Joseph
on the other hand
when she told him,
was stunned and shaken
devastated
that his promised young woman
had already been
...taken
He made up his mind
to be civil about the thing
and to quietly break the engagement
putting her away without staining her name
The two walked in silence
He had nothing to say to her
she had so much to say to him
but he couldn’t hear it
he couldn’t bear it
until...
He lay down and dreamed
an uneasy dream
and the messenger came
and at first took his breath clean away--
The angel calmed him down
(which was no easy task)
and then explained:
Don’t.. be.. afraid--
No fear, Joseph
Nothing has been stolen from you
This is instead a perfect gift from the Most High
that in time you will come to understand:
Within Mary is conceived a man
who will save this limping planet from its own sorry self
Joseph breathed, long and deep
This is more than my heart can handle, said he
but..
I will find a way
and I am...
at the service
of my God
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