Laborer

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Today we are celebrating the day of laborers, the same day is for the feast of St Joseph. In the Catholic Tradition, the feast of Saint Joseph as the Father of Jesus is celebrated every 19th of March while Saint Joseph as the Patron of Laborers is May 1.

Saint Joseph is first and foremost the Patron of Laborers--- He is a laborer. A carpenter. He is a dedicated man for a job that made him very remarkable as a saint. He elevated the dignity of laborers.

Saint Joseph is also the Patron of Happy Death--- The mere fact that he died with Jesus and Mary makes him happy even until death. He died even before Jesus suffered on the Cross so that means he did not suffer the way Mary did beneath the cross.

Saint Joseph being the Sire Father of Jesus is the Patron of the Universal Church--- Saint Joseph is taking care of the Church the way he took care of Jesus when he was young. Remember the Church is the body of Jesus and Joseph nurtured and sustained that body of Jesus when he was in youth.

In the beginning of the Bible we see a God who is working. An industrious God. A God who believes in laboring. The first thing that Catholics believe is "God, the father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth" A god who makes. A Creator. The story of creation did not cease. It continues through the providence of God and through our creativity. We are doing pro-creation with God. We are co-creators. If you are not crating anything, then you may not be partaking in the works of God. We are asked to do something and to work for the betterment of God's creation. That is why the Catholic Church is against of gambling because gamble does not produce anything new. It does not create something for our good. If you plant a mango tree, you will have mango fruits which the neighbors will buy. No one loosed. If you do gamble, one may become winner at the expense of somebody's money. One of you is going home without anything. How can you be happy when out of your luck somebody else is grieving for a lost. God created something new for our benefit we have to use what we have to create something for the benefit of all. Remember God gave us capitals. Are you the first servant who made 5 more coins out of the five? The second who made five out of two? Or are you the third one who made zero out of one? Let us be creative!