March 12 - Our Lady of Miracles (France) Joseph, the Loyal Servant One cannot doubt about it, this Joseph was a man of righteousness and fidelity, betrothed to the mother of the Savior. He was a loyal
March 10 - Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) Mary's and Joseph's Silence Joseph shared Mary's silence, just as he shared her secret; he to whom the angel had told such great things, and who had
19 - Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Blessings on Saint Joseph! Blessings on you, loving heart of Mary, for all the affection that you have for great Saint Joseph! Blessings on your noble [...] noble heart forever, Saint Joseph, for all the love that it held and will hold eternally for Jesus and Mary, for all the care that it provided for the needs of the Son and the Mother and for all the pains [...] contempt and ill treatment, which it saw them receiving on behalf of ungrateful people! Great Saint Joseph, we offer our hearts to you; bind them to yours, and to Jesus' and Mary's. Beg them to make this
January 23 – OUR LADY’S ESPOUSALS Saint Joseph: Image of the Eternal Father’s Purity Saint Joseph is for the Most Blessed Virgin an image of the Eternal Father's purity, who was meant to be the guardian [...] an image of his own holiness, what idea of Saint Joseph must we form? God gave him his fatherly spirit in abundance; he substantially bestowed on Joseph his own divine perfection, his wisdom, prudence, [...] Finally, since even the person of God the Father is incomprehensible in his being and works, he made Joseph in a sense invisible and hidden from our minds, and in my opinion, difficult to be fully known by
May 1 – Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker – Our Lady of Laus (France, Laus, 1664) World-famous Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
and Saint Joseph Their hearts were filled with joy The very pure Virgin ... disclosed to her husband the vow she had made of perpetual chastity, asking him to help her fulfill it. Saint Joseph disclosed [...] the poor, and the third was left in the hands of the holy spouse Saint Joseph to be disposed of according to his judgment. Saint Joseph had learned in his youth the trade of carpentry, as being a respectable [...] granted her. The holy marriage was celebrated on September 8th, Mary was 14 years old, and Saint Joseph was 33. Venerable Mary of Agreda (1602-1665) Excerpt from the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary Notre
January 23 - Marriage of the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph Starting with a "yes" God established the New Covenant "When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife" [...] verse from the Gospel says a lot about the harmony that existed between Joseph and Mary. The Fiat of Mary and the Fiat of Joseph are the fulfillment of the original harmony between Adam and Eve, the perfect [...] see a proclamation made to Mary (Lk 1:26-38) and another to Joseph (Mt 1:18-25). After the dialogue with the angel, Mary gives her assent. Joseph first thinks of parting ways with Mary until an angel reveals
January 23 - Feast of Our Lady's Espousals to Saint Joseph (1546) - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo Prayer to the Mother of Jesus O Holy Virgin, I beg you, enable me to receive Jesus from the Spirit, according
December 24 - Chaste Nuptials of Our Lady and Saint Joseph Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XIII) "For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given" (Is 9:6) The fact that an entire nation awaited
October 18 - Foundation of Schönstatt by Father Joseph Kentenich (Germany, 1914) Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victorious Lady of Schoenstatt (II) The spirituality of Schoenstatt is decidedly marked
