gospel reading began. yes. i think listening to the story of the vocation of joseph in the gospel today, we re reminded that it s very appropriate since the beginning of the uppontifi e pontificate, joseph was the man who was chose ton be a foster father of his family. the pope was called to be the adoptive father of a billion catholics all over the world. to hear the story of joseph as this pontificate begins, is beautiful. joseph is given no lines in the new testament to utter. we don t know very much about joseph. we know he was a carpenter in greek, a craftsman. we don t know what happened to him. he s probably dead before the cru crucifixion. because he doesn t show up there.