There are also speaking today false prophets, who announce the Gospel by betraying it, and these are listened to and followed! And they bring disorder and confusion among the most faithful children of my Church.
Blue Book #58 e
St. Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary and patron of the bride of Christ, we need you! How timely your coming, O Joseph, foster-father of God and of us.
Grace in Every Season (March 19)
Oh how we need Joseph right now. Our church is a mess, there are so many voices clamoring for us, claiming to speak truth and most just trying to garner our collective social media clicks. Livings need to be made after-all. We need proper discernment more than ever. St. Joseph pray for us!
Not only does the universal Church need him, but our domestic churches are in dire need as well. Patron Saint of all families (but in a special way, adoptive and foster families), all fathers, husbands, workers, travelers, homes, among others.
I personally love St. Joseph. It goes back to my maternal grand father, José (the Portuguese pronunciation, not the Spanish) who was born on his feast day and continued through my family and spilt over to me. As a Lay Carmelite, my love for him grew even more. But I’m ashamed to admit, that I don’t always remember to ask for his intercession.
However, the other day I was watching a YouTube video by Fr. Mark Goring and he mentioned one of his books St. Joseph the Protector, had been deeply discounted on Amazon, a light bulb went on. Some very special circumstances that I was going through at the moment would best be entrusted to St. Joseph. I ordered the book and it arrived last night. Not in time to start the novena prior to this feast day… but that’s ok… it’s all in God’s good timing. I’m going to start it now… and instead of 9 days, I’m going to do 9 weeks so I can spend as much time with St. Joseph as possible. God is good.