MAY DAY 2013 AND THE FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER.............

Having commemorated St. Joseph, as the Universal Patron of the Church, the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Foster Father / Guardian of the Child Jesus, forty four days ago on Match 19th; today May 1, we join with the Church throughout the World in recognizing and remembering him as St. Joseph the Worker.  Joseph, a humble and hard working Carpenter by trade, who by the work of his hands provided for the Mary his wife, and Jesus his foster son, is not only a role model of the dignity and necessity of work, but the dignity of human labor in the life of the World.  The Feast of  St. Joseph the Worker, affirms his patronage worldwide as the exemplar of Labor, parallel to American Labor Day on the first Monday of September, and on May Day this first day of the fifth month of the calendar year, the antidote observance to the Communist celebrations in Russia and ither Eastern Europeans that were so prevalently the focus of today.  In this time of economic uncertainty and employment challenges, let us pray through the intercession of St. Joseph the Worker, that jobs may be available for the unemployed and for all who seek to work for the common good of their lives and the ongoing betterment of society.  St. Joseph the Worker Pray For Us..As the son of Josephine I acclaim, - Mother Josephine in Heaven Pray For Us.............Troy David