May 1, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

 

St. Joseph gets two feast days - March 19 and May 1.

This picture is by Italian Baroque era painter Guido Reni (1575-1642) and hangs in The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It's also the birthday of the murderous thug Vladimir Lenin. Protestors in Los Angeles marched today in Los Angeles carrying pictures of another murderous thug, Che Guevara. It's probably too late to pray for the souls of Lenin or Che; but we can pray for those who think those two are heroic figures.