Summary
Fabrice Hadjadj: Being a father with Saint Joseph
A small guide for adventurers of postmodern times
It is time to get rid of the idea of St. Josip as an almost lifeless old man. It is time to restore its vitality and human form, because holiness does not separate us from humanity, but binds us endlessly to it. Joseph of Nazareth is not an ideal father: he is a very specific father who, like all fathers on earth, is surpassed by the life that is given through him. His child is no less than the Son of God and Life itself, so he is even more helpless than the rest of us, he tries to do good, undoubtedly, but he is never up to the task (how can he be up to the height next to the Most High?) and therefore he must always rely on the eternal Father. That is why it can be a guide and an example for us.
In twelve inspired lessons that connect the Bible, Fabrica Hadjadj also tells us her own family experience based on the life of St. Josipa offers a short and stimulating guide to fatherhood and family life in these very demanding times of ours.
Trying to answer practical questions like: "How to win the Blessed Virgin Mary?" or "How to get God to obey you without yelling?", Hadjadj reflects on the concrete everyday realities that make up the life of every family: love, partnership and male-female relations, upbringing, fatherhood and masculinity, faith, the beauty of human work, the dignity of death, etc.
This fresh, provocative and humorous book - at the same time very readable and deep - from the pen of one of the most brilliant Christian minds of our time. will give us a new look at St. Josip, but also on fatherhood and his own family life.
Who says that life has to be a program? Being a father does not mean being an expert. The father is a poor man who persistently continues the adventure of his fathers. He participates in what is most incomprehensible and most alive. And this is where Joseph from Nazareth enters the scene - he is a father because he is a son, he is a father because nothing is clear to him, he is a father because he gets lost in it, but does not get discouraged. Precisely because his fatherhood is the purest and most radical, Josip can lead us in these extreme times.
Fabrice Hadjadj
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