The Man Nearest to Christ Stories the bundle proves far more

the bundle proves far more valuable than the gold—more valuable

ever-ancient

” As Christopher Fisher notes

where a virgin dwelt

The Man Nearest to Christ Stories the bundle proves far moreBy Francis L. Filas, S. J. Saint Joseph, the faithful and prudent servant whom the Lord has set over His household, was declared patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870. Yet devotion to the foster father of Jesus Christ has been a feature of the Christian life since the earliest days of the Church. In The Man Nearest to Christ, Francis L. Filas expertly surveys the nature and historic development of devotion to Saint Joseph, faithfully