Don't mess with Saint Joseph!

Maybe the most striking (and tragic) feature of the WWII was that it was the only war in which nuclear weapons were used. A first glance would most likely lead to the conclusion it was unnecesary, but a more comprehensive analysis may disrupt that idea. For Germany had already surrendered, and Tokyo was being bombed on a daily basis with incendiary bombs in an attempt to force Japan to surrender. Considering that japanese houses are made of wood and paper, it is easy to imagine the carnage, and in fact bomber pilots claimed the smell of burning human flesh could actually reach them. So, a decision was made to use a new and terrible weapon as a deterrent, and even that did not work, requiring another drop. Only then Japan surrendered.

And what has that anything to do with Saint Joseph, you will naturally ask. A lot, actually.

Let's start with the definition we find in the Bible about him when he found out that his wife was pregnant: " being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily". In other versions we will find instead of "just", "righteous", but nowhere we will find "merciful".

In fact, he just decided to secretly leave her instead of applying the law which allowed her to be stoned to death. And this is where we are usually led into error, for we think that means he was merciful when he instead was not: he did not forgive her. He could have thought "She is young and foolish and will not do it again!" and moved on, and probably many men would do that, but he did not. Does that mean he was unfair? No, he gave her the treatment any unfaithful spouse should deserve. For he could not possibly ever have imagined she was pregnant from the Holy Ghost. So, when the angel told him that, he accepted it and took her as his wife, still accepting a lifelong embarrassment as the husband of a cheating wife.

Now, compare him to his wife and Son: for both, the word "merciful" almost always comes together. For Jesus was sent to be exactly that: merciful with those who were astray, as to bring them back to the fold. To forgive them not seven times, but seventy times seven, as he said. To offer them every possible opportunity of redemption. And that's what He's been doing, helped by his mother for the past 2 thousand years.

Now, in families, the father is usually the last resort. Usually, when a son does something naughty, it is the mother who first enters the scene and usually gives a reprimand, a chastisement, or the likes. The child's brothers usually then help, consoling the child and telling him that he should not do it again. And when all that fails, the mother finally says "I will call your father!" as she knows that usually scares the child from doing it again. Only when the threat also fails is when the father actually comes, and usually with a heavy hand and a lack of pacience, finally setting the child straight. However, that only happens when everything else fails, and many times the mother actually feels sorry for seeing her children receiving a good spanking and may even later claim it was too much.

That's the atomic bomb this article was mentioning. Saint Joseph is the last resort after the world (the rebellious child) has exausted every reprimand from our brother Jesus and our mother Mary. That explains why there are so few apparitions of him during these 2 thousand years: as nuclear weapons are usually kept in silos, away from the prying eyes of enemies who would love to nullify them as they know they can annihilate them. And if 2 thousand years seem to much, let's not forget Jesus himself only started his ministry after 30 years: during that time all he did was simple carpentry work.

And that explains also why Jesus says in many apparitions that Mary is the one that most resembles him: incredibly merciful. And in the writings of Maria Valtorta Jesus mentions how God the Father loved Joseph so much. It could be because of their common traitsof being above all: just. In fact, in those same writings we see our mother speaking about Saint Joseph: "Oh! My holy spouse! Holy in everything, also in the most humble things in life.Holy for his angelical chastity. Holy for his human honesty. Holy for his patience, his activity, for his constant serenity, for his modesty, for everything. (...) Jesus, Mary: his angelical loves. My holy spouse loved nothing else on earth. And he sacrificed himself to that love. They elected him protector of Christian families, of workers and many other categories. But he should be appointed protector not only of dying people, of married couples, of workmen, but also of those consecrated to God. Who, of all the people in the world consecrated to the service of God, has consecrated himself as he did, to the service of his God, accepting everything, foregoing everything, bearing everything, fulfilling everything with quickness, with a cheerful mind, a constant humour? There is no one like him." And where else do we find that definition? In the name Michael: "Who like God?" And Michael is a significant archangel who leads the heavenly army against the forces of evil.

Now, before Jesus came, he sent a prophet to warn of His coming: John the Baptist. He preached that Jesus was coming to save mankind, to forgive, to apply mercy as many times as needed in order to finally convince mankind to convert. And we know that Jesus will return, this time not as the peaceful lamb he once was, but this time as a lion ready to kill those who refused all these 2 thousand years to return to God. And, as before, he may need someone to come warn of His coming. Now, the scriptures say in Malachi 4:5 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes". Jesus's first coming was anything but dreadful, so the common idea that John the baptist was the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah makes little sense. Perhaps that prophet could then be Joseph. For, again, just like any regular father, he is the last resort. The nuclear weapon that it is only used when absolutely everything else has failed. Cruel, yes, but necessary. Especially in a world which has lost its sense of self-criticism, where everything offends everyone, making it impossible to reform, correct, improve anything.

So, don't mess with Saint Joseph. He is the heavy hand of the father when Jesus and Mary have exausted all their resources.