May 1
Optional Memorial of
Saint Joseph the Worker
Lectionary: 559
The Gospel for this memorial is proper.
Reading 1
God said:
"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.
Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
the birds of the air, and the cattle,
and over all the wild animals
and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
God created man in his image;
in the divine image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, saying:
"Be fertile and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air,
and all the living things that move on the earth."
God also said:
"See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth
and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;
and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air,
and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground,
I give all the green plants for food."
And so it happened.
God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.
Evening came, and morning followed–the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.
Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing,
God rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.
So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,
because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.
Or
Brothers and sisters:
Over all these things put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of Christ control your hearts,
the peace into which you were also called in one Body.
And be thankful.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Whatever you do, do from the heart,
as for the Lord and not for men,
knowing that you will receive from the Lord
the due payment of the inheritance;
be slaves of the Lord Christ.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm
90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14 and 16
R. (see 17b) Lord, give
success to the work of our hands.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Before the mountains were begotten
and the earth and the world were brought forth,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
R. Lord, give success to the work of our hands.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You turn men back to dust,
saying, "Return, O children of men."
For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday, now that it is past,
or as a watch of the night.
R. Lord, give success to the work of our hands.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
R. Lord, give success to the work of our hands.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
Let your work be seen by your servants
and your glory by their children.
R. Lord, give success to the work of our hands.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed be the Lord day by day,
God, our salvation, who bears our burdens.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in
their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,
"Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter's son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?"
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house."
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0501-memorial-joseph-worker.cfm
Commentary on Matthew 13:54-58
The Gospel reading from Matthew describes a scene where
Jesus, now engaged in his public ministry, returned to visit Nazareth, the
place where he grew up. When he speaks, the people of the town are
amazed:
Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of
power?
They could not understand because, to them, he was the son
of Joseph the carpenter and of Mary, and did they not know all his
relatives? And, because they thought they knew him, they rejected
him.
In response Jesus told them that a prophet will find honour
everywhere except in his own place. And as a result, Jesus did not do any
‘mighty deed’ there because of their lack of faith and trust in
him.
It is an example of the saying “familiarity breeds
contempt”. The townspeople thought they knew Jesus but, of course, they
did not. But many others had no problem in seeing the presence of God in
the words and actions of Jesus.
It is a problem we ourselves can easily have when we fail to
recognise the voice of God in the words and actions of people with whom we are
very familiar. Yet that is the way in which God most often communicates
with us.
The passage has been chosen, of course, because of its
mention of Joseph as the local carpenter, a man who worked with his hands, and
so today we remember especially all those in our society who also work with
their hands, people who in the past and sometimes in the present, too, have
been abused and exploited. It is Joseph who gives dignity to what they
do.
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