Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem Book of Commentaries, on Matth. i. Why was the Lord conceived of an espoused virgin rather than of a free? First, for the sake of the genealogy of Mary, which we have obtained by that of Joseph. Secondly, because she was thus saved from being stoned by the…
Seven Sorrows and Joys of Saint Joseph This devotion owes its origin to a celebrated event, never omitted by any historian of the Saint. It is as follows: Two Fathers of the Franciscan order were sailing along the coast of Flanders, when a terrible tempest arose, which sank the vessel, with its three hundred passengers….
Novena in Honor of St. Joseph, Spouse of Our Lady (Beginning March 10) from the 1910 Raccolta. From Rev. F.X. Lasance’s “Prayer-Book For Religious,” 1914, Benziger Brothers. [Piux IX, by a rescript of the S.C. of Indulgences, Nov. 28, 1976, granted to all the faithful who, with contrite heart, devoutly make at any time during…
Quotes about Saint Joseph St. Joseph was chosen among all men, to be the protector and guardian of the Virgin Mother of God; the defender and foster-father of the Infant-God, and the only co-operator upon earth, the one confidant of the secret of God in the work of the redemption of mankind. – St. Bernard…