6th Meditation
"Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."—
Son of David, descendant of the Prophet-King; of him who in vision
beheld the eternal reign of the Messiah. Joseph, let the recollection of thy
origin recall to thee the wondrous things that shall be effected in thy line!
The prediction of thy ancestor is about to be accomplished in the womb of the
Virgin of Jesse, co-descendant with thee of the line of David, the Holy Virgin
whose fate is linked with thine! Fear not, thou son of David, to remain with
thy spouse, Virgin Daughter of David's royal line! Thou art worthy of her, and
to thee is confided that sacred deposit, the divine treasure of her virginity!
True, it is by the operation of the Holy Ghost that she has become a mother,
but she ceases not to be thy spouse. She and her Son are thine 1 An orphan here
below, the Son of the Most High, and Mary's Son needs an earthly father, this
father thou shalt be, for it is thy right: Noli timere accipere Mariam
conjugem team.
Watchword.—Hope ever; God is faithful.
6. Saint Joseph and Saint Ignatius.
Saint Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus, was ever mindful of Saint Joseph. In his " Exercises" he proposes the Saint to our consideration in relation to our Lord's hidden life. In his oratory was an image of Saint Joseph, before which he loved to pray, and when any extraordinary difficulty occurred -it was on this spot that Saint Ignatius put it into writing, in order to obtain a happy solution.
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