Tatay din ba Ang Tawag Mo sa Kanya?
I have my biological father, side by side with my spiritual father (priest). When I was in grade 5, I was with my foster father. Since I entered the seminary I have had many spiritual fathers, all of them guided me along on my journey to keep in touch with our heavenly Father!
It is really amazing that the roles of our fathers (whichever human aspect we identify) cannot be measured only by means of the things or services they rendered to us. From the moment we were born, their images were the comforting symbols and icons of love that we’ve ever experienced.
The Bible says; "You have only one Father" (Mt 23:9). There is but one fatherhood, that of God the Father, ". Yet man, created in the image of God, has been granted a share in this one paternity of God (cf. Eph 3:15). Saint Joseph is a striking case of this, since he is a father, without fatherhood according to the flesh. He is not the biological father of Jesus, whose Father is God alone, and yet he lives his fatherhood fully and completely. To be a father means above all to be at the service of life and growth. Saint Joseph, in this sense, gave proof of great devotion. For the sake of Christ he experienced persecution, exile and the poverty which this entails. He had to settle far from his native town. His only reward was to be with Christ. St. Joseph doesn't appear much in the bible or in history, but what is there he speaks of volumes about what it means to be an earthly father as well as how God the Father in Heaven wants to relate to us. His every action is motivated by love. His concern for Mary's honor, his willingness to do whatever needed despite the cost to protect and provide for her and for Jesus is a reflection of the love God has for us. Joseph did all what should be done because he loved God. And from that love of God, his spousal love for Mary flowed together with his love for Jesus flowed from that same love of God.
Pope Benedict XVI on his homily addressed to all priest mentioned; “St. Joseph teaches us that it is possible to love without possessing. In contemplating Joseph, all men and women can, by God’s grace, come to experience healing from their emotional wounds, if only they embrace the plan that God has begun to bring about in those close to him, just as Joseph entered into the work of redemption through Mary and as a result of what God had already done in her. The Holy Father wants to emphasize that the fatherhood of St. Joseph is the model fatherhood that all priests should imitate and practice especially in tending the flock of the Church. And he added “The ministerial priesthood entails a profound relationship with Christ who is given to us in the Eucharist. Let the celebration of the Eucharist be truly the centre of your priestly lives; in this way it will also be the centre of your ecclesial mission.
We call our biological fathers in many names, daddy, erpat, tatay, ama; and we also call priests, as fathers or reverend fathers or padre for they are like fathers who guides us and provide us with spiritual nourishment; how about to St. Joseph? Kung kay birheng Maria tawag natin ay Ina, Kay San Jose, Tatay din ba ang tawag mo sa kanya?
I have my biological father, side by side with my spiritual father (priest). When I was in grade 5, I was with my foster father. Since I entered the seminary I have had many spiritual fathers, all of them guided me along on my journey to keep in touch with our heavenly Father!
It is really amazing that the roles of our fathers (whichever human aspect we identify) cannot be measured only by means of the things or services they rendered to us. From the moment we were born, their images were the comforting symbols and icons of love that we’ve ever experienced.
The Bible says; "You have only one Father" (Mt 23:9). There is but one fatherhood, that of God the Father, ". Yet man, created in the image of God, has been granted a share in this one paternity of God (cf. Eph 3:15). Saint Joseph is a striking case of this, since he is a father, without fatherhood according to the flesh. He is not the biological father of Jesus, whose Father is God alone, and yet he lives his fatherhood fully and completely. To be a father means above all to be at the service of life and growth. Saint Joseph, in this sense, gave proof of great devotion. For the sake of Christ he experienced persecution, exile and the poverty which this entails. He had to settle far from his native town. His only reward was to be with Christ. St. Joseph doesn't appear much in the bible or in history, but what is there he speaks of volumes about what it means to be an earthly father as well as how God the Father in Heaven wants to relate to us. His every action is motivated by love. His concern for Mary's honor, his willingness to do whatever needed despite the cost to protect and provide for her and for Jesus is a reflection of the love God has for us. Joseph did all what should be done because he loved God. And from that love of God, his spousal love for Mary flowed together with his love for Jesus flowed from that same love of God.
Pope Benedict XVI on his homily addressed to all priest mentioned; “St. Joseph teaches us that it is possible to love without possessing. In contemplating Joseph, all men and women can, by God’s grace, come to experience healing from their emotional wounds, if only they embrace the plan that God has begun to bring about in those close to him, just as Joseph entered into the work of redemption through Mary and as a result of what God had already done in her. The Holy Father wants to emphasize that the fatherhood of St. Joseph is the model fatherhood that all priests should imitate and practice especially in tending the flock of the Church. And he added “The ministerial priesthood entails a profound relationship with Christ who is given to us in the Eucharist. Let the celebration of the Eucharist be truly the centre of your priestly lives; in this way it will also be the centre of your ecclesial mission.
We call our biological fathers in many names, daddy, erpat, tatay, ama; and we also call priests, as fathers or reverend fathers or padre for they are like fathers who guides us and provide us with spiritual nourishment; how about to St. Joseph? Kung kay birheng Maria tawag natin ay Ina, Kay San Jose, Tatay din ba ang tawag mo sa kanya?
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