"What I found was this 1,600 year development to Joseph, which is just so compelling and so beautiful, how he goes from being absent in the early history of art to being truly the patron of the universal Church," said Elizabeth Lev, Ph.D., art historian, professor and author of books, including "The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art" (Sophia Institute Press).
Lev said she was inspired by the 2020 apostolic letter (With a Father's Heart) from Pope Francis that described St. Joseph as having "creative courage."
St. Joseph is "a man of action, but then he's also a man of receptivity, of dreams, of meditation," said Lev. "So he has this wonderful balance between these angelic experiences he has — these angelic messages he's given — but then he gets up and he does something..."
Learn more at elizabeth-lev.com and follow her @lizlevrome on Twitter.
Bryan Feger: The Grief of Dads
Rachel Hoover Canto: How to Find, Date, and Marry Someone who Shares Your Faith
Jason Jones: Against the Great Reset
Charles Fraune: The Pull to the Occult
Mary Jane Zuzolo: Unveiling the Sixth Station of the Cross
Dr. Christopher Reed: Sacred Conversations
Michael Toscano: The False Idol of Technology
Anthony DeStefano: The First Easter Bunny
Dr. Peter Howard: the wisdom of Fulton Sheen helping through the turmoil of our time
James Valois: Our Lady of Good Success of the Purification
Matthew Plese: Recapturing the Lost Tradition of the Church
Patrick O'Hearn: Our Lady of Sorrows
Anthony Stine: Return to Catholic Tradition
Claire Aalerud: Beauty & Tradition of the Chapel Veil
Dr. Ray Guarendi: Great Teens in a Troubled Culture
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Embracing the Vocation of Marriage
Dr. Regis Martin: Living for Eternity
Dr. Randall Smith: Holiness and Prudence
Maria Palma Smith: Powerful Surrender Novena
Constance T. Hull: Loving to Heaven
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL