Posted on 05/01/2006 8:16:35 AM PDT by Salvation
I've always felt the special protection of Saint Joseph. Throughout my life there has always been some use of the name "Saint Joseph" at every crucial turn life took, and at every perilous transition. Today, quite unexpectedly, I sold my house---without burying any statues. :) It hadn't even been listed yet. Not even a sign in the yard. This morning I had no idea there'd be a buyer here today. But I am not surprised. St. Joseph is looking out for me.
my little post for this morning for our dear St. Joseph, who has kindly been a dear interceder for me time and again:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1624555/posts
I am an aspiring Catholic, and I have recently heard this story about burying St. Joseph in the yard. I thought, so, that's what Catholics REALLY do with all those statues. I am trying to grasp the true place of saints in the faith. This didn't help. :-)
Even in Catholic circles there's arguing about doing that particular activity...
Prayers that your health might improve.
BTTT on the Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, 2007!
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May 1, 2007
St. Joseph the Worker
Apparently in response to the May Day celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955. But the relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers has a longer history.
In a constantly necessary effort to keep Jesus from being removed from ordinary human life, the Church has from the beginning proudly emphasized that Jesus was a carpenter, obviously trained by Joseph in both the satisfactions and the drudgery of that vocation. Humanity is like God not only in thinking and loving, but also in creating. Whether we make a table or a cathedral, we are called to bear fruit with our hands and mind, ultimately for the building up of the Body of Christ. Quote:
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St. Joseph, protect us as you protected Jesus and Mary.
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