The Importance of Prayer in Society

Joseph took on that role and responsibility to not just father the Christ child, but to impart his own humanity into the Christ child. So this is why we can speak of Joseph as a meek man, as a humble man, a merciful man, and the beatitudes. And then it was up to him to kind of rear the child and teach him. I think some people have trouble with this. But yet it is revealed that not only God is father, but we're given the prayer when Jesus when the disciples asked, how should we pray Jesus? He says, our father, he addresses the father as father. This is important to him. That's not just a cultural thing