Tsararren ranar 4 ga Fabrairu: labarin Saint Joseph na Leonissa

Giuseppe an haife shi ne a Leonissa a cikin Masarautar Naples. Yayinda yake yaro kuma dalibi a farkon lokacin girma, Joseph ya jawo hankali ga kuzarinsa da nagartarsa. Da yake ba da auren 'yar wani mai martaba, Yusufu ya ƙi kuma a maimakon haka ya shiga cikin Capuchins a garinsu a 1573. Guji sassaucin sassaucin ra'ayi wanda wasu lokuta mutane ke ɓata bisharar, Yusufu ya hana kansa abinci mai daɗi da kwanciyar hankali yayin da yake shirin zama tsarkaka da rayuwar wa'azi.

A shekarar 1587 ya tafi Constantinople don kula da bayin kiristocin da suka yi aiki a ƙarƙashin shugabannin Turawan. An daure shi saboda wannan aikin, an gargade shi da kar ya dawo da shi bayan an sake shi. Yayi kuma an sake daure shi sannan an yanke masa hukuncin kisa. An sake shi ta hanyar mu'ujiza, ya koma Italiya inda yake wa'azi ga matalauta kuma ya sasanta iyalai da biranen da ke fama da rikici tsawon shekaru. An bashi izini a cikin 1745.

Tunani

Waliyyai sukan cutar da mu saboda suna tambayar ra'ayoyinmu game da abin da muke buƙata don "rayuwa mai kyau". “Zan yi farin ciki lokacin da. . . , “Muna iya cewa, ɓata lokaci mai ban mamaki a ƙarshen rayuwa. Mutane kamar Giuseppe da Leonissa suna ƙalubalantar mu don fuskantar rayuwa da ƙarfin zuciya da kuma kai ga gaci game da ita: rayuwa tare da Allah. Yusufu mai wa’azi ne mai gamsarwa saboda rayuwarsa ta kasance mai gamsarwa kamar kalmominsa.