Jesus, Saint Joseph, and the Power of Making All Weeks Holy

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Detail of St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, c. 1620s, by Guido Reni.

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Rome — I was here eleven years ago today, I remember. A pope from Latin America was elected. Everyone was surprised.

The most important part might have been the fact that Pope Francis was being inaugurated on Saint Joseph’s Day. I can’t promise any miracles, but Pope Francis has heralded Pope John Paul II as the “pope of the family,” and there is clearly something to that. He has emphasized the heroism that is family life and that we should forever be heralding. Families need miracles. They do the most important work there is.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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