Tag: Carpentry

Holy, Hidden, Father

24 Dec 2018

I’ve written elsewhere about Jesus as “son of the carpenter” (Mt. 13:55).  This short statement from the gospel can be understood in terms of Christ’s unique filial relationship to both God the Heavenly Father, and divine architect of the universe; and St Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, the human provider and protector of Jesus … More Holy, Hidden, Father

The Carpenter’s Son

24 Nov 2018

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?” (Mt. 13:55). How many times have we heard this phrase from the Gospel? And we might have been tempted to hear it merely as a mundane description used by Jesus’s enemies.  The word in Greek, tekton, however, can be translated anywhere from “builder,” “workman,” and more exactly “carpenter” or “craftsman … More The Carpenter’s Son