In Joseph's Workshop (Fourth Sunday of Advent) — Father Trevor McMaken

Joseph didn’t choose for Mary to be pregnant and for the baby to not be his. But he did choose to be a father. He chose the public shame of raising a child that everyone else would call illegitimate to do exactly what the Lord had told him. And from this righteous man's costly obedience, Jesus learns what it means to say, "Not my will, but yours be done." Art Credit: "Joseph the Carpenter" by Georges de La Tour created circa 1642.