposedly the son of Joseph" indicating that Joseph is not actually in the geneology.
		Dear Joseph, the answer is No. The question is, "Were you looking for a particular answer?" You got the answers you got because of your ambiguous question.
		Joseph brought great honor upon his family from the Egyptian leaders of his time, as demonstrated by their representation at Jacob's funeral (Gen 50:7).
	www.studybibleforum.com /spages/Joseph.htm (3757 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Joseph
		He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph's wife.
		Ask your most holy bride, the Virgin Mary, to look kindly upon us, since she is the mother of him who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns eternally.
		Joseph of Nazareth is a "just man" because he totally "lives by faith." He is holy because his faith is truly heroic.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintj01.htm (495 words)

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