Sr. Clare Hunter: Examen for Masculine Virtue

THE JUBILEE OF ST. JOSEPH: Jesus’ Trust in His Earthly Father Speaks Volumes

Sister Clare Hunter, EWTN News, March 17, 2021

Sister Clare Hunter Sister Clare Hunter is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist based in Meriden, Connecticut. …

The Year of St. Joseph invites us into a deeper reflection of and gratitude for the gift of authentic masculine spirituality and fatherhood. In his apostolic exhortation to Catholic men, “Into the Breach,” Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted directs our attention to Jesus Christ, the “revelation of the mystery of what it means to be man … the model of masculinity.” Like Jesus Christ, all men begin as sons who learn through modeling and imitation how to prepare to give themselves as spouses and fathers. For Jesus, this example came from Joseph.

We know well from sacred Scripture that Joseph’s vocation was not an easy one. In fact, one might not blame him if he felt like a failure.

No man would want his wife to give birth in a barn and place her newborn in a trough. …

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