St Theresa of Avila

„For a long time, I was afflict­ed with a se-vere paral­y­sis and in a very sor­ry state from which no doc­tor could free me. I besieged Heav­en with prayers. I chose St Joseph as my inter­ces­sor. His help was most vis­i­ble. This com­pas­sion­ate Father of my soul did not waste any time pulling me out of the state in which my body was lan­guish­ing; he also snatched me away from many dan­gers of all kinds which were jeop­ar­dis­ing my hon­our and my sal­va­tion.

To this day, I do not remem­ber ever hav­ing asked any­thing of him that he would not have grant­ed me. The LORD GOD bestows His graces on the Saints to sup­port us in these or those needs, but the glo­ri­ous St Joseph – and I know this from expe­ri­ence  – extends his pow­er to every­thing. JESUS CHRIST, our LORD, wants us to under­stand that He recog­nis­es in him the author­i­ty of the Nurs­ing Father because he has the pow­er of inter­ces­sion at GOD’s throne. Since I know today, based on such a long expe­ri­ence, what con­fi­dence St Joseph enjoys with GOD, I rec­om­mend every­one to think about his spe­cial ven­er­a­tion and also to always give thanks.“

An Answer to a Prayer from 1904
The Rosary Sis­ters Con­gre­ga­tion in Pales-tine con­sists only of local sis­ters. They are very poor because they have no con­nec­tions abroad. The foundress, Moth­er Marie Alphon­sine Daniel Ghat­tas, who was canon­ised in 2015, lived for sev­er­al years with a younger sis­ter called Franziska in a small con­vent in Beth­le­hem. From the lit­tle they had, they gave  … more