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DAY 19, 4.03, Pillar of Families
Pillar of Families St. Joseph was the Pillar of the Holy Family. Throughout those unseen years of Christ’s youth, it was Joseph who built and guided a family worthy of the Son of God. What…
Category: 33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 18, 3.03, Guardian of Virgins
Guardian of Virgins God calls us to profound purity. In both the Old and New Testaments, Scripture is replete with exhortations to “Be Holy as I am Holy” (Lv 11:44), and “Be Holy as your…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Day 17, 2.03, Glory of Domestic Life
Glory of Domestic Life Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it. (Proverbs 22:6) To say that St. Joseph is the Glory of Domestic Life…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 16, 1.03, Model of Workmen
Model of Workmen May 1, or “May Day,” was celebrated throughout the Communist world as a way of supposedly honoring the role and importance of laborers in Marxist countries. The Communist conception of work, as…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 15, 28.02, Lover of Poverty
Lover of Poverty “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:3) What does it mean to be poor in spirit and why is it a blessing? To be…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 14, 27.02, Mirror of Patience
Mirror of Patience Be still before the LORD; wait for him. Do not be provoked by the prosperous, nor by malicious schemers. Refrain from anger; abandon wrath; do not be provoked; it brings only harm.…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 13, 26.02, Most Faithful
Most Faithful When a man has faith, he is in possession of something invaluable, something that acts as an impenetrable bulwark against life’s suffering and trials. Think of a man of true faith whom you’ve…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 12, 25.02, Most Obedient
Most Obedient Obedience requires trust. Lack of trust on the part of our first parents (Adam and Eve) is what caused all mankind to fall into sin. In the Garden of Eden, the devil instilled…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 11, 24.02, Most Courageous
Most Courageous St. Joseph shines as a model of courage and fortitude. When told by the angel “Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,” (Mt 1:20) he courageously obeyed. He travelled…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 10, 23.02, Most Prudent
Most Prudent Prudence is the mother of all virtues and the key virtue in the Christian moral tradition; it is the ability to make right judgments. Prudence helps us to determine our true good in…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 9, 22.02, Most Chaste
Most Chaste In 1998, in an apparition to Edson Glauber, a Brazilian university student, the Child Jesus spoke to Edson about the Most Chaste heart of St. Joseph. Jesus said, “Here in this Heart you…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 8, 21.02, Most Just
Most Just The Scriptures pay Joseph the highest compliment: he was a “just” man. By saying Joseph was “just,” the Scriptures reveal that he was completely open to all that God wanted to do for…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 7, 20.02, Head of the Holy Family
Head of the Holy Family Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover . . .He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. (Luke 2:41,…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 6, 19.02, Zealous Defender of Christ
Zealous Defender of Christ St. Joseph is called the Zealous Defender of Christ because when Christ was threatened and persecuted he did not hesitate, not even for a moment, to defend and to protect Jesus…
33 -Day Consecration to St. Joseph
DAY 5, 18.02, Foster-Father of the Son of God
Foster-Father of the Son of God The naming of a child in ancient Jewish custom was the legal responsibility of the father. Jesus had no earthly father; therefore, it belonged to His Heavenly Father to…
