had spread throughout the land joseph opened up all the cities that had grain and ration it to the egyptian since the famine had gripped the land of egypt in fact all the world came to joseph to obtain rations of grain for famine had gripped the whole world the sons of israel were among those who had come to procure rations it was joseph as governor of the country who dispensed the rations to all the people when just as brothers came and knelt down before him with their faces to the ground he recognized them as soon as he saw them but joseph concealed his own identity from them and spoke sternly to them with that he locked them up in the guard house for three days on the rd day joseph said to his brothers do this and you shall live bram a god fearing man if you have been honest only one of your brothers need to be confined in this prison while the rest of you may go and take home provisions for your starving families but you must come back to me with your youngest brother your words will thus be verified and you will not to this they agreed to one another however they said alas we are being punished because of our brother we saw the anguish of us heart when he pleaded with us yet we paid no heed that is why this anguish has now come upon us reuben broke  did i not tell you not to do wrong to the boy but you would not listen now comes the reckoning for his blood the brothers did not know of course that joseph understood what they said since he spoke with them through an interpreter but turning away from them he wept the word his praises sing to him a new song pluck the strings skillfully with shouts of gladness lord let your mercy be honest as we place our trust in you the lord us as we place our trust in you but see the eyes of the lord are upon those who fear him upon those who hope for his kindness to deliver them from death and preserve them in jesus some of his false disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and teach your every disease and every illness the names of the twelve apostles was the first time and called simon the kennedy twelve after instructing them do not go into pagan territory or interest american town go rather to the lost sheep of the house of israel as you go make this told them go to joseph christians have often taken those words spoken about the great patriarchs the old testament joseph and applied them to another joseph who had an even more central role in god's plan of salvation that is joseph husband of mary and we encounter in the new testament as joseph is protector and provider for the holy family so he continues those essential functions in the family of the church and so we hear those words that are spoken in the book of the eternal god living and room in communion with those whose memory we venerate especially the glorious ever virgin mary mother of our god in the word jesus christ and blessed with joseph her spouse your blessed do this in memory of through him and with him and in oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil to there for us lord we pray from every