There are many parallels between Joseph (in Genesis) and
Jesus.
Both
were the beloved sons of their father.
Joseph was the firstborn son of Jacob’s wife Rachel and Jesus the Son of
God sent to rescue the world. Both
began their primary mission at the age of thirty and along the way were
arrested despite their innocence.
Greatest
of all, both Joseph and Jesus were sent to feed the multitudes. Joseph went before his family into
Egypt, where his prudent leadership prepared the Egyptians for a seven-year
famine. Genesis reports that the
whole world came to Joseph to eat.
Jesus came to feed us in the famine of our sinfulness. The food he gives is His own flesh and
blood—food that leads to eternal life.
As
we come to Mass again this morning we thank God for His providence in
history. He provided for Joseph
and his family in the past, and sustains us in the present with the Eucharist.
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