The Call—Fr Dave Callaghan– Why Was Jesus A Carpenter? (Was it purely an accident that Jesus was a Carpenter? Was it simply a random chance that the saviour of the world would take on this profession, or was God trying to reveal something about how he works with his people? A master Craftsman not only shapes the wood for a useful purpose, but also allows the true colour and grain of the wood to be seen. It can often be hard to understand what God is doing in our lives, particularly when it seems that good things are being stripped away from us. We need to trust that as he cuts away all of our defensive layers, he will be revealing our true inner beauty.)