Joseph and Mary

Blue Knight at St Thomas Aquinas recently completed their last lesson before the step up ceremony, it discussed our Generals in our fight against the challenges of this world: Joseph and Mary. Joseph and Mary lead us by example. Joseph ever the silent servant of God, listening without question, leading heroically, and protecting our Lord at his most vulnerable. Mary, our mother was ever attentive to the needs of our Lord. She too did God’s will without question and with agape love flowing from her heart.

We learned if we follow their examples as children in a family striving for holiness we can build a family which withstands the tempests of family life. As parents one day, we can use their example and intersession to make up for our weaknesses as we build a domestic church.

Here you see us repairing our shields, learning our lesson and then undertaking the Joseph and Mary obstacle course. In the obstacle course we first answered questions to remove our sins. Then we ran the course with our remaining weights asking for guidance from Mary and Joseph. When we followed their guidance we found ourselves at their center of their lives…facing our dear Lord Jesus.

-ehw

PS The young lady is our role player for the Virgin Mary…she is the sister of two of the boys!