This Mindwalkreflects on what some might call Pope Francis’ ‘Mayday signal’ for workers today. One of his recent weekly General Audiences triggered my juxtaposing workers today and mayday calls.


This Mindwalkreflects on what some might call Pope Francis’ ‘Mayday signal’ for workers today. One of his recent weekly General Audiences triggered my juxtaposing workers today and mayday calls.

Like Joseph… we need courage to guard from the new Herods of our time, who devour the innocence of our children.

Joseph became much more real to me when, instead of starting with the image Joseph in scripture or art, I started with thinking of Joseph in terms of our experiences of the best of human fatherhood.
Can we recognize Joseph, “the quiet one”, as the model for far more than just carpenters?
Pope Francis describes God as a dreamer. Think about it! Isn’t God’s dream another name for God’s plan for us and all creation? Do we ever get beyond our own dreams to think of God’s Dream?
St. Joseph never made headlines… nor will we.” St. Joseph reminds us that God calls “ordinary” people to bring about His plan for the salvation of the world. “
Holiness will look very different, depending on the health of the family dynamics, but regardless, all families are called to holiness.