Originally published at National Catholic Register
A Preview of This Week’s EWTN’s Miniseries
EWTN’s programs encourage all of us to take some much-needed time for reflection and prayerfulness. Nowhere is that more apparent — and more important — than in this week’s five-part miniseries entitled Saint Joseph. (Airs 5:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, March 17-21, with an encore that following morning, at 2:30 a.m. ET on EWTN, EWTN.com/everywhere.)
Father Christian Mendoza, a professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, starts the series off by reflecting on “St. Joseph, Husband of Mary. (He is followed by four other priests who reflect on “St. Joseph, Father of Jesus,” “St. Joseph the Humble,” “St. Joseph and the Temple” and “St. Joseph, the Steward.”)
Father Mendoza invites viewers to slow down and to think about how Joseph responded to the challenges in his own time and how his response might be relevant to us today.
Father Mendoza begins by reflecting on how an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream.
Most of us are not going to be visited by an angel. However, like Joseph, we often don’t have all the answers, and sometimes we don’t even have hope. In such circumstances, Father Mendoza says:
