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Feast of St. Joseph
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor, Father and Protector of Carmel
"Of
old it was said to the needy and suffering people in the kingdom of
Egypt: Go to Joseph, and do all that he shall say to you (Gen. 41.55).
The same is now said by the Sovereign Pontiff to all needy and suffering people in the kingdom of the Church: GO TO JOSEPH...
What was truly said of the first Joseph, as to his future, as to his
goodness, his chastity, his patience, his wisdom, his influence with
the king, his power over the people, and his love for the brethren, is
verified much more perfectly, even to this day, in the second JOSEPH."
- Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster
Words of our holy Mother St. Teresa of Jesus: "To other Saints Our Lord seems to have given power to
succor us in some special necessity - but to this glorious Saint, I
know by experience, He has given the power to help us in all. Our Lord ...would
have us understand that as He was subject to St. Joseph on earth - for
St. Joseph, bearing the title of father and being His guardian, could
command Him - so now in Heaven Our Lord grants all his petitions. I
have asked others to recommend themselves to St. Joseph, and they, too,
know the same thing by experience..."
Words of St. Thomas Aquinas: "Some Saints are privileged
to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain
needs, but not in others; but our holy patron St. Joseph has the power
to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking."
Let
us commend ourselves always to St. Joseph, Father and Protector of
Carmel, that we who have been clothed with the Holy Scapular of Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel may, in union with the intercession of Our
Immaculate Mother of Carmel, be prevented from being moved to give
ourselves to the mortal perversions of our age especially those sins of
the flesh such as the Scriptural uncleanness, cf. Gal. 5.19: Lev. 15.16-18 - what
St. Thomas Aquinas calls "pollution, without any copulation, for the
sake of venereal pleasure" - fornication (copulation outside marriage),
adultery, homosexuality or sodomy and effeminacy, lasciviousness, and
immodesty in dress especially among women (after the fashion of the
entertainment goddesses); the allures of the world to strive after
riches and luxury; and, the pride of the devil by disobedience to the
legitimate commands (that is, in accordance to the traditional
teachings and moral norms of the Catholic Faith) of those whom God has
set over us (parents, civil authorities, and the legitimate pastors of
the Church). They who do such things, are worthy of death;
and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that
do them (Rom. 1.32).
Prayer to St. Joseph for
Purity: "O Guardian of Virgins and holy father St. Joseph, into whose
faithful keeping were entrusted Christ Jesus, Innocence itself, and
Mary, Virgin of virgins, I pray and beseech thee by these dear pledges,
Jesus and Mary, that, being preserved from all uncleanness, I may with
spotless mind, pure heart and chaste body ever serve Jesus and Mary
most chastely all the days of my life. Amen."
A blessed Feast to all!
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