On 12th April 2025
Meditating the Words of Jesus from Holy Scriptures
Lord, make us upright to follow and obey your statutes
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill. (Matthew 5:6, NJB) Our father, St. Joseph, the patriarch of the Holy Family and the spouse of the Virgin Mary, was a just man, as we can see. A magnificent saint and silent servant of God's kingdom, he never spoke but obeyed God's commands. His Heavenly Father was pleased with him and gave Joseph custody of His Son and Mother. He was an upright man and never want to despise Virgin Mary even he found she was pregnant. Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally (Matthew 1:19, NJB) God has chosen St Joseph because he was in hunger and thirst for live in uprightness. This way he found favour in the Lord to be the head of the Holy Family. “I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will perform my entire will.” 23 To keep his promise, God has raised up for Israel one of David’s descendants, Jesus, as Saviour, (Acts 13:22–23, NJB) As God had discovered, David having a good heart. As promised by the Heavenly Father, God has chosen David as King of Israel and bestowed upon him an eternal kingdom and dynasty through Jesus Christ, Son of God and son of David. King David was an honest, upright and faithful servant of God. Let us pray to our Lord, to make us upright and faithful servant like St. Joseph and his father King David.
