ST. JOSEPH, FOSTER FATHER OF OUR SAVIOR.
St. Joseph Greatest Concern was to Protect Jesus.
Prayer: St. Joseph Protector of Jesus, Mary and of the Holy Church, Please Protect our Life, Family and our Household.
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Pope Francis celebrates the Feast of St Joseph with special greetings for all fathers
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/03/19/pope_francis_celebrates_the_feast_of_st_joseph_with_special_greetings/en1-782760
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St. Joseph Greatest Concern was to Protect Jesus.
Prayer: St. Joseph Protector of Jesus, Mary and of the Holy Church, Please Protect our Life, Family and our Household.
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St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, Pray for Us."
He is terrible to the demons; the Church calls him the Terror of demons and Conqueror of Hell.
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St. Joseph Patron of Workers.
St. Joseph Patron of Workers, Help us and Teach us Not Only to Work for our self but also to Work for Christ and for the Poor.
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A Just man Faces More Misfortunes but also Receives Great Honor.
St. Joseph was a Just man but It Looked as Every Thing was Going Wrong (Hard) for him. This is How it is with those who are Pleasing to God. But Joseph also got the Highest Honor any man could get. Joseph was called the father of Jesus - Jesus called Joseph Abba, A Name used by Jews to Call their father - The same Name which is used to call our Eternal Father (Abba Father). Jesus on Earth Received the Eternal Fathers Love Mingled with his Foster father Joseph love.
Fr. Augustine Vallooran.
SEVEN SORROWS AND JOYS OF SAINT JOSEPH
The sorrows of St. Joseph 1. St. Joseph's doubts about Mary 2. St. Joseph's pain at the lowly poverty of Jesus' birthplace. 3. St. Joseph watching the Circumcision, Jesus' first blood spilt for us. 4. St. Joseph listening to the painful prophetic message from Simeon. 5. St. Joseph having to take the Holy Family into exile. 6. The hard trip back from Egypt. 7. The loss of Jesus for three days. The joys of St. Joseph 1. The angel's message of joy. 2. The Savior's birth. 3. Having the honor of naming Jesus. 4. Knowing the effects of Jesus' redemtive work. 5. The idols of Egypt fell to Jesus' feet. 6. Holy life with Jesus and Mary. 7. Finding Jesus after three days. |
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St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church
ST. Faustina Diary 1203 - Saint Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself told me to recite three prayers [the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be] and the Memorare [204]once everyday. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy]. He has promised me this special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection.
The "Three Prayers" referred to are the OUR FATHER, THE HAIL MARY, and THE GLORY BE TO THE FATHER....... The "Remember" is the Prayer to St.Joseph that her Religious Community Recited Daily:
MEMORARE
Remember, most pure spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, my loving protector, Saint Joseph, that no one ever had recourse to your protection or asked for your aid without obtaining relief. Confiding, therefore, in your goodness, I come before you and humbly implore you. Despise not my petitions, foster-father of the Redeemer, but graciously receive them. Amen.
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
The following is the same prayer being said during the Novena at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.
Fatima Prayers Ministry
It seems that the greatness of St. Joseph has remained hidden from most of the world, even though Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church in 1870. Prophecy states that in the end times St. Joseph will be recognized and loved greatly by all. It has also been prophesied that before Satan is defeated St. Joseph will be elevated from his obscurity to his rightful place of honor
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St. Joseph Patron of the Dying.
St. Joseph Patron of the Dying, Please Come to our Aid at the Hour of our Death when our Eyes will Grow Dim to All Temporal Things and for the First Time, our spirit will Behold the Unknown World.
St. Joseph is the Patron of the Dying because Jesus and Mary were at his Death-Bed.
One day before he died, being wholly inflamed with divine love on account of these blessings, he was wrapped in an ecstasy which lasted twenty-four hours. The Lord himself supplied strength for this miraculous intercourse. In this ecstasy he saw clearly the divine Essence, and, manifested therein, all that he had believed by faith: the incomprehensible Divinity, the mystery of the Incarnation and Redemption, the militant Church with all its Sacraments and mysteries. The blessed Trinity commissioned and assigned him as the messenger of our Savior to the holy Patriarchs and Prophets of limbo; and commanded him to prepare them for their issuing forth from this bosom of Abraham to eternal rest and happiness. All this most holy Mary saw reflected in the soul of her divine Son together with all the other mysteries, just as they had been made known to her beloved spouse, and She offered her sincerest thanks for all this to her Lord.
When Saint Joseph issued from this ecstasy his face shone with wonderful splendor and his soul was entirely transformed by his vision of the essence of God. He asked his blessed Spouse to give him her benediction; but She requested her divine Son to bless him in her stead, which He did. Then the great Queen of humility, falling on her knees, besought Saint Joseph to bless her, as being her husband and head. Not without divine impulse the man of God fulfilled this request for the consolation of his most prudent Spouse. She kissed the hand with which he blessed Her and asked him to salute the just ones of limbo in her name. The most humble Joseph, sealing his life with an act of self-abasement, asked pardon of his heavenly Spouse for all his deficiencies in her service and love and begged her to grant him her assistance and intercession in this hour of his passing away. The holy man also rendered humblest thanks to her Son for all the blessings of his life and especially for those received during this sickness. The last words which Saint Joseph spoke to his Spouse were: "Blessed art Thou among all women and elect of all the creatures. Let angels and men praise Thee; let all the generations know, praise and exalt thy dignity; and may in Thee be known, adored and exalted the name of the Most High through all the coming ages; may He be eternally praised for having created Thee so pleasing in his eyes and in the sight of all the blessed spirits. I hope to enjoy thy sight in the heavenly fatherland."
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THE HAPPY DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH
by Venerable Mary of Agreda; Imprimatur:
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