3 St Joseph things you need to know

1. His greatness. He was chosen among all the saints to be head of the Holy Family, and to obey his nods. Jesus and Mary! He was the most privileged of all the saints, because he could, for about thirty years, see, hear, love and be loved by Jesus who lived with him. He outnumbered the Angels themselves, who, although ministers of God, never heard from Jesus, as Joseph heard, to call themselves Father ... An Angel never dared say to Jesus; You, my son ...

2. His holiness. How many graces God will have adorned him to make him capable of the mystery to which he was called! After Mary, he was the richest in heavenly grace; after Mary, he was the most similar to Jesus. Just called him the Gospel, that is, in himself he collected the flower of virtues, says St. Ambrose. In him you find virginal purity, patience, resignation, sweetness, the whole life of God. Imitate him at least in one of his virtues ... in what you miss most.

3. His power. 1. It is powerful: because it is sovereignly lovable and dear to Mary, the treasurer of heaven, and to Jesus, the king of heaven. 2. Powerful, because he is the only one, with Mary, to whom Jesus owes, in some way, gratitude as a father-custodian. 3. Powerful, because God wanted, through him, to bless the whole world. Does Jesus, by entrusting himself to Joseph, not invite us to trust in him? And you pray to him? The devoted skis?

PRACTICE. - The seven joys or the seven pains of St. Joseph; pays a visit to his altar.