The heroes we see in comic books and movies have certain abilities and skills. And these abilities and skills are often superhuman, at least very extraordinary. With these transcendent power, these heroes save people or nations from crises or villains. You may call a person hero if he protects the Saviour of mankind from threats and conspiracies. And we encounter this hero in today’s gospel. It is St Joseph. However, St Joseph is not a typical hero in movies and comic books. He doesn’t seem to be equipped with an unusual ability or weapon to protect Jesus and his mother, the Blessed Virgin. St Joseph was an ordinary carpenter. He seemed to have not much wealth, either. When the angel informed the plan of Herod to kill the infant saviour, St Joseph's only option was to take the baby Jesus and his mother and to flee to Egypt by night.  St Joseph didn’t have the privilege to use express transportation. Probably, the Holy Family had to move mostly on foot or by hiring a small animal like a donkey. While they were in Egypt, they didn’t stay in a castle or at a family estate. St Joseph had to support the family with his labour. It wouldn’t be too simple and easy to support the family in a foreign land. This might be called heroic, but not in a theatrical way, for sure.