June 6th
“In Joseph … heads of the household are blessed with the unsurpassed model of fatherly watchfulness and care.”
-Pope Leo XIII
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The patron of your family
June 5th
“Make him [St. Joseph] the patron of your family and you will soon have tangible proof of his protecting hand.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
Joseph her husband
June 4th
“This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God with us”).’ When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.”
-Matthew 1: 18 – 24
Our holy patron
June 3rd
“… our holy patron St. Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
The husband of Mary
June 2nd
“We wonder why the Gospel makes so little mention of St. Joseph. But did it not say everything when it taught us that he was the husband of Mary?”
-Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
Make progress in virtue
June 1st
“Knowing by experience St. Joseph’s astonishing influence with God, I would wish to persuade everyone to honor him with particular devotion. I have always seen those who honored him in a special manner make progress in virtue, for this heavenly protector favors in a striking manner the spiritual advancement of souls who commend themselves to him.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
The kiss of God
Enlighten the dark corners
May 30th
“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.”
—St. Augustine
The pledge of what is to come
May 29th
“Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.”
—St. Ambrose
Upon the palms of my hands
May 28th
“Can a mother forget her infant,
be without tenderness for the child of her womb?
Even should she forget,
I will never forget you.
See, upon the palms of my hands I have engraved you;
your walls are ever before me.”
-Isaiah 49:15-16
