Turning to St Joseph

„Father Joseph, what makes You unique is that You are the Guardian of the Vir­gin Mary, her Spouse, as chaste as she is, and yet the Nurs­ing and Fos­ter Father of the divine Child. – You are the mar­vel­lous Prov­i­dence of GOD. You were the first, along­side Mary, to be allowed to com­pre­hend GOD’s great, pro­found and exten­sive plan. For the sake of the love for GOD, You renounced all sen­so­ry com­forts. – You, as the so hum­ble son of David, exer­cised the office of pro­tec­tor over the Vir­gin Mary and her divine Child, and extend­ed it over human­i­ty. There­fore, we, too, may come to You every day with our cares and needs, place our­selves under Your pro­tec­tion, and trust in You in all our fears.

Saint Joseph, You pro­found, silent man, we hear no word from Your lips. The peo­ple at that time did not under­stand You – just as they do not today. Only the Child and His Moth­er looked into Your heart and under­stood Your words, Your suf­fer­ing and sac­ri­fic­ing, and saw Your pure love for them. You knew about the great mys­tery of Your JESUS and car­ried every­thing with Mary in Your heart. In silence You worked and wept. Cease­less­ly You offered up to the FATHER His SON, togeth­er with the Moth­er and Your­self, in Him and through Him, in the name of human­i­ty. Faith­ful Joseph, we are allowed to offer You up to the FATHER in Heav­en with Your love, Your pains, Your pri­va­tions and suf­fer­ings, with all Your great mer­its and renunciations.“

Mary found great sup­port and help in Joseph. Through the con­stant … more