Privileges of St Joseph
Words about St Joseph from the Queen of Heaven to Mary of Agreda:
No one is able to recognise his exalted holiness until they have come to the vision of GOD. Then all will behold this mystery to their amazement with praises to the LORD. On the Last Day, the damned will weep bitterly that they did not recognise nor use a powerful and effective means of salvation, such as the intercession of St Joseph, for the sake of their sins.
In the case of St Joseph, all the gifts bestowed upon him included an increase of his virtues and holiness, because his ministry was a matter of holiness and his own working. The holier and more angelic he was, the more suitable he was to be the Spouse of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary and the guardian of the mysteries of Heaven. He had to be a miracle of holiness, and indeed he was. This miracle of his already began in the womb. Divine Providence endowed him with excellent qualities and inclinations towards virtue. He was sanctified in the seventh month after his conception. At this first sanctifi-cation, he was cleansed of original sin. At that time, his mother felt an unusual joy of the HOLY SPIRIT, without fully under-standing the mystery.
Joseph was very beautiful at his birth. He aroused an extraordinary joy in his pa-rents and relatives, as was the case with the birth of John the Baptist. As early as in the third year of his life, the LORD gave him the … more