Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00 <inaudible>. Okay. We spent some time going over the devil's plan for families today. Let's take a very brief look at heaven's plan for having Holy families. Now, before we had gone, there's one rule. Don't elbow your partner. We'll start with the teaching of Pope Leo the 13th quote, the kind plans of Providence. So range things that each and every Christian of whatever condition, your position of life may easily have a reason for exercising every kind of virtue if he turns his attention to the Holy family. Indeed, fathers had the most brilliant model and the watchfulness and Providence of st Joseph mothers have example of love, reverence, submission and perfect faith and the most Holy Virgin mother of God, children's still living at home have the divine model of obedience whom they might admire, where shipping, imitate and Jesus who is subject to Saint Joseph and our lady.
Speaker 0 01:10 Indeed, nothing is more solitary or useful for Christian families to think about. Then the example of the Holy family, which perfectly and completely embraces every domestic virtue. Close quote the vicar of Christ. So today, let's take a quick look at st Joseph and fathers that are laid in mothers and then our Lord and children for Saint Joseph and fathers. Scripture call st Joseph adjust man. That means that he's faithful in his duties to God these duties to his neighbor and just to himself as that great doctor, the church st Jerome States, quote Joseph is called just because he possessed all the virtues in a perfect degree. Close quote, prayers and duties to God. Fathers, if you want your sons to get to heaven, they better see that in your family. Religion isn't just something for the women. Folks need to imitate st Joseph by leading your family in prayer, especially the Holy rosary by setting a good example so that your family sees you doing your religious duties, like going to confession regularly and praying at home and in the church.
Speaker 0 02:31 Everyone should have memories of their father praying and the only way to get that is by seeing their father. Pray your kids are looking up to you. Give them a good example. Imitate st Joseph st Joseph's duties towards his neighbor. We'll just for the sake of time. Consider inside the Holy family. You can bet our lady and our Lord always felt safe and protected. St Joseph is a direct descendant from the little kid that with Goliath, with rocks, no Egypt or anyone else who was going to mess with his wife or his kid. What about things that needed to be fixed around the house? Our lady did not have to neg st Joseph about getting something fixed or lending a hand when it was needed. Imitate st Joseph. Don't train your wife tonight. You. If something needs to be done, be helpful before someone has to ask and look around for things to be helpful.
Speaker 0 03:31 Also, remember that if she said home taking care of little kids and or homeschooling you in a certain sense, her major connection to the world is adults and outside world all day long. She may be wondering how you are, what's going on about this and about that. Then when she comes home and asks, how is your day? Unless you on a secret mission for the CIA, it's not a good answer to say, fine and flip on the TV and start ignoring, or she's your wife and you owe or more support and more emotional attention. Just being caring for sending the tape. St Joseph there a closing thought for husbands from the great medieval theologian Gerson. Joseph knew that he was the head of Mary because it has been is the head of his wife, nevertheless has been aeration for her, was so profound that he considered himself unworthy to be your companion or even to kiss the ground.
Speaker 0 04:29 I wish she had tried and he was always on the watch to render her some service, even if it were unrequested. He loved her so exceedingly that he would readily given his heart's blood for close quote, imitate st Joseph. Now our lady and mothers love st Louis de Montfort says, our lady is kind, she is tender, and there's nothing harsh or forbidding about her. She's so full of love that no one who asks for intercession is rejected. No matter how sinful he may be. Archbishop Shapoo has some thoughtful insights in this matter. The genius of every woman is to love, to protect and nourish the lives and trusted to her and to support the full development of life in others. It's the same with your mother, a consecrated religious or a woman who lives. The single life that you use for love is written on the heart of every woman.
Speaker 0 05:29 Say, Teresa. Avalara reminded herself in a Carmelite sisters every morning to custom yourself continually to many acts of love for the in Kendall and melt the saw. Saint Teresa knew what was true and important women who love well become real women that'd be coming real women. They draw on there and to becoming true. Men closed code occupants, ship, ship pu imitate our lady submission. How did our lady react to st Joseph when he asked her to do something unpleasant? We have the answer right and inspired word. Holy scripture quote. Behold an angel. The Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, say, arise. Take the child and his mother and find Egypt and be there until I shall tell the fruit will come to pass it. Herod will seek the child to destroy him and he arose the child and smothered by night and he pardoned to Egypt.
Speaker 0 06:29 Oh, it was cool. I think about st Joseph is telling her, here he is in the middle of the night and he's telling her, lady, get up, get packed. We've got to leave to travel on a dangerous journey through a wilderness. It's calling with desperadoes. We're moving to the most diabolical place in the world, the satanic kingdom of Egypt and we're leaving now and what was her lady do? There aren't any issues. She doesn't raise her voice. She doesn't come on trained. She gets up, gets packed, takes the baby and they go. That's the model. Family, a model family, the family on which God wants every family to model itself. The blessed Virgin Mary is the perfect model of submission to her husband and there's something really important that escapes people. A lot of times our lady isn't obeying Saint Joseph because he has a stronger will.
Speaker 0 07:29 She's not obeying Saint Joseph because he's more dominant because he has a more dominant personality except for small children and other people that have never grown up. Obedience is not related to domination. It is not a function of strength. Our lady has the strongest human personality ever existed. The second strongest human will ever created. Our Lord has the strongest human will, but he's a divine person. He doesn't have a human personality, so our lady has the strongest, most dominant human personality that has ever existed and the second strongest human. Well, okay, she's far stronger both in her personality or willed in st Joseph. She isn't obeying st Joseph because of his dominant personality. She's so bang st Joseph because he's her husband and his God given role as her husband is to lead the family and her God given role as his wife is to follow and support her husband and to be a helpmate to him in any couple.
Speaker 0 08:31 One of you is going to have this strong will. That's just how it is. God knows that he made you that way. When he is going to have the more dominant personality, stronger, naturally more dominant. That's how it is and God knows that too. But if you're married, it doesn't matter who has the stronger will, it doesn't matter who has the more dominant personality. The man is in charge. The man's in charge. That's how it is. God made it that way. Hope piracy. 11th quote, the order of love within a family includes both the primacy of the husband with regard to the wife and children and the ready subjection of the life and her willing obedience, which the Pasa commands in these words quote that women be subject to their husbands as to the Lord because the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the head of a church.
Speaker 0 09:21 Close quote. However, this objection does not deny or take way to Liberty which fully belongs to the woman, both in view of her dignity as a human person and in view of her most noble offers as a wife and mother and companion. Nor does it better obey her husband's every request if it is not in harmony with the right reason, where the dignity due to her as what, but disorder of love forbids that in this body, which is the family, the heart be separated from the head to the grade injury of the whole body. First the man is the head. The woman is the heart, and as he occupies the chief place, the ruling, so she may an ought to claim for herself. The chief place in love, close quote, the vicar of Christ mothers, your children are looking up to you. If you want your children to be obedient, you can have to give them the good example.
Speaker 0 10:22 Imitate our lady by imitating our lady. You'll bring more peace and love into your home. Here's another thing to ponder. Could st Joseph look forward to coming home? You can bet he did. Our lady made sure that, are you imitating our lady and running your household in such a way that your husband looks forward to coming through the door? What sort of greeting does he get when he comes to the door? Is it a list of things that need to be done right then in a series of complaints about this and that there's simple handling instructions for man. Suppose you've been thinking about asking your husband something important or if he'll do you a favor when he comes home. Put your burning questions aside for the time being. Don't bring up any important questions till accurate. He's been fed. Feed him first, then ask the questions.
Speaker 0 11:17 He may not say yes, but you've greatly increased the likelihood of a family hearing and a wise mother will teach your kids to keep their questions themselves till after dad's eight to split the greatly reduced friction in the home. Imitate our lady a closing thought for wise from the great medieval theologian Shearson quote, the blessed Virgin rejoiced to serve st Joseph as her Lord. Respect him as her tutor and guardian and tenderly love him as your spouse. Oh, in comparable Descovy that the great mother of God, the queen of heaven, the sovereign lady of all the world, should not disdain to call st Joseph her Lord. Truly, truly I know not which what? More to admire, the great humility of Mary or the sublime jury of Saint Joseph close quote, imitate our lady. Now in the truly Catholic society, a society in which men actually are trying to imitate st Joseph and women are striving to imitate our lady.
Speaker 0 12:22 How does this relationship between the two sexes play out in the practical order? In 1665 of Turkish diplomat visit Vianna and his report home, he wrote quote in this country, I saw a most extraordinary spectacle. Whenever the whimper meets a woman in the street, if he is riding, he brings his horse to a standstill and lets her past. If the emperor is on foot and meets a woman, he stands in a posture of politeness. The woman greets stamper who then takes his hat off to show respect for the woman after the woman is past the emperor continues on his way and this country and in general, the land of the Christians. Women are honored and respected out of love for mother Mary. Close quote wasn't diplomat in 1665 so that's just a snapshot of Catholic culture. That's just a small aspect of the Catholic answer to feminism.
Speaker 0 13:26 What do we see? We see a man, a member or the physically more powerful sex and in this case the Holy Roman emperor, the most powerful man in all Christendom imitating st Joseph by displaying his compassion and respect and his charity and honor towards members of the physically weak or sex. The whole idea behind opening doors for women and pulling out chairs for women and standing up when I come into the room and all those almost extinct practices that come straight from Catholic culture and only from Catholic culture, nowhere else. The whole idea behind those is to make the opposite sex feel safe and respected and honored and not threatened. And of course that's exactly the same idea behind the feminine virtues of imitating our lady with modesty and dress and speech and behavior so that the opposite sex feels safe and respected and honored and not threatened.
Speaker 0 14:29 That's Catholicism. Finally, our Lord and children. Scripture tells us that our Lord was subject to st Joseph and our lady and that he was obedient. A young people. You've probably realized this before, but keep in mind that in the Holy family we have God hoping man st Joseph is the head of the Holy family, which means that he's in charge of his wife in act of conception and also God the son. Now, young people think about that. If God can obey st Joseph or lady, if God can obey his folks, who are you to try to weasel out of obedience to your folks? Learn true obedience right now while you can, while you're still safe and at home so that after you leave home you don't get washed overboard in out of the church in the storm. Let's close with the words of Leo. The 13th fathers have the most brilliant model, and Saint Joseph mothers have a perfect example, and the most Holy Virgin mother of God, children still living at home have a divine model of obedience and Jesus who is subject to Saint Joseph and Arlene, indeed nothing is more solitary or useful for Christian families to think about.
Speaker 0 15:52 Then the example of the Holy family, which perfectly and completely embraces effort, domestic virtue.
