So I love Tumblr. A lot. I follow a lot of really neat tumblogs that deal with God. It's pretty cool to have a community where we all believe in the same thing, can crack Catholic jokes, and defend our faith knowing we actually have someone to back us. Anyway, this photo showed up in my feed and everything halted for me.
So often, I tend to think of the Holy Family as just that. A family with Jesus. Which I mean, obviously, isn't wrong. But there is a major part of the family that I forget about sometimes. The marriage in it between Joseph and Mary. Seeing this picture reminded me of that.
Now, I don't know if they ever fell in love after they were married. Joseph was being compassionate by taking in the young Mary as his wife. They didn't meet at a bible study meeting (because the Catholic Church didn't put the bible together yet obviouslyyyy), become friends, go on a few dates, get serious, fall in love, get engaged and then get married because they were oh so in love. St. Joseph was just being a pretty rad guy who saw Mama Mary needed to be taken in as a wife. Boom. Done.
But that doesn't mean they didn't have a loving marriage (and again, they could have TOTALLY fallen in love and I just had no idea so there is my disclaimer on that). Joseph cared for Mary as his wife. He protected her and dropped everything for her. He listened to God and took care of this girl (basically) who was having a child that wasn't his. He took on the risk of a scandal and stood by her side. He travelled with her and made sure she was safe. He was nothing, but loving to her. I feel like Joseph is not honored enough sometimes. He was amazing. We know what it feels like to sin and how it hurts. Can you just IMAGINE living with two COMPLETELY SINLESS people? Can you imagine raising the SON OF GOD? Like wow. If that was me, I would have a straight up inferiority complex because I couldn't handle it. But he did and St. Joseph, surrounded by the Mother of God and the Son of God, had the most peaceful death I've ever heard of.
Mary, on the other hand, knew how to serve her husband and we can look to her as an influence for how to be a wife. Haha. I think my thoughts head towards "What would Mary do?" more often than WWJD because she is such an icon for how to live as a woman of Christ. We should look up to her. Her devotion and faith was amazing and that poured into her marriage.
When I look at this image, I want Mother Mary and St. Joseph at my wedding next to me and my husband, supporting us. I want my husband and I to know them and to have had them pray for us and our marriage. I want my husband to have looked at St. Joseph and find direction from him in how to be the perfect husband for me and a good dad to our kids. I want to look to Mary and know based on her example how a woman is to serve her husband and family. So often you hear about being a "Proverbs 31 woman" which is all great and dandy, but I want to be like my Blessed Mother.
I wanted my marriage to look like the Holy Marriage of the most Holy Family.
Mary, on the other hand, knew how to serve her husband and we can look to her as an influence for how to be a wife. Haha. I think my thoughts head towards "What would Mary do?" more often than WWJD because she is such an icon for how to live as a woman of Christ. We should look up to her. Her devotion and faith was amazing and that poured into her marriage.
When I look at this image, I want Mother Mary and St. Joseph at my wedding next to me and my husband, supporting us. I want my husband and I to know them and to have had them pray for us and our marriage. I want my husband to have looked at St. Joseph and find direction from him in how to be the perfect husband for me and a good dad to our kids. I want to look to Mary and know based on her example how a woman is to serve her husband and family. So often you hear about being a "Proverbs 31 woman" which is all great and dandy, but I want to be like my Blessed Mother.
I wanted my marriage to look like the Holy Marriage of the most Holy Family.
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