No words of St. Joseph are recorded In Scripture. In fact, little mention is made of him there. Yet, despite these seeming limitations, the Church nonetheless possesses an indescribably rich knowledge of St. Joseph and of his cultus. This book will astound most readers both with its scope and with its profundity. Based mainly on Scripture, but supported also by Tradition and the depositions of saints, it is a carefully reasoned analysis of the entirety of that great saint's role in the history of Salvation and the life of the Church. Includes details about his spiritual life and noble lineage, how he was prefigured in the Old Testament, his relationship to Mary and Jesus, and why he has been named by Pope Pius IX The Patron of the Universal Church.
Edward Healy Thompson (?-1891) was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and took Anglican orders shortly thereafter. He and his wife, Harriet Diana Calvert, converted to Catholicism in 1846, after which time they both devoted themselves to composing Catholic literature. His brother Francis Thompson, is most well known for his poem The Hound of Heaven.
