Joseph

 Joseph, the husband of Mary who is the mother of Jesus in Christianity is one of my favorite saints.  Why?  He was pretty much left out, so second place in the life of Jesus, his son.  Mary gets top billing, with lots of visions and apparitions over the centuries.  but Joesph, not so much.  I can relate to him because I often feel like a second place guy, left out, pretty much forgotten in the course of things in my life.  I am no big deal as a Paulist in my religious order to which I belong.  I don’t do much that is memorable, like a book or a group I started.  So Joseph is my guy.  He did his job, the best he could given the circumstances, and then was forgotten.  He was important for a bit of time, in a brief story or two.  He was needed, as we all are at some point.  So if you feel like a second place person, forgotten by people, Joseph is your guy.