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Dom Prosper Gueranger’s prayer to Saint Joseph

March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Dom Prosper Gueranger’s prayer to Saint Joseph, found in his The Liturgical Year, is worth calling to mind:
We praise and glorify thee, O happy saint! We hail thee as the spouse of the Queen of heaven, and foster-father of our Redeemer. These titles, which would seem too grand for any human being to enjoy, are […]

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St Joseph’s Day

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Benedicite!
To be convinced how much the intercession of St Joseph prevails with Jesus Christ, we have only to consider these words of the Evangelist: “And He was subject to them.” The Son of God employed thirty years assiduously obeying Joseph and Mary! It was sufficient for Joseph, by the least word or sign, to show […]

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Saint of the Day - Saint Joseph

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Saint Joseph (29)
He was the royal and divinely-trusted man to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary was given as a bride, and whom God knew would guard her innocence as a virgin and protect her Divine Child. Saint Joseph is the foster father of Jesus. The Litany of the Saints refers to him as the last […]

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Carthusian Solitude

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 The Carthusian Order, founded in 1084, is considered one of the strictest in the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike the Trappists, who live and work together in silence, the Carthusians spend most of their time in complete solitude. Carthusian monasteries, which we now call “Charterhouses,” are constructed around a cloister, on which opens each monk’s individual […]