Saint Joseph Model for Husbands and Fathers pray for us!

In this time of tribulation and apostasy accompanied by a great crisis in the family and a crisis of fatherhood let us pray to Saint Joseph and ask  him for his help and protection. St Joseph, Terror of Demons, pray for us!

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Commitment to purity

In the writings of the venerable Mary of Agreda detailed in the City of God, we read that St. Joseph was a native of Nazareth, was of comely figure and agreeable countenance, very modest and incomparably genteel in appearance. He was related to the Blessed Virgin in the third degree, made a vow of perpetual chastity at age twelve, renewed and kept it in marriage much to the delight and joy of the Most Holy Virgin who vowed the same. He was thirty-three years old at that time.
It is beautiful to note here that when the holy priest Simeon gathered all the young men of Jerusalem from the house of David at the temple to choose who would be the rightful spouse of Our Lady, he was inspired by God to give each man a dry rod. 


After a period of prayer asking for the manifestation of the Divine Will, pure white lilies - the symbol of purity - blossomed from St. Joseph's staff and a white dove, most pure and brilliant, hovered over his head giving Simeon the sign that he was the chosen one.



Hence, St. Joseph is the epitome of a pure man: pure in thought, pure in heart; pure in body and soul – destined to be the most chaste spouse of Mary Most Holy conceived without sin. In face of such sublime purity and holiness, it would not be farfetched to believe that the ugly, filthy infernal spirits would cower in petrified fear in his presence.

Graces obtained through St. Joseph's intercession

 Mary of Agreda's City of God:

•    "First, those who invoke him shall obtain from God, by his intercession, the gift of chastity, and shall not be conquered by the temptation of the senses;

•    Secondly, they shall receive particular graces to deliver them from sin;

•    Thirdly, they shall obtain a true devotion to the Blessed Virgin;

•    Fourthly, they shall have a good and happy death, and in that all-decisive moment be defended against the assaults of Satan;

•    Fifthly, they shall be delivered when expedient for them, from bodily sufferings, and shall find help in their afflictions;

•    Sixthly, if married, they shall be blessed with offspring;

•    Seventhly, the demons shall have extreme dread of the glorious name of St. Joseph.

With so many graces to be obtained through his powerful intercession, let us not tarry nor hesitate in asking humbly for the protection and aid of dear St. Joseph, Terror of demons! 

A PARENT'S PRAYER
TO SAINT JOSEPH

O glorious St. Joseph,
to you God committed the care
of His only begotten Son
amid the many dangers of this world.
We come to you
and ask you to take under your special protection
the children God has given us.
Through holy baptism
they became children of God
and members of His holy Church.
We consecrate them to you today,
that through this consecration
they may become your foster children.
Guard them,
guide their steps in life,
form their hearts
after the hearts of Jesus and Mary.

St. Joseph,
who felt the tribulation and worry of a parent
when the child Jesus was lost,
protect our dear children for time and eternity.
May you be their father and counsellor.
Let them, like Jesus,
grow in age as well as in wisdom and grace
before God and men.
Preserve them from the corruption of his world,
and give us the grace one day to be united
with them in Heaven forever.

Amen.

St. Joseph, Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us! St. Joseph, Zealous Defender of Christ and His Church, pray for us!