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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

3/20/2023

 
I suspect many of us have a family member or friend who is the strong, silent type. Yet even if you can’t think of someone, we all have that type of man to look to in the person of St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus and spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose solemnity we will celebrate this coming Monday, March 20th.  St. Joseph was of exceptional character, something known, not by what he said (we never hear him say anything in the Gospels) but through his deeds.  And who better a role model and guardian for us, for while what we say is important, what we do “speaks” even more.  What do we see St. Joseph doing in the Gospels?
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  • He kept faith, and by it fully accepted God’s saving plan, even if he didn’t understand how it all hangs together;
 
  • He promptly obeyed the will of God, something he could do because he had the desire to do so, was open to God, and practiced his faith;
 
  • He was courageous in time of trial;
 
  • Had a chaste love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, where he didn’t seek his own pleasure, but was of service;
 
  • And he was dutiful in his exercise of parental authority.

As St. Joseph is the Patron of the Universal Church, we ask that by his intercession the Church faithfully help us live in a manner worthy of our baptismal calling. We can, fortified by the ministrations of the Church, do as St. Joseph did in our unique domains of influence. St. Joseph, pray for us!

David J. Conrad

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    David J. Conrad, M.A. Theology. Our Director of Faith Formation.

    Paul Pyrkosz. Our Youth Minister & Bookkeeper.

    ​Elizabeth Dyc. Our Director of Music Ministry.

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St. Aidan Catholic Church
17500 Farmington Rd. 
Livonia, MI 48152
Phone: 734-425-5950
office@saintaidanlivonia.org

Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM

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