Marzo 19: Día de San José / March 19: St Joseph Day

Today is March 19, St Joseph Day. It should be said that it is also "the day of the man" or "dad's day," but it is not. I'm afraid that our traditions would rather bury Joseph even further down because his profile does not conform to our masculine ideals. Joseph, Mary's husband, was a dedicated and home bound father whose low profile embarrasses us all. Just listen to what Father James Martin, S.J. has to say:
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Hoy es el día de San José. Podría ser algo así como "el día del varón," o "el día del padre," pero no lo es. Me temo que la tradición ha decidido no ensalzar a José, el marido de María, porque con su ejemplo, dedicación, sentido del hogar y bajo perfil nos hace quedar mal a los varones. Al menos eso se puede deducir de lo que afirma el sacerdote jesuíta James Martin

However, for all his masculinity and holiness, Joseph still puzzles me (but first, the video. My rantings, afterwards) / Sin embargo, con todo y su masculinidad y santidad, San José me confunde (pero primero el video, dejemos mi quejadera para lo que sigue)



St. Joseph puzzles me because his first reaction to Mary's pregnancy was to leave her in secret. We all say that this action of his was a token of his care for Mary and her reputation. In all honesty, was such the case? It seems to me that Joseph was being a man who would rather go away than embracing his woman in her adversity. Joseph was about to leave Mary with no support, the very same one that she found up in the mountains at Elizabeth's, her relative. Still today, men keep on leaving in secret, but whenever they do attend to the tremors of their hearts they are called cynical.
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San José me confunde porque su primera reacción ante el embarazo de María fue planear dejarla secretamente. Todos vemos en esta acción a un José que se preocupaba por el buen nombre de María, pero, honestamente hablando, se puede seguir diciendo eso? Me parece que José actuó como el típico varón que se escabulle en lugar de rodear a su mujer en la adversidad. José se proponía dejar a María sin protección, la que ella sí encontró cuando huyó a las montañas donde su prima Elizabet. Hoy en día los hombres siguen escurriéndose en secreto, pero cada vez que deciden enfrentar los tremores del corazón se les llama cínicos.