Thursday, March 19, 2009

It's St. Joseph's Day!


This is a great week of feast days: St. Patrick, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, and of course, today, St. Joseph!

St. Joseph is a very special saint. He was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of the second person of the Trinity: Jesus Christ.

He is the patron of the Universal Church--he protects the Church the way he protected Mary and Jesus during his life. He is also the patron of husbands, all workers, and a happy death.

This morning at mass, the Sisters of St. Joseph (their convent is right next to the chapel where morning mass is held) visited and gave us beautiful sun catcher static stickers with the image of St. Joseph holding baby Jesus.

This is a huge holiday in the Church. Today we have a special dispensation to break our Lenten fasts and celebrate the life of this wonderful man.

From my devotion this morning:

Now let us listen to what Saint Bernard has to say about Saint Joseph's intercessory power on behalf of his supplicants: "There are some saints who have the power of protecting in certain specific circumstances; but Saint Joseph has been granted the power to help us in every kind of need, and to defend all who have recourse to him with pious dispositions."

Beloved and kind St. Joseph, pray for us.

3 comments:

nicole said...

I love St. Joseph! :)

Jasmin said...

I keep that same prayer card in my wallet...it's the one I gave you to take to Egypt. He is a protector indeed! :)

Simone said...

The homily at mass this weekend was so good! The priest told us all his personal miracle stories credited to St. Joseph's intercession. :)

Go to Joseph!

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