"In October I will perform a miracle so that everyone can believe in the apparitions.... St. Joseph will come with the Holy Child to bring peace to the world."
"I took for my advocate and lord the glorious Saint Joseph and commended myself earnestly to him; and I found that this my father and lord delivered me both from this trouble and also from other and greater troubles concerning my honor and the loss of my soul, and that he gave me greater blessings than I could ask of him. I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which He has freed me, both in body and in soul. To other saints the Lord seems to have given grace to succor us in some of our necessities but of this glorious saint my experience is that he succors us in them all and that the Lord wishes to teach us that as He was Himself subject to him on earth (for, being His guardian and being called His father, he could command Him) just so in Heaven He still does all that he asks. This has also been the experience of other persons whom I have advised to commend themselves to him; and even to-day there are many who have great devotion to him through having newly experienced this truth."
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V. O glorious St. Joseph, through the love thou dost bear to Jesus Christ, and for the glory of His name,
Prayer
(Indulgence of 5 years on any day.)
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2. The sorrow St. Joseph had in seeing the infant Jesus born in abject poverty.
3. The sorrow St. Joseph had when the Precious Blood of the infant Savior was shed at His circumcision.
4. The sorrow St. Joseph had at the prophecy of Simeon foretelling the sufferings of Jesus and Mary.
5. The sorrow St. Joseph had in his toil to nurture and to serve the Son of the Most High, especially in the flight he made with Him into Egypt.
6. The sorrow St. Joseph had by the fear of Archelaus.
7. The sorrow St. Joseph had when through no fault of his, he lost Jesus, the holy Child, and searched for Him in great anguish for three days.
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Grant, O holy Joseph, that, ever secure under thy protection, we may pass our lives without sin.
St. Joseph, foster-father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and true spouse of Mary ever Virgin, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model and patron of those who love the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.
Our Lady's prediction of the miracle of Fatima, 1917.
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St. Teresa of Avila's devotion to St. Joseph
From "The Autobiography of St. Teresa", chapter 6
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"I wish I could persuade everyone to be devoted to this glorious saint, for I have great experience of the blessings which he can obtain from God. I have never known anyone to be truly devoted to him and render him particular services who did not notably advance in virtue, for he gives very real help to souls who commend themselves to him. For some years now, I think, I have made some request of him every year on his festival and I have always had it granted. If my petition is in any way ill directed, he directs it aright for my greater good."
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"I only beg, for the love of God, that anyone who does not believe me will put what I say to the test, and he will see by experience what great advantages come from his commending himself to this glorious patriarch and having devotion to him. Those who practice prayer should have a special affection for him always. I do not know how anyone can think of the Queen of the Angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Child Jesus, without giving thanks to Saint Joseph for the way he helped them. If anyone cannot find a master to teach him how to pray, let him take this glorious saint as his master and he will not go astray."
Novena to St. Joseph
O Glorious St. Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to thee do we raise our hearts and hands to implore thy powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of a happy death, and the special favor we now implore.
O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that thy prayers in our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God.
[Then the following V. and R. are to be said seven times, in honor of the seven joys or sorrows of St. Joseph.]
R. Hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
O Glorious St. Joseph, spouse of the immaculate Virgin, obtain for me a pure, humble, and charitable mind, and perfect resignation to the divine will. Be my guide, father, and model through life, that I may merit to die as thou didst in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
St. Joseph, friend of the Sacred Heart, pray for us.
The Seven Joys and Sorrows of St. Joseph
1. The sorrow St. Joseph had when he was minded to put away his stainless spouse.
The joy he had when the archangel revealed the sublime mystery of the Incarnation.
The joy he had in hearing the harmony of angel choirs, and beholding the glory of that night.
The joy given with the Name of Jesus.
The joy given, at the same time, of the prediction of salvation and glorious resurrection of innumerable souls.
The joy he had in having God Himself always with him, and to see the overthrow of the idols of Egypt.
The joy he had in returning with Jesus from Egypt to Nazareth, and the reassurance of the angel.
The joy he had when finding Him amidst the doctors in the Temple.
INDULGENCED PRAYERS IN HONOR OF ST. JOSEPH
(Ind. of 300 days.)
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