A Man Named Joseph

Guardian for Our Times

By: Joe Heschmeyer

Narrated by: Adam Verner

After spending more than a millennium in relative obscurity, Saint Joseph has become the second-most mentioned saint in the papal magisterium after the Virgin Mary. To understand the life and importance of Saint Joseph, a good place to start is with the first papal title ever granted him: "Patron of the Universal Church."

What is it that Saint Joseph has to offer the Church—and each one of us—today? That's the question that A Man Named Joseph: Guardian for Our Times seeks to answer. To get there, author, podcaster, and blogger Joe Heschmeyer cuts through a lot of our misconceptions to see what the Bible and the earliest Christians really say about Joseph as a model husband, father, and saint. Questions at the end of each chapter help guide personal reflection and group discussion.

Whatever we may be facing in life, we can go to Joseph for his example, his protection, and his prayers.

©2021 Joe Heschmeyer (P)2024 Tantor Media

A great book!

Thank you Mr Heschmeyer for writing this book. I appreciate the spiritual depth that underpins his apologetics and it’s present here in this book as well. It’s never just chapter and verse with Joe. I appreciate this book, as it not only gives a scholarly effort, but it doesn’t waste space delving into all of the possible views that the church allows for the faithful to hold about our spiritual father. Instead, it reads like the author is introducing us to a father he knows and loves and wants the same for us.

Ruined by narrator

Overly pretentious narrator who tries to read ever sentence as if it was a poetic aforism, ruins the reading experience. The book is clearly written in a more casual tone and the narrator trying to read it like poetry makes it hard to listen to.