Joseph practiced “do justice . . . and love mercy!” Indeed, Joseph did so with Mary as you beautifully point out—thus highlighting the reality that just as Mary had been pregnant with Jesus, Jesus would likewise become increasingly pregnant with his father, so to speak, specifically Joseph’s righteousness as he “grew in wisdom and years.” That fully embodied in the God-man Christ, love might finally even triumph over justice. So that, “God may be all in all”. Amen.
Joseph practiced “do justice . . . and love mercy!” Indeed, Joseph did so with Mary as you beautifully point out—thus highlighting the reality that just as Mary had been pregnant with Jesus, Jesus would likewise become increasingly pregnant with his father, so to speak, specifically Joseph’s righteousness as he “grew in wisdom and years.” That fully embodied in the God-man Christ, love might finally even triumph over justice. So that, “God may be all in all”. Amen.