St. Joseph was certainly not alive when Jesus began his public ministry. This, the tradition has always maintained, for four reasons.
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St. Joseph’s Not-Untimely Death
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales