book in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit welcome to mass this morning on this beautiful feast of st joseph the chase spouse of the most pleasant virgin mary in the foster father of our lord and savior jesus christ that we might offer this great prayer the more worthy we call to mind our sins and asked for the mercy of jesus you alone of the most high jesus christ with the holy spirit and the glory of god the father a man let us pray grant we pray almighty god that by good saint joseph intercession your church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation whose beginnings you and trusted to his faithful care through our lord jesus christ your a reading from the second book of samuel the lord spoke to nathan and said go tell my servant david when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors i will raise you up your hair after you sprung from your lawyer and i will make his kingdom firm it is he who shall build a house for my name and i will make his royal throne firm forever i will be a father to him and he shall be a son to me your house and your kingdom shell and door david will live forever the promises of the lord i will sing forever through all generations my mouth shut proclaim your faithfulness for you have said my kindness is established forever in savior forever i will maintain my kindness toward him and my covenant with his with him stands for the son of david will live forever a reading from the letter of st paul to the romans brothers and sisters it was not through the law that the promise was made to abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world but through the righteousness that comes from faith for this reason it depends on faith so that it may be a gift and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of abraham who is the father of all of us as it is written i have made you father of many nations he is our father in the sight of god in whom he believed who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist he believed hoping against hope that he would become the father of many nations according to what was said thus your descendants shall be that is why it was credited to him is called the christ now this is how the birth of jesus christ came about when his mother mary was betrothed to joseph but before they lived together she was found with child through the holy spirit her husband since he was a righteous man yet unwilling to expose her to shame decided to divorce her quietly such was his intention when behold the angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and said joseph son of david do not be afraid to take mary your wife into your home for it is through the holy spirit at this child has been conceived in her she will bear a son and you are to name him jesus because he will save his people from their sins when joseph awoke he did is the angel of the lord commanded him and took his wife into his home the gospel of the lord prays to you lord jesus christ remember remember joseph the son of jacob in the old testament member his brother sold him into slavery to egypt where he rose to become almost the prime minister to pharaoh because of his wisdom and his righteousness number and when his sons unknowing what had happened to joseph when they had cast off came to feral at the time of famine starving asking for food pharaoh told them remember go to joseph  joseph will take care of you in the new testament chil says the son of jacob is the foster father of our lord and savior jesus christ the most chaste spouse bless of virgin mary and since the beginning of the church we have followed that wisdom of pharaoh go to joseph  and on this solemnity a saint joseph to give you fitting praise to glorify you and bless you for this just man was given to you as spouse by you as spouse to the virgin mother of god and s a wise and faithful servant in charge of your household to watch like a father over your only be gotten son who was conceived by the overshadowing of the holy spirit our lord jesus christ through him the angels you are you are indeed holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like to do fall so that they may become for us the body and blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which the mystery  earth therefore as we celebrate this one for you all of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life from the chalice of salvation giving thanks it choose hell the swarthy to be in your presence administer to you humbly we it all the clergy member also our brothers and sisters but fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on the soul we pray lord we pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the bless of hope in the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever large she says christ to set your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and let us pray christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit the intercession of mary our mother and of her most chaste spouse saint joseph on his feast day male mighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen all recessional him is number six hundred eleven six one one all think we all are god