St. Josemaria Escriva: "Have a great devotion to St. Joseph."

"Love Saint Joseph a lot. Love him with all your soul, because he, together with Jesus, is the person who has most loved our Blessed Lady and been closest to God. He is the person who has most loved God, after our Mother."

"He deserves your affection, and it will do you good to get to know him, because he is the Master of the interior life, and has great power before the Lord and before the Mother of God."

~ St. Josemaria Escriva; excerpt from The Forge, 554 ~ 

St. Josemaria Escriva: Obedience of St. Joseph

"St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things. He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life."

~ St. Josemaria Escriva ~

St. Josemaria Escriva: Ite Ad Joseph

"A master of interior life, a worker deeply involved in his job, God’s faithful servant in continual contact with Jesus: that is Joseph. Ite ad Ioseph. With St Joseph, the Christian learns what it means to belong to God and fully to assume one’s place among men, sanctifying the world. Get to know Joseph and you will find Jesus. Talk to Joseph and you will find Mary, who always sheds peace about her in that attractive workshop in Nazareth."

~ St. Josemaria Escriva, Christ is Passing By, 56 ~

St. Josemaria Escriva: Devotion to St. Joseph

"Love Saint Joseph a lot. Love him with all your soul, because he, together with Jesus, is the person who loved Our Blessed Lady and been closest to God. He is the person who has most loved God, after Our Mother. He deserves your affection, and it will do you good to get to know him, because he is the Master of the interior life, and has great power before the Lord and before the Mother of God."

~ St. Josemaria Escriva ~