Fr. Clement Machado: Turn to Saint Joseph, Great Protector of Family Life

"Dear friends, the day we have forgotten St. Joseph is the day where we're deprived of the great protector of family life.  Ever since we've neglected St. Joseph, ever since our children do not have statues-images of St. Joseph, ever since the typical Catholic family has neglected seeking on a regular frequent basis recourse to St. Joseph--ever since that day has occured, our Catholic families, home life, marriages have become ever increasingly assaulted by the powers of the flesh, the world, and the devil himself.

 

"We need to turn back to St. Joseph!  Bring back devotion to St. Joseph, dearest brethren!  Turn your children and grandchildren, friends and family to this most glorious protector!  After all, if God Himself in His eternal providence had deigned to grant such a protector to His only begotten Son, and the Blessed Mother was given a defender as well as helpmate--can you not imagine in God's divine providence where St. Joseph should be in the hearts and minds and homes of His faithful? "

~ Fr. Clement Machado ~

 

 

A Priest's Tribute to St. Joseph, Patron of Family Life

From the Mail is pleased to have among its readers an ancient Dominican in New York, and this venerable religious sent a note on St. Joseph, which FTM considers worth sharing...

"I am the youngest of ten children in an Irish immigrant family.  Of the six who survived childhood, there are three religious and three married. 

"I remember, well over 80 years ago, my holy mother obtaining fresh, new (every year) St. Joseph cords from the Homeless Child Home on Staten Island.  We wore these blessed cords around our waist every day.  My mother had a great devotion to St. Joseph.  She saw two of her boys survive World War I, and one crossed the ocean in 20 round-trips with the Navy.  Her husband was a firefighter for 45 years, without ever suffering an injury.  She saw two sons become priests, and one daughter a nun, and two sons become Knights of St. Gregory.  My mother dropped dead as she was making the stations of the Cross at the ninth station, Jesus falls the third time.  She has 100 priests at her funeral...

"I urge all to have devotion to St. Joseph, Patron of Family Life, Patron of Working People, Patron of a Happy Death, Patron of the Universal Church.  He proved it in our family."

~  From The Wanderer, May 6, 1993 issue; From the Mail column excerpt ~

St. Joseph: True Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Time of Jesus' Conception

What all Catholics and Christians should know:  the Virgin Mary was NOT an unwed mother!

Fr. Bonaventure McGuire explains how the marriage of Joseph is a true marriage in the light of Mary's Perpetual Virginity and how this means that St. Joseph's fatherhood is a true fatherhood over Jesus and true husband of Mary, and therefore true head of the Holy Family. Father stresses the great marvel that such a stupendous dignity of the stewardship of these awesome treasures were entrusted to a mere man. The key to making sense of these truths is that the marriage between Joseph and Mary was uniquely orientated to the incarnation and in turn the general orientation of all creation to this mystery makes sense of all history, of every little action done in love of Christ, and how the incarnation is then our one true hope. Ave Maria!

Fr. Liam Carey: St. Joseph, Devoted Father, Man of Pure Faith

Jesus needed a human father to protect, love, affirm and instruct. The Lord gave Him Saint Joseph.

Fr. Joseph Mary: St. Joseph Is Our Father

Fr. John Cihak: St. Joseph, Model of a True Man

Fr. Samuel Medley: The Sufferings of St. Joseph

Talk given at the Stations of the Cross on the dolors of the Glorious Patriarch, who shows us that if we are going to be near Jesus, we must suffer with him.

~ Audio of Fr. Medley's homily:  The Sufferings of St. Joseph ~

Fr. Samuel Medley: The Privileges and Powerful Intercession of St. Joseph

Foster Father of Jesus,

Spouse of the Immaculate Virgin Mary,

 Terror of Demons,

Protector of Holy Church, Glorious Patriarch,

Holy Guardian of the Redeemer,

HEAR US!!!

Listen to Fr. Medley's Homily for St. Joseph's Day

Fr. Medley's inspiring homilies and links to his other sites are at Magnificat Anima Mea Domino. 

Fr. Wade Menezes: St. Joseph, an Awesome Model of Holiness