Dear Community of Saint Joseph's:

The first time you walk into the church of Saint Joseph's in Capitola  by the Sea, the first thing your mind   registers is the extraordinary  color streaming into the space from the stained glass windows.   Everywhere you look there are panels of scarlet, icy violets, cool  greens and butter yellows.  The original intention of the early  designers of multicolored glass windows was to wash the person  sitting in the pew in the ever-changing colors and shapes created by  the movement of the sun gleaming through the glass outside.

If you let your gaze wander to the left of our altar you will see a  magnificent stained glass window of our   patron Saint Joseph.  He is a  most significant person in the story of the birth of Jesus Christ.   Anxious about the circumstances of the Virgin Mary's condition, he is  preparing to leave her when he has a dream reassuring him about the  identity of Jesus.  From the moment of the dream Joseph never looks  back.  If you experience fear and trepidation about the future, then  the story of Saint Joseph is just the inspiration you need to trust  in God and hope in the unexpected potential of your future.

 

Come to us this Christmas and allow us to remind you of the story of  a young carpenter and a virgin who make a long journey, survive a miraculous birth and witness a dazzling star in the night sky.

 

Come to us this Christmas and be surrounded by the colors and lights  of our spectacular windows. They are, of course, merely a filter of the one true light of the  world which is Jesus Christ.

 

Come to us at Christmas and every Sunday and share in our joy to the  world!

 

                       

 

Father Matt Pennington

Pastor