"Saint Joseph—prince of the House of David, prince of a royal family
that, although dethroned and decadent, was at its apogee because from it
was born the Hope of the Nations—knocks at the door and is rejected!
But in this rejection is his first glory....He took the first step of
his martyrdom: he led Our Lady to a cave suitable only for animals,
where the Child Jesus was born.
"To this glory—which was certainly a negative one—were added many
others: the glory of being considered a person of no consequence
although all public honors were due him; the glory of taking upon
himself all the humiliation, all the ignominy and all the weight of the
opprobrium that was to fall upon Our Lord. From the very beginning, he
had the special bliss of being refused for his love of justice and his
grandeur of soul."
From Traditional Elites via Fountain of Elias.
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