Showing posts with label St Joseph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Joseph. Show all posts
Jospeh the patriarch by his glory prefigured the greatness of the future guardian of the Holy Family
St Joseph, German gay guy, and Good Friday fasting for Sweet Sixteen
Month of Saint Joseph, powerful protector of the Church. Pray for us, holy guardian of our souls. pic.twitter.com/24hdQIqFHE— Florian Kolfhaus (@FlorianKolfhaus) March 3, 2016
I forgot to post this. I like a punchy looking St. Joseph. He's all terror-or-demons-ing up in he'a.
Speaking of St Joseph, I got hit on by a gay guy at a German bar on the big feast day this year. Oh those crazy Germans! I was of course flattered.
Speaking of Germans, I am still under an imposing workload. But as most give up the taint of the blogosphere for Lent, perhaps it is quite all right that posts have been slimmer than a Capuchin's belt during Holy Week.
Speaking of the Badgers, this video a million times over:
KOENIG SENDS WISCONSIN TO THE #SWEET16!!!! https://t.co/6MnfXu2T0D— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2016
The Badgers play Notre Dame on Good Friday.... Shall we see if any players are weakened by their mandatory fasting, ala one of my all time favorites Hakeem Olajuwon. I mean, the game is in the evening, I would think if a player were to actually observe the Catholic fast that it would indeed weaken them to some extent. Maybe if bishops are big basketball fans, they make it rain dispensations. Olajuwon actually could have been dispensed from the fast but chose not to take it.
St. Joseph the Workman, ora pro nobis!
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Celebrated as a Solemnity at the Cathedral in La Crosse today(and there's a NO Latin Mass at 5:10). That's right, meat!
Two years ago, Pope Francis' first decree regarding liturgy was to add the name of St. Joseph to the other Eucharistic Prayers.
Those Catholic Men: 5 Surprising Things About St. Joseph
I’m going to write on five surprising things of St. Joseph in celebration of his feast day today.continue at Those Catholic Men
1) St. Joseph was probably born without original sin. I know this one sounds heretical, but follow me here. A nun in Ohio received private revelations from Mary and Joseph in 1956, all of which were approved by Cardinal Burke in his letter to the USCCB in 1997. These apparitions are known as “Our Lady of America.” St. Joseph said the following about himself in this apparition: “It is true, my daughter, that immediately after my conception I was, through the future merits of Jesus and because of my exceptional role of future Virgin-Father, cleansed from the stain of original sin. I was, from that moment, confirmed in grace and never had the slightest stain on my soul. This is my unique privilege among men. My pure heart also was from the first moment of existence inflamed with love for God.” Mary was conceived without original sin. Joseph was conceived with original sin. However, if this apparition is true (and I believe it is) then immediately after his conception, Joseph was cleansed by God via the merits of Jesus on the cross applied retroactively. Thus, Jesus is still the Divine Savior of His foster-father, Joseph. Many ancient saints, popes, doctors and theologians of the Church have firmly believed that St. Joseph never committed an actual sin—neither mortal, nor even venial. This theological assertion does not empty the cross of its power, but rather reveals the omnipotence of God to apply the merits of the Redemption as He sees fit, even outside of time. Again, Jesus still saved Joseph from sin. (But this one probably deflates the old joke of Joseph getting blamed for everything in the breakfast-nook by the rest of the Holy Family.)
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St. Joseph the Workman, ora pro nobis!
continue at Catholic CultureIn 1955 Pope Pius XII instituted the Feast of St. Joseph the Workman and decreed that the new Mass in the saint's honor be said on May 1st. It is not by chance that this day was chosen. May 1st is May Day, a Communist legal holiday in honor of the radical workers. In contrast, the Holy Father sets aside May 1st to give honor to St. Joseph and to restore dignity to labor. The Church wants people to have private property and to work out a decent livelihood through their labors. She knows that through this private property a person will have more initiative and be more diligent. Labor will be more dignified as it was for St. Joseph.
St Joseph the Workman
St. Joseph worked from morning early till late at night in his carpenter shop repairing dinner couches and building shelves for the people of Nazareth. When he was summoned to Bethlehem for the census, even though he lost working days, he closed his shop and set out on the journey. When the angel in a vision instructed him to hide away in Egypt, he hearkened to the voice from Heaven even though he lost many more working days the next five years. During that time it was extremely hard for him to make a living for himself, his wife, and the Divine Child. But Joseph did not complain, because this trip and this sojourn were the will of God. The laborer today, imitating his model, will not complain about losing work on Sundays and holydays, for in leaving his work behind on those days he is doing the will of God.
The amateur, reading the Scriptures in the vernacular for the first time, will blithely remark, "Little is said in the Bible about St. Joseph." Others, more mature, realize that the most profound truths are so often couched in pithy sentences. St. Matthew remarked casually that Joseph was a just man. To be just, a person must observe all the commandments that relate to God as well as those that relate to man. The just man does right in the sight of God once and always. To say that Joseph was a just man is enough, both because the sacred writer weighs his words and because the phrase is so profound. In The Preparation of the Incarnation, Henry J. Coleridge, S.J., writes:
It may most truly be said that the Sacred Scripture is marvelous in the things which it tells us, and in the manner in which they are told . . . it is marvelous in the way in which, as to certain things, it seems to combine speech and silence at the same time, by saying in the fewest words, and in a manner which almost escapes attention, things which are found to have very deep and very full meanings, and to convey the most important truths.
Right reason assists a student in formulating a true picture of the foster father's holiness. Holiness rubs off on another just as does sinfulness. The Child Jesus could not sin, and His Mother was a living saint. The holiness of the Divine Child and of His Mother affected Joseph like a contagion. Further, God who chose a sinless virgin to nurture the Child would contemplate only a holy father to protect the two. God had the power to do that and would do no less.
On Devotion to St. Joseph; Quamquam Pluries
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on August 15, 1889.
good read.
Fr. Joe Walijewski and St. Jospeh
Important day to remember a Sconnie up-and-coming saint.
I did an interview with Bp. Callahan on Fr. Joe but haven't had time to transcribe it. The Catholic Times has a couple pretty good article over there.
It was a calling that was cultivated by his mother and, while his father was hesitant at first to let his son go away to seminary at a young age, he too eventually gave the young man his blessing to discern a calling to the priesthood.Also check these out, courtesy of The Catholic Times
When speaking of his mother, Father Joe would often recall her three wishes – first, that she would have a son named Joseph who would become a priest; second, that he would build a church in honor of St. Joseph – which he did when he built the chapel of St. Joseph in Villa el Salvador, Peru, during his missionary days; and, third, that she would die on one of St. Joseph's feast days – a request God fulfilled for her when He took her from this earth in 1970 on the Church's universal Feast of St. Joseph, March 19.
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| Father Joseph Walijewski talks with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (center), the future Pope Benedict XVI, and Monsignor Luiggi Docena, then-apostolic nuncio of Peru, during the future pope’s trip to Peru in 1986. |
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| Pope John Paul II embraces Father Joseph Walijewski during one of the two meetings between the two men. After visiting with Father Walijewski, John Paul donated $50,000 toward the orphanage Father Walijewski would found in Lurin, Peru, and named Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II after the pontiff. |
The just man
Pope Benedict XVI on St. Joseph, The Just Man
"I would like today to turn my attention to the figure of St Joseph. In today's gospel pages, St Luke presents the Virgin Mary as "engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David" (Lk 1:27). However it is the evangelist Matthew who gives the greatest prominence to the putative father of Jesus, pointing out that, through him, the Child was legally inserted in David's line and thus he realized the Scriptures, in which the Messiah was prophesied as the "son of David".
"But Joseph's role certainly cannot be reduced to this aspect. He is the model of the "just" man (Mt 1:19), who in perfect sympathy with his spouse, welcomes the Son of God made man and guards over his human growth. For this reason, the days leading up to Christmas are as good a time as ever to establish a sort of spiritual conversation with St Joseph, because he helps us to live to the full this great mystery of faith.
"The beloved Pope John Paul II, who was very devoted to St Joseph, left us an awesome meditation dedicated to him in the Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris Custos, "Guardian of the Redeemer". Among the many aspects it highlights, particular emphasis is placed on the silence of St Joseph. His is a silence permeated by contemplation of the mystery of God, in an attitude of total availability to his divine wishes. In other words, the silence of St Joseph was not the sign of an inner void, but on the contrary, of the fullness of faith he carried in his heart, and which guided each and every one of his thoughts and actions.
St. André Bessette, ora pro nobis!
Saint Joseph can be seen as the saint of everyday life, to whom one turns for help with both minor worries and at life-defining moments. Saint Brother André had boundless trust in Saint Joseph, his friend and guide. His dream was to build on Mount Royal a chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph — an oratory for prayer to him. Crowds soon flocked to the place. Following Brother André’s recommendation, the great saint is invoked here because, according to him, “He lets no one fall by the wayside.” Traditionally, one confides to the care of Saint Joseph issues related to family, work, health, death and material needs. Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, founded in 1904, is the largest shrine in the world dedicated to him.via St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal
I find it odd that the US celebrates his feast on Epiphany but in Canada it is celebrated the day after Epiphany. But it is amazing that upon entering heaven(died Jan 6), he would first see the great Christmas feast of the Epiphany(actually an older feast than Christmas itself) featuring St. Joseph, the son of David, witness the Gentile kings glorifying the True God. Something to be pondered...
St. Joseph the greatest dreamer
First dream: But hardly had this thought come to his mind, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take thy wife Mary to thyself, for it is by the power of the Holy Ghost that she has conceived this child; and she will bear a son, whom thou shalt call Jesus, for he is to save his people from their sins.
Second dream: As soon as they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, Rise up, take with thee the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt; there remain, until I give thee word. For Herod will soon be making search for the child, to destroy him.
Third dream: But as soon as Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in Egypt in a dream, and said: Rise up, take with thee the child and his mother, and return to the land of Israel; for those who sought the child’s life are dead.
Guadalupe Shrine Institutes Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph
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CROSSE, Wisconsin (May 1, 2012) –
Today, the Feast of St. Joseph the Workman, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
instituted a Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph to be prayed every Wednesday afternoon
after the recitation of the Rosary in the Shrine Church. The first public
recitation of the novena will occur on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, following the
Rosary at 3:30 p.m.
Raymond
Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
and Founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, encouraged all the faithful
to take part in the perpetual novena. “God called St. Joseph to be the Husband
of Mary and the Foster-Father of Jesus our Savior, and He gave him a most pure
and just heart, in order that he might watch over and care for Jesus and Mary
with true fatherly love and courage,” said Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. “St.
Joseph continues to exercise his fatherly love on behalf of the members of the
Church, the Mystical Body of Christ. As Patron of the Universal Church, he is a
most powerful intercessor for us all. He is also a most powerful example of how
pure and just we should be in all of our relationships with one another. I
encourage all to take part in the Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph to obtain,
through his intercession, the many graces of which the Church and her
individual members have need today.”
A
devotional area dedicated to St. Joseph the Workman is nestled along the
Meditation Trail on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. St.
Joseph is also depicted in statuary in the Shrine Church and in iconography in
the Pilgrim Center.
The
novena prayer to be recited was issued by Pope Leo XIII on August 15, 1889, in
his encyclical on devotion to St. Joseph, Quamquam
Pluries:
“To you, O
blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help
of your thrice holy Spouse, we now, with hearts filled with confidence,
earnestly beg you also to take us under your protection. By that charity
wherewith you were united to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that
fatherly love with which you cherished the Child Jesus, we beseech you and we
humbly pray that you will look down with gracious eyes, upon that inheritance which
Jesus Christ purchased by His Blood, and will help us in our need by your power
and strength. Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen
offspring of Jesus Christ. Keep from us, O most loving Father, all blight of
error and corruption. Aid us from on high, most valiant defender, in this
conflict with the powers of darkness. And even as of old you rescued the Child
Jesus from the peril of His life, so now defend God’s Holy Church from the
snares of the enemy and from adversity. Shield us ever under your patronage,
that, following your example and strengthened by your help, we may live a holy
life, die a happy death, and attain to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.”
Joseph the Workman or Worker?
Vladimir Lenin on the liberation of women:
"Women's incipient social life and activities must be promoted, so that they can outgrow the narrowness of their philistine, individualistic psychology centred on home and family ... In the sphere of sexual relations and marriage, a revolution is approaching ... There can be no real mass movement without the women ... We cannot exercise the dictatorship of the proletariat without having millions of women on our side. Nor can we engage in communist construction without them. We must find a way to reach ... the mass of women, who feel themselves exploited, enslaved and crushed by the domination of the men ... They should all know that the proletarian dictatorship will mean to them complete equality of rights with men, both legal and in practice, in the family, the state and in society, and that it also spells the annihilation of the power of the bourgeoisie ... The government of the proletarian dictatorship - jointly with the Communist Party and the trade unions of course - makes every effort to overcome the backward views of men and women and thus uproot the old, non-communist psychology.
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It goes without saying that men and women are absolutely equal before the law. A sincere desire to give effect to this equality is evident in all spheres. We are enlisting women to work in the economy, the administration, legislation and government. All courses and educational institutions are open to them, so that they can improve their professional and social training. We are organising community kitchens and public dining-rooms, laundries and repair shops, crêches, kindergartens, children’s homes and educational institutions of every kind. In brief, we are quite in earnest about carrying out the requirements of our programme to shift the functions of housekeeping and education from the individual household to society. Woman is thus being relieved from her old domestic slavery and all dependence on her husband. She is enabled to give her capabilities and inclinations full play in society. Children are offered better opportunities for their development than at home. We have the most progressive female labour legislation in the world, and it is enforced by authorised representatives of organised labour. We are establishing maternity homes, mother-and-child homes, mothers’ health centres, courses for infant and child care, and the like.
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