Praying for all here on the forum that St Joseph intercede for us to His Son. Special prayers for all the men here that we can do our best to imitate Joseph in our lives and vocations as husbands, fathers and grandfathers. "We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our poor eyes fail to see Him. Let us once become interior souls and we shall immediately see. In no better way can we enter into the Heart of our Lord than through Saint Joseph. Jesus and Mary are eager to pay the debts which they owe him for his devoted care of them, and their greatest pleasure is to fulfill his least desire. Let him, then, lead you by hand into the interior sanctuary of Jesus Eucharistic."— St. Peter Julian Eymard
I was doing a novena to St. Joseph for a few intentions. One of them was for my son who applied for a better position where he works. He found out this morning he got it. Thank you, St. Joseph.
How wonderful, Rain! We are finishing a 30 day novena to St. Joseph today. One of the intentions was for the baby to be healthy, because we had a few scares with dropping progesterone. A few days ago, I got to see baby on an ultrasound and all seems well! I'm 7 weeks along now.
Today they celebrate it as St Joseph Patron of the Carmelite Order here in Spain.. St Teresa of Avila had a huge, huge devotion to him. I was just thinking the other day that I never asked him for anything and he did not come up with the goods. I dedicated coming to Spain to him for protection and he certainly did the buisiness. He reminds me of a little child in a way. Such purity and simplicity. A little like Our Lady herself. Plus his beard is a nice colour. https://www.ncregister.com/features...-joseph-wonder-worker-is-waiting-to-bless-you “I have never known anyone who … honored him by particular services who did not advance greatly in virtue, for he helps in a special way those souls who recommend themselves to him,” said St. Teresa of Avila. Great Intercessor St. Teresa heard from the next highest authority too, telling us in her autobiography, “She (our Blessed Mother) said that I pleased her very much by being devout to the glorious St. Joseph.” St. Teresa reminds us why St. Joseph is such a great intercessor. “To other saints, Our Lord seems to have given power to succor us in some special necessity,” she wrote, “but to this glorious saint (I know by my experience), he has given the power to help us in all things. Our Lord would have us understand that, as he was subject to Joseph on earth — St. Joseph, bearing the title of his father and being his guardian, could command him — so now Our Lord in heaven grants all his petitions.” Father Smolenski, who is an expert on St. Joseph and promotes devotion to him, explained: “St. Joseph has this power because of the unique relationship with the hearts of Jesus and Mary as a member of the ‘Earthly Trinity.’” He noted how the Holy Family had been acknowledged as the “Earthly Trinity” centuries ago by Jean Gerson, rector of the University of Paris, who gave a paper on St. Joseph and spoke of the Earthly Trinity at the Council of Constance, held 1414-18. “Because of that union of hearts, St. Joseph has that intercessory power,” Father Smolenski explained. “He’s so united with the hearts of Jesus and Mary because they lived in the harmony of love and reflected the harmony of love in the Trinity and the harmony of love in creation.” He credited St. Teresa for her unwavering devotion to St. Joseph. “In the development of the appreciation of St. Joseph in the Church, she was, in those Renaissance times, the major promoter of St. Joseph. That’s important — a doctor of the Church advanced the devotion to St. Joseph.” Virtuous Help St. Teresa also reminds us how St. Joseph helps us grow in holiness through devotion to him. “I have never known anyone who was truly devoted to him and honored him by particular services who did not advance greatly in virtue, for he helps in a special way those souls who recommend themselves to him,” she said. His great help is even more than asked for or expected, she explained: “I cannot call to mind that I have ever asked him at any time for anything which he has not granted; and I am filled with amazement when I consider the great favors which God hath given me through this blessed saint, the dangers from which he hath delivered me, both of body and of soul.” St. Joseph certainly did so for the parishioners of St. Joseph Parish, now the Shrine of St. Joseph, in St. Louis (ShrineofStJoseph.org). In 1866, St. Louis suffered a major epidemic of cholera, and this parish alone held 20 funerals daily. The pastor and parishioners solemnly vowed that if St. Joseph interceded for them so there would be no more cholera deaths in the parish, they would build a monument to him in thanksgiving, and they immediately collected donations for the memorial. From that day, not a single member from families taking the vow died of cholera. Their monument in thanksgiving was a magnificent altar, with reredos, in their remodeled church that has a statue of St. Joseph and the Christ Child. Above them is the counsel: Ite ad Joseph (“Go to Joseph”). Called the “Altar of Answered Prayers,” it remains the church’s main altar. Devotion to St. Joseph can help us get to know him better, too, including through devotion to his seven sorrows and his seven joys. “It’s a summary of his life in devotional form,” Father Smolenski said. “That way, we get an idea of his life. Each sorrow is followed by a joy. It covers all we know about him in Scripture.” He also emphasized the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary because St. Joseph is present in all five. Great Good St. Teresa was unwavering in inspiring others to become devotees of St. Joseph. “I have asked others to recommend themselves to St. Joseph, and they, too, know the same thing by experience,” she said. And if they doubt her? “But I ask for the love of God that he who does not believe me will make the trial for himself — then he will find out by experience the great good that results from recommending oneself to this glorious patriarch and in being devoted to him,” she advised. Father Smolenski summed up Teresa’s words and example for us, saying: “She is the promotor of unlimited trust and unlimited confidence in St. Joseph.” In St. Joseph’s case, the doctor — the doctor of the Church, that is — has the right “prescription.” St. Joseph, pray for us!
My life would be an awful disaster with St Joseph. Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labour, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my many sins; to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honour to employ and develop, by means of labour, the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, prudence and patience, never surrendering to weariness or difficulties; to work, above all, with purity of intention, and with detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account which I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all after thy example, O Patriarch Joseph. Such shall be my motto in life and death.
