was dispersing the water which Jesus had collected…And He commanded that he shall wither like a tree. The parents of the boy carried him to Joseph bemoaning their lost child. (Infancy Gospel of Thomas ...

In Matthew’s gospel, Joseph presents us with a different vantage point. While Mary nurtured life toward its external revelation, Joseph is called as a father to witness something outside of himself ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

This individual reports Jesus’s actions to his father, Joseph, intending to cause trouble. The text says, “[the Jew] told his ...

The two children and their teacher are standing ... TEACHER: As a boy Jesus was known as the ‘carpenter's son’. Jesus learned from Joseph to become a carpenter himself one day.

With childlike confidence I present myself before thee, Oh holy Joseph, faithful foster father ... for the love of Jesus, as thy child. Assist me in my present difficulty with thy prayers before ...

When King Herod fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that all Hebrew male children under the age of three be slain, Joseph moves his family near Egypt. Here, Jesus, sensing His ...