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\u201eAmong people, the one who helped Baby Jesus the most was Righteous Joseph,\u201d said Patriarch Daniel on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201eJoseph was not the father of the Baby, who is born eternally from the Father without a mother, as God, and was born on earth from a mother without a father, as Man. But Joseph is the adoptive father, the protector of the Mother of God and Baby Jesus,\u201d His Beatitude explained.<\/p>\n

\u201eWhy was he needed? Not only to help Baby Jesus but because a child, to grow fully, healthy in mind and life, needs both the affection of the mother and the affection, or love, of the father.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Child Needs Both Mother and Father<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Patriarch Daniel offering his reflections on Saint Joseph the Betrothed and the Flight into Egypt during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at Urlati Monastery on the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201eToday we commemorate with much piety and honor Righteous Joseph because a child needs the love of parents, but also food, clothing, and help until he grows up and can manage on his own,\u201d the Patriarch of Romania noted.<\/p>\n

\u201eRighteous Joseph, as the adoptive father of Baby Jesus and protector of the Mother of God, was a devout and humble man. Therefore, the Church remembers him today, together with Prophet David, because both Joseph and Mary were from the lineage of David, the king of the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salvation is Worked Out in the Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201eThe Gospel of this Sunday urges us to learn to protect the family and to pray to God to help parents and children, to increase the love between husband and wife, the love of parents for their children and of children for their parents, so that all may feel that the Nativity of Lord Jesus Christ is a blessing for all mankind and that in the faithful family, the salvation of man is prepared,\u201d His Beatitude emphasized.<\/p>\n

The Patriarch of Romania recalled that Saint Augustine called the family \u201ethe Church at home\u201d and reminded that the Gospel reading at the Liturgy on the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord \u201eshows us the care that God has for Baby Jesus, but also for all parents and children to whom He has given His blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Flight to Egypt: Exile Turned into Blessing<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An important part of the sermon was dedicated to the Flight into Egypt of Righteous Joseph with the Mother of God and the Holy Infant: \u201eBy His presence in Egypt, Baby Jesus blessed Egypt,\u201d said the Patriarch of Romania.<\/p>\n

\u201eTherefore, later, Christianity flourished in Egypt, brought by Saint Apostle Mark, and the first communities of monks emerged, led by Saint Anthony the Great, so that in the 4th century, for example, and the following ones, Egypt flourished, and the number of monks increased greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus, Jesus, through His exile, \u201eturned an evil into a blessing,\u201d His Beatitude added.<\/p>\n

\u201eThe kings of Egypt considered themselves as gods or god-like, yet they realized they were mortal,\u201d His Beatitude Father Daniel also said. The pyramids testify that they \u201ewere always preoccupied with living eternally, but they did not succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201eHowever, when Egypt received faith in Jesus Christ, the crucified and resurrected, many thousands of monks from Egypt discovered immortality through faith in the Resurrection and the Holy Eucharist, which is given for the forgiveness of sins and for eternal life \u2013 the Holy Eucharist, which has been called the antidote, or the remedy for immortality,\u201d emphasized Patriarch Daniel.<\/p>\n

Heart Purification Recommended by the Desert Fathers of Egypt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201eBoth through heart prayer \u2013 not at the top of the pyramid but in the depth of the heart \u2013 and through strong faith in Christ crucified and resurrected and communion with Him, the monks have already received in this life the pledge of eternal life, according to the promise of the Savior Jesus Christ: Whoever eats My Body and drinks My Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day (John 6:53), or: Whoever believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live (John 11:25),\u201d continued the Patriarch of Romania.<\/p>\n

The Fathers of the Egyptian Desert, visited in the 5th century by our ancestors, Saint John Cassian and Saint Germanus of Dobruja, \u201eshowed that this should be the most important work of the Christian, whether a monk or a layperson: the purification of the heart,\u201d His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy officiated Sunday at Saint Mary Monastery in Urla\u021bi, Prahova County.<\/p>\n

Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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