Devotional Candle - St. Joseph by B. Nippert

We know very little about Joseph, we do not who his parents were, or even how old he was when he was betrothed to Mary, and he has no recorded words in the Bible. All we really know is that he was older than Mary and a carpenter from Nazareth. The Archangel Gabriel came to Joseph, and assured him that the baby growing in Mary was the Son of God, a most precious gift to the world and He needed to be protected, because there were people who would try and hurt Jesus.