Thread by @Hasan22821492

Thread on the typology of the life of St Joseph:
1. Betrothal of Joseph to Mary.

Gn 35:22-3, Mt 1:16 “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.”
“And Jacob was called the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.”

Gen 1:26 “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Sirach 24:8 “Then the Creator of all things gave me a command, and my Creator chose the place for my tent. He said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.’”

Genesis 2:15-3:2, “And the Lord God commanded the man. (…) God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

2 Sam 6:6-7 “When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; God struck him down there because of his error. He died there beside the ark of God.”

Rv 11:19-12:1 “Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”

Genesis 2:23 “Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” ”

Luke 1:26 “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.”

Song of Songs 1:7-8 “Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon? If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.”

Song of Songs 2:2, 5:16 “As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.” “His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”

Gn 2:15-3:2, Songs, 4:12 “And the Lord God commanded the man. (…) God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” “A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.”

Song of Songs 4:7, 2:16 “You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.” “My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.”

Songs 6:9-10 “The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her. “Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” ”

2. The annunciation of Joseph
Mt 1:18 “The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.”

Sr 24:12 “I took root in an honoured people, in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.”

Matthew 1:19, “Her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.”

Sir 22:22-4 “So it is with a woman who leaves her husband and presents him with an heir by another man. For first of all, she has disobeyed the law of the Most High; second, she has committed an offense against her husband;

and third, through her fornication she has committed adultery and brought forth children by another man. She herself will be brought before the assembly, and her punishment will extend to her children.”

Gn 37:5-7 “Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:

Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Matthew 1:20 "But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” ”

Matthew 1:21, Sirach 21:1 “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” “Have you sinned, my child? Do so no more, but ask forgiveness for your past sins.”

Matthew 1:22-23 “All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel,” which means, God with us.”

Sirach 24:1-2
“Wisdom praises herself, and tells of her glory in the midst of her people. In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth, and in the presence of his hosts she tells of her glory.”

Sirach 24:8 “My Creator chose the place for my tent. He said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.’”

Genesis 41:39-40 “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.””

Matthew 1:24 “When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife.”

Sirach 25:1 “I take pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of God and of mortals: agreement among brothers and sisters, friendship among neighbours, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.”

Genesis 37:8 “His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.”

Psalm 119:2-4 “Lord, free me from the lips of liars, from deceitful tongues. What will be given you, what will you receive, deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows from the warrior, hardened in the flames.”

Gn 37:19, Ja 3:14-6 “They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.”
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above,

but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.”

Psalm 92:6-8 “The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; but you, O Lord, are on high forever.”

3. The birth + naming of Christ
Lk 1:32a, “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High."

Is 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Luke 1:32b-33, “And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Isaiah 9:7 “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”

II Samuel 7:14, Luke 1:32 “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.” “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.”

Luke 1:35, “Therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”

Isaiah 6:2-3 “Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Exodus 3:15 “God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations."

1 Corinthians 8:6 “Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”

Dn 9:25 “Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks.” Mt 22:42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”

Luke 2:4-6 “Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.”

2 Sm 7:25-6 “Lord God, confirm forever the word you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken. Your name will be magnified forever. The Lord of hosts is God over Israel. The house of your servant David will be established before you.”

Zph 3:17 “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”

Mk 14:24,26 “And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. (…) And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

Matthew 1:21, Isaiah 12:2 “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Lk 2:7, Lk 1:62, Mt 1:24 “She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” “They made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.” “And he called his name Jesus.”

8. The flight into Egypt
Mt 2:13 “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother. Flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.””

Genesis 37:9 “Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.””

Mt 2:14-15 “He rose and took the child and his mother by night, departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Hs 11:1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”
Hosea 12:13 “By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.”

Psalm 91:1-2 “He who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells under the shade of the Almighty. He will say to the Lord: “You are my shelter and my strength, my God, in whom I trust.””

Ps 120:5-7 “Alas, I am an exile in Meshech; I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul has lived too long with those who hate peace. I am for making peace; but whenever I spoke, they attacked me.”

Ps 124:2-3 “If the Lord had not been with us when men rose up against us, they might have skinned us alive, such was their anger.”
Gn 37:16 ““I am seeking my brothers,” he said.”

Ps 21:3-4, 121:5-7 “You have placed a crown of purest gold upon his head. He asked you for life, and you granted it to him, length of days for ever and for ever.” “The Lord will guard you from all harm; the Lord will guard your life. The Lord will guard your coming and your

going both now and for ever.”
Wisdom 10:10 “As the virtuous man fled, Wisdom led him along straight paths. She showed him the kingdom of God and taught him the knowledge of holy things. She brought him success in his toil and gave him full return for all his efforts.”

Psalm 121:3-4, Psalm 91:12-13, Hosea 12:13, Exodus 7:1 “He will not let your foot slip: he will not doze, your guardian. Behold, he will not doze or sleep, the guardian of Israel.” “They will carry you in their arms in case you hurt your foot on a stone. You walk on the viper

and cobra, you will tread on the lion and the serpent.” “By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.” “And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.”

Psalm 122:8-9, 27:4, Genesis 39:21 “For my brethren and those near to me I will say “Peace be upon you.” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will call blessings upon you.” “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of

the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”

Lk 2:40, Ps 92:12-13 “The child grew, became strong, filled with wisdom; the favour of God was upon him.” “The just will flourish like the palm tree, grow tall like the cedar of Lebanon. They will be planted in the house of the Lord; in the courts of our God they will flourish.”

Mt 2:19-20 “But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.””

Gn 43:26, 30 “When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present they had with them, and bowed down to him to the ground."
"Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother. He sought a place to weep; he entered his chamber and wept there.”

Mt 2:22 “But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.”

Ps 126:6 “They wept as they went, went with seed for the sowing; but with joy they will come, come bearing the sheaves.”

5. Hidden life at Nazareth
Psalm 123:3-4, Leviticus 12:6-8, Luke 2:22-24 “Take pity on us, Lord, take pity: we have had our fill of contempt. Our souls have had their fill of the laughter of the rich, of the contempt of the proud.” “And when the days of her purifying are

completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering (…). (…) And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering

and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.” And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the Law of

the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,” and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

Mk 6:3, Mt 13:55, Mk 6:4
“Is not this the carpenter’s son? The son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?”

And they took offense at him." “And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honour, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”

Is 44:13 “The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.”

Dt 32:4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.” Nm 39:20 “You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood.”

Dt 30:9 “The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers.”

Psalm 92:4-5, Romans 3:28, Romans 4:22 “For you give me joy, Lord, in your creation: I rejoice in the work of your hands. How great are your works, O Lord, how immeasurably deep your thoughts.” “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.”

“Though it seemed Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and believed, and through doing so he became the father of many nations exactly as he had been promised: Your descendants will be as many as the stars. This is the faith that was ‘considered as justifying him.’”

1 Ch 16:9, Ps 8:3-4 “Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!” “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?”

Ex 5:9, Ps 104:23, Jer 31:16 “Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labour at it and pay no regard to lying words.” “Man goes out to his work and to his labour until the evening.” “Thus says the LORD: “Keep your voice from weeping,

and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the LORD, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.”

Psalm 127:3, Psalm 128:3-4, Sirach 2:15-16 “The Lord bestows sons as an heirloom, the fruit of the womb as a reward.” “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. See, this is how the man is blessed who

fears the Lord.” “Those who fear the Lord do not disdain his words, and those who love him keep his ways. Those who fear the Lord do their best to please him, and those who love him find satisfaction in his Law.”

Matthew 1:19, Psalm 112:6-8, Proverbs 2:7-8 “Her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.” “The just man will be remembered for ever, no slander will he fear. His heart is ready, hoping in the Lord; his heart is strong,

it will not fear, until he looks down on his defeated enemies.” “He keeps his help for honest men, he is the shield of those whose ways are honourable; he stands guard over the paths of justice, he keeps watch on the way of his devoted ones.”

Ezekiel 18:5,9, Revelations 2:2,7 “If a man is righteous and does what is just and right, walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.” “I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and

how you cannot bear with those who are evil. (…) To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”

Heir of David, Light of Patriarchs, Spouse of the Mother of God, Chaste guardian of the Virgin, Father of the Son of Man, Diligent protector of Christ, Head of the Holy Family, Joseph the just, the chaste, the prudent, the strong, the obedient, the faithful, Mirror of patience,

Lover of poverty, Model of artisans, Glory of home life, Guardian of virgins, Pillar of families, Solace of the wretched, Terror of the demons, Protector of Holy Church, Him who the Lamb of God made the lord of his household and prince over all his possessions.