Katnut d'Katnut

St Joseph the husband of Our Lady

We were reading the 25th day meditation of the "Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will" of Luisa Piccarreta about St Joseph being eclipsed and inundated by the seas of the attributes of Jesus and Mary. 

...Now, you must know that for your Mama, for dear and sweet Jesus, and for Saint Joseph, the little house of Nazareth was a Paradise. Being the Eternal Word, my dear Son possessed the Divine Will within Himself, of His own virtue; immense seas of light, of sanctity, of joys and of infinite beauty resided in that little Humanity.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

Rebbe Nachman's mystical writings are sometimes misunderstood by his chief disciple Reb Nosan (aka Rabbi Nathan of Nemirov) and other of the Breslovers. When Rebbe Nachman writes of the eating of kosher and non-kosher food and guarding the brit (covenant) etc, he is not writing on the literal level but is using the literal as a vehicle or vessel to ascend to a higher meaning beyond kosher dietary laws and circumcision.

Today I was reading an article about the unique Greek word kecharitomene (fully graced) that only appears once in the Greek Scriptures. When the Archangel Gabriel greets Mary as Kecharitomene he is not referring to the Incarnation as she has not as yet given her fiat or yes. Kecharitomene is not a noun or adjective. It is a verb in its perfect past participle form. Thus we can say it is referring to a continuing grace that has its origins in her perfect past.

"What is his heart? He said: Mother (Em or Imma), Ben Zoma is out side, and you are with him. The heart (Lev) [in gematria] is thirty-two. These are concealed, and with them the world was created. What are these 32? He said: These are the 32 Paths. This is like a king who was in the innermost of many chambers. The number of such chambers was 32, and to each one there was a path. Should the king bring everyone to his chamber through these paths? You will agree that he should not.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov wrote of the mysteries of the 10 stringed lyre[1] and the music, song, dance and melody pulsating through all creation[2] and often hidden in the depths of the stories, folktales and sciences of the nations. The master storyteller was seen by him as the Master of Prayer[3] a kind of spiritual troubadour.