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Harry Holbrook's collection Litany to Saint Joseph Novena to Saint Joseph I Novena to Saint Joseph II Prayer to... I - 2 versions Prayer to... V Prayer to... II Prayer to... III Prayer Before Mass Prayer to... ...for the Whole Church Prayer to... ...for the Spirit of Work Prayer to... ...to Know One's Vocation Prayer for a Happy Death Prayer to... ...patron of Carpenters Prayer to... ...the Workman Prayer to... IV Prayer to... ...for Protection Prayer to... ...patron of Workers Prayer to... VI Prayer to... VII, The Josephites Prayer to... VIII, Pope Saint Pius X Prayer to... IX, the Pallottines
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Burying Saint Joseph to Sell Your Home Encyclopedia Britannica Goffine's Devout Instructions Google Directory New Catholic Dictionary Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson Quamquam Pluries: On Devotion to Saint Joseph, by Pope Leo XIII Redemptoris Custos: Guardian of the Redeemer by Pope John Paul II SaintCast - audio
Wikipediafrom a sermon by Saint Bernardine of Siena
There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace, or to accept a lofty vocation, God adorns the person chosen with all the gifts of the Spirit needed to fulfill the task at hand.
This general rule is especially verified in the case of Saint Joseph, the foster-father of our Lord, and the husband of the Queen of our world, enthroned above the angels. He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph's wife. He carried out this vocation with complete fidelity until at last God called him, saying "Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord."
Remember us, Saint Joseph, and plead for us to your foster child. Ask your most holy bride, the Virgin Mary, to look kindly upon us, since she is the mother of him who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns eternally. Amen.
from a sermon by Saint Bernardine of Siena
What emanates from the figure of Saint Joseph is faith. Joseph of Nazareth is a "just man" because he totally "lives by faith." He is holy because his faith is truly heroic.
Sacred Scripture says little of him. It does not record even one word spoken by Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth. And yet, even without words, he shows the depth of his faith, his greatness.
Saint Joseph is a man of great spirit. He is great in faith, not because he speaks his own words, but above all because he listens to the words of the Living God. He listens in silence. And his heart ceaselessly perseveres in the readiness to accept the Truth contained in the word of the Living God.
We see how the word of the Living God penetrates deeply into the soul of that man, that just man. And we, do we know how to listen to the word of God? Do we know how to absorb it into the depths of our human personalities? Do we open our conscience in the presence of this word?
Pope John Paul II from Daily Meditations