May 1, 2026. Gospel: Matt 13:54-58. St Joseph the Worker. Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor

May 1, 2026. Gospel: Matt 13:54-58. St Joseph the Worker. Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor

Author: Ken Hagen May 1, 2026 Duration: 1:45


54 And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said: How came this man by this wisdom and miracles?
Et veniens in patriam suam, docebat eos in synagogis eorum, ita ut mirarentur, et dicerent : Unde huic sapientia haec, et virtutes?

 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
Nonne hic est fabri filius? nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria, et fratres ejus, Jacobus, et Joseph, et Simon, et Judas?

 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence therefore hath he all these things?
et sorores ejus, nonne omnes apud nos sunt? unde ergo huic omnia ista?

 57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Et scandalizabantur in eo. Jesus autem dixit eis : Non est propheta sine honore, nisi in patria sua, et in domo sua.

 58 And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Et non fecit ibi virtutes multas propter incredulitatem illorum.

[55] "His brethren": These were the children of Mary the wife of Cleophas, sister to our Blessed Lady, ([Matt 27:56][John 19:25]) and therefore, according to the usual style of the Scripture, they were called brethren, that is, near relations to our Saviour.


Work, imposed on man as a penalty, is transformed into a blessing through his communion with the life and work and death of Jesus Christ, a communion he effected by the active part he takes in the Sacrifice and Communion of the Mass---with St Joseph as the model and patron. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1956.





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