Today we celebrate, Saint Joseph as an artisan and manual worker. A carpenter by trade, he cooperated through the work of his hands in the creative and redemptive work, while earning the bread of the Holy Family and, with Mary, awakening to the life of men the Child that God had entrusted to him .
In 1955 Pius XII established the feast of Saint Joseph the Craftsman, intended to be celebrated on May 1 of each year.
The phrase ‘you are Peter and on this stone I will build my Church’ recalls, at the same time as the presence of Saint Joseph (Patron of the universal Church), the protection of Heaven towards the Church.
The carpenter of Nazareth worked to provide for the needs of Mary and Jesus and initiated the Son of God into the work of men. This is why he is the model and protector of Christian workers who revere him on this day when, in many countries around the world, Labor Day is celebrated.
