At nineteen, he responded to the Lord and took care of Mary and the infant child Jesus. We all want to be popular and at times it hurts when we are not. Actually what we are doing is forgetting about God in order to be one of the gang. Joseph at your age did not forget God's request that he take care of Mary and her child. Do not ever forget your God, even for one minute.
Today think about that.
Take a few minutes by yourself and see how you are doing in this regard. I think like me, you will find you need some work in this area. For those of you not on campus, just apply this to the life situation you are in at the present. The gospel today, Matthew 20, 17- 28, talks about how you deal with people. The world in which we live seems to judge how great you are by the way you have power over people, by the amount of money you have, by the way you can pull off deals which are to your benefit, how well you impress people so that you can control them, etc.