By St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar, Catholic Exchange - Consider that the entire life of Saint Joseph was interior and hidden in God; so little known to the world that but a few holy writers mention him in some few places; and of his death give no information. This was a life of prayer, quiet work, and constant sacrifice, and at the same time, a life shining with the splendor of all virtues... Ponder only that by having married the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph renounced the dignity of fatherhood ...