Mary may well have asked herself all these questions out of love for Joseph, fearing that he himself would be asking questions of this sort. But, in fact, she surrenders herself — in suffering and in sorrow, accepting not to understand — to the Father’s gracious will. Love remains present in her heart, a love full of suffering, grief and anguish, but a love which is victorious over everything. –Father Marie-Dominique Philippe ‘The Mystery of St Joseph’