Author: Patrick George Michaels, 1954- Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Advent; Family Life; God's Love to Us; Jesus Christ Humanity; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Meditation; Name/s of Jesus; Obedience; Real Presence; Saints Days and Holy Days Anunciation of the Blessed Virgin; Saints Days and Holy Days St Joseph Lyrics: 1 Joseph, your love of life brought an engagement -
promise to love and share your life with Mary;
thus did great Love come from the love between you:
God with us, Jesus.
2 Joseph, you stayed with Mary, strangely pregnant;
fears fled when in a dream God's holy angel
told you to cherish Wisdom born of Marry,
naming him Jesus.
3 Joseph, your son's birth, hidden in a cow-shed,
left only you as midwife for the birthing.
You helped and guarded Mary as she laboured,
bringing us Jesus.
4 Joseph, your anxious caring set you dreaming,
dreams full of warning, dreams of death and danger.
Trusting your spirit, you were quick and acted,
saving your Jesus.
5 Joseph, your loving presence and protection
prompted your son to share with his disciples
his name for love most freeing, deep and faithful:
'Abba, dear father'.
6 Joseph, your spirit gives us hope and vision
when life is crisis, chaos, or destruction:
may we, like you, find, growing up among us,
Christ's loving presence. Scripture: Mark 14:22-31 Used With Tune: HEALING
Joseph, your love of life brought an engagement
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