Every day, I pray to Mary and Joseph to thank them Together with my wife, I often pray the Rosary to say "thank you" for the help that the Blessed Virgin gives us. Saint Joseph, who is the greatest saint [...] a member of the princely family of Liechtenstein. He is a son of the former reigning prince Franz Joseph II and the younger brother of current reigning prince Hans-Adam II.
Saint Joseph Pilgrimage in France and wanted to tell me something about the depictions of Saint Joseph. He said, "Stan, all statues of Saint Joseph date from the 19th century. For the Saint Joseph Pilgrimage [...] Saint Joseph guides. Saint Joseph closes the doors to evil and Mary opens the gates to Heaven. Mary does not tire of letting herself be touched by the requests of her chaste husband. Saint Joseph does not [...] May 1st – Saint Joseph the Worker Saint Joseph closes the doors and Mary opens the gates On April 2, 2016, I went to the town of Argenteuil in France to venerate a relic of the Tunic of Christ, then on
Aelred of Rielvaux (d. 1167) Thanks to both Mary and Joseph The mystery of Mary's motherhood is so great that it somehow leaves the mystery of Joseph's fatherhood in the shadows. We should strongly affirm [...] actually through Joseph's paternity that Jesus is connected with his Davidic ancestry, since the genealogical descent was transmitted through the male channel (see Mt 1:1 and 16-20). Joseph received Mary [...] affirm this: Mary's motherhood with regard to Jesus called for Joseph's fatherhood. This fatherhood is inseparable from that motherhood and draws its source and its greatness from it. We mean “inseparable”
March 17 - Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) - Our Lady of Blaj (Romania) Joseph's fidelity was unshakeable Joseph went through many trials in the service of the Lord. A man of prayer and faith, he [...] expressed the deep pain and fear she and Joseph had both experienced. But according to the Scriptures and Church tradition, through all these hardships Joseph remained "a just man" who protected the three [...] entrusted to Joseph, allowing him to practice three essential virtues: - The first deposit was the Holy Virginity of Mary: to keep Mary's virginity under the externals of marriage, Joseph acquired angelic
Our Lady of Ajaccio (Corsica) Joseph, the key that closes the Old Testament and opens the New! When the Bible tells us that Pharaoh took off his ring, placed it on Joseph's finger, put a fine linen robe [...] —shouldn't we see this as a prophecy of the triumph of our glorious Joseph? Doesn’t the Church tell us, as Pharaoh did: Go to Joseph ? Place yourself under his protection. Trust in his wisdom and power [...] symbols of Mary and Joseph in the attitude of adoration they had in Bethlehem before the cradle of Jesus. Two evangelists, Matthew and Luke, give us the genealogy that establishes that Joseph was indeed of the
double renunciation that Joseph became the foster father of the Son of the Eternal Father. In Jesus, God wanted to obey a man. Jesus obeys Joseph, who himself obeys the Father. Joseph knew the superiority [...] of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (d. 968), patron saint of large families Saint Joseph reflected the light of Jesus Joseph exercised his paternal role in self-denial, starting with a double renunciation: [...] His love beats in the hearts of His disciples. Therefore Joseph, who was so close to his Son, reflected the light of Jesus to us. To this day, Joseph's faith speaks to us of God's great humility and of His
1635) Joseph and Mary: A couple united through trials Saint Joseph was seeking to do God's will—thence his name of “just” in Mt 1:19. Here we find an essential element that united Mary and Joseph: both [...] Mary and Joseph did not fall for the easy temptation that trips so many couple, that of blaming the other for the problem. Recrimination brings no solution—instead, it creates new problems. Joseph and Mary [...] d him to grow. Only he who knows how to obey knows how to command. And as we have seen, Mary and Joseph knew how to obey. Pablo Largo Dominguez Excerpt from: María, microcosmos de relaciones Ephemerides
Saint Claire) Joseph, model of those consecrated to Jesus through Mary Being entrusted with the care of the Virgin Mary and becoming her chaste husband must have come as a big surprise to Joseph. According [...] was chosen for her. Providence chose Joseph, who, we can be certain, received her with great joy and agreed to respect her vow of virginity (see Luke 1:34). Joseph dedicated himself fully to serving Mary [...] Mother of God. This commitment led Joseph to welcome Jesus in a unique and unsurpassed way. He was the first to go "to Jesus through Mary." With Mary, his wife, Joseph also consecrated himself entirely
March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Three United Hearts After God, Saint Joseph was the first object of the love of his most holy Bride, and he had [...] persons who have only one heart, with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, there are three united hearts. Excerpt from: Joseph Modèle de vie pour notre temps , (Joseph, Model of Life for Our Times) - Editions Marie de [...] bond of love and charity. It is therefore evident that Joseph had one heart with Mary, and we can say that Mary had one heart with Jesus; Joseph, therefore, shared one heart with Jesus and Mary. As in
devotion to Saint Joseph increasing? Devotion to Saint Joseph came rather late but it is certainly increasing nowadays. "The veil that covered the name and power of the Venerable Joseph during the early [...] eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille Saint-Joseph Adapted from: Aleteia [...] and not only during the three years of his missionary life. By remaining under the authority of Joseph and Mary in this way, our Lord invites us to do the same: it is in Nazareth, at the school of Jesus'
