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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Joseph had his calloused hands folded gently across one knee while Mary's lay softly across her breast.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Sister Mary Berchmans was the Head Nun at Saint Joseph's and was an excellent teacher, who stood no nonsense in her classes.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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The story of Mary and Joseph journeying from Nazareth to Bethlehem, finding nowhere to stay and Jesus being born in a stable is retold once again.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Even though Joseph was deeply hurt, he was still sensitive to Mary's feelings, he took a course of action that wouldn’t humiliate her.
Josephs Guild was the first time I saw live theatre and I remember looking at Mary Flaherty and Peggy Dowd in awe.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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When Joseph and Mary could not stay at the inn they instead stayed in a stable with a manger.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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It was due to the census of population of Palestine that the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Righteous Joseph had found themselves in Bethlehem nine months after Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Joseph is seen as an obedient servant of God, the devoted husband of Mary, the loving father of Jesus, and the protector of the Holy Family.
Mary and Joseph journey to Bethlehem; Jesus entering the world in a cold and smelly stable; shepherds obeying the angels' command to go and seek; the magi following the star.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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There was absolutely no historical evidence that Jesus, Joseph or Mary ever existed, let alone that Joseph was a carpenter or that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth.
Joseph and Mary took the Child Jesus to the temple and the old man, Simeon, told them that this child is destined for the rise and fall of many in Israel.
Burqin is where Jesus Christ is thought to have healed lepers and Zababdeh was one of the many locations where Mary and Joseph rested on their way to Bethlehem.
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