else—more than her own self, more than her comfort—just like her most chaste husband Joseph, also a holy man. Joseph was like a courageous knight, not at all like the placid nativity set character we associate

of the Past (III) 1879, Knock, County Mayo, Ireland - During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph, John the Apostle, and a lamb on a plain altar appeared over the gable of the village chapel, enveloped

assisting pilgrims. The Knock Shrine is built on the site of an 1879 apparition of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist, angels, and the Lamb of God on the south gable of the town church. For a

erected on a raised stone. This cross marks the entrance of the Catholic Mission which houses Saint Joseph School, among other structures. It was King Temoana of Nuku Hiva who gave the land to the Catholic

mother on behalf of couples, it occurred to me to ask the intercession of the holy couple of Mary and Joseph, to touch the heart of Jesus. I think the life of a married couple is like a Rosary." Interview by

member of the Block Rosary Crusade (BRC) group. He had signed up to participate in a BRC retreat at St Joseph's Parish Umuogbo-Agu on October 14th to 16th, 2022. On the first day, the retreatants assembled to

pray together in the chapel." ________________________________________ (1) At the time, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Sources:

mother, and that he led his life as God made man next to his mother, until the very end." Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty (1892-1975), Primate of Hungary Excerpt from La Mère, miroir de Dieu (The Mother, Mirror

faithfully and prostrate in silence, "because where God desires, the order of nature is overcome." Joseph, the Silent One, lit up by the awesome light that shone in the darkness of the grotto, contemplated

Passion of the Father was Experienced by Mary (II) There was also the invisible presence of Saint Joseph, who shared everything with Mary. Mary said with Jesus, in a low voice: "I am thirsty." She was thirsty