St. Joseph Patron

With child by God, the angel in a dream
told you about the Mary you would marry,
the Mother of the Son come to redeem,
a life for you at once profound and scary.

Still young and virile, carpenter by trade,
Christ’s foster dad, Patron of Purity,
protector of the ever-virgin maid,
you are called Patron Saint of Family.

Fulfilling prophecies of David’s line
and Bethlehem, in Christ’s young life immersed,
the Universal Church’s Patron fine,
you're named the Workers' Patron on May first.

O Joseph, Patron of a Happy Death,
please bring God’s Spouse and Son to my last breath.

                                by Pete Voelz      3/19/14