Today is the feast of St. Joseph. While reading a sermon by St. Bernadine of Siena about St. Joseph, he states: "Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace or to accept a lofty vocation, God adorns the person chosen with all the gifts of the Spirit needed to fulfill the task at hand."But that does not mean God necessarily increases the chosen person with a higher IQ, or gives them a musical talent. He gives them what is needed to fulfill the task that is needed. Think about it.
Moses still was a stutterer. David was still the youngest in his family and a boy. Peter was still impetuous. Paul constantly had to struggle to assert his worth and authority. They were not qualified, yet God used them and their faults to turn bad into good.
And today, on the feast of St. Joseph, God chose Joseph to be the foster father of His Son, not a king but rather a poor laborer. God's ways are not our ways.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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