"Anti-Semitism, a wholly modern thing, is the most horrible blow yet suffered by Our Lord in His ever continuous Passion: it is the bloodiest and the most unforgivable because He receives it upon His Mother's Face and at the hand of Christians..."
--Leon Bloy, Pilgrim of the Absolute
Jesus truly took His full humanity from His mother, a Semitic woman who was conceived without sin.
By extension, one could say anti Semitism is also a slap in the face of St. Joseph, since God chose Joseph, a devoted Semite, to be His foster father.
If anti Semitism is so utterly precious to you, do remember that in addition to the gravity of the above mentioned sin, another cost of being anti Semitic is becoming a heretic (not that being a heretic is the most important reason for not being anti Semitic).
For God did not "use" Mary. He took His full humanity from her. God did not "use" St. Joseph. He chose to grow up under his protection and guidance.
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