prepare the way for a greater event—in the patriarch Joseph’s case, the exodus led by Moses, the Deliverer; in Saint Joseph’s case, the redemption brought about by Jesus, the Redeemer. Marian types abound in the Old Testament. We find Mary prefigured in Eve, the mother of all the living; in Sarah, the wife of Abraham, who conceived her child miraculously; in the queen mother of Israel’s monarchy, who interceded with the king on behalf of the people of the land; and in many other places, in many other