Readings the Guild returns to.
Scripture, the Fathers, the encyclicals, and reflections from Guild members. The collection is curated by the Spiritual Advisor and grows with each retreat and Annual General Meeting. Members are welcome to submit a passage that has carried them.
"He was a just man and was unwilling to put her to shame."
The single sentence the Gospel offers us about Joseph's interior life is also the foundation of the Guild's understanding of fatherhood: that justice and mercy are not opposites in a Christian household. Guild members are called to the same restraint.
Patris Corde §4
All readings.
Joseph in Pharaoh's house
"Since God has shown you all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you."
The flight into Egypt
"Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt."
The boy Jesus in the Temple
"Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
A beloved father, a tender and loving father
"The greatness of St. Joseph is that he was the spouse of Mary and the father of Jesus."
Sermon on St. Joseph
"There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being…"
Duties toward parents
"Whoever honours his father atones for sins, and whoever glorifies his mother is like one who lays up treasure."
On wearing the bhanire
"Cloth is a small thing. What it stands for is not. The man who wears it is reminding himself before he reminds anyone else."
Guardian of the Redeemer
"The figure of St. Joseph acquires special importance for our time…"
On being a Baba in a small parish
"The parish does not need our talents. It needs our presence. Joseph offered the second and the first followed."
A passage that has carried you.
If a reading has steadied you in your vocation as Baba, send it to the Spiritual Advisor with a short note on why. It may be read at the next monthly meeting.
Send to the Spiritual Advisor