“Patris Corde” Novena to St. Joseph
[Editor’s note: I didn’t realize until moments ago that no one hit “publish” on this post yesterday. But it’s never too late to catch up on a novena, so I’m hitting publish now! — ML] At the beginning of...
[Editor’s note: I didn’t realize until moments ago that no one hit “publish” on this post yesterday. But it’s never too late to catch up on a novena, so I’m hitting publish now! — ML] At the beginning of...
March is the Month of St. Joseph! Josephologists (counterparts of Mariologists and Christologists) are enthusiastically wondering what Pope Francis might do next in this relatively new theological field of Josephology. But he’s not the first pope in history with a...
Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of...
During today’s General Audience address, Pope Francis spoke about St. Joseph’s role as the legally-recognized father of Jesus. He speaks about how the Gospel writers handled his status—Matthew and Luke refer to him as the “foster father” of Jesus, Luke...
After finishing his catechesis on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians earlier this month, Pope Francis began a new catechesis on St Joseph, in honor of the Year of St. Joseph. In the last two weeks, Francis concluded his audience...
In the Divine Praises, Saint Joseph is called the “most chaste spouse.” Personally speaking, and given the dogma of Mary’s perpetual virginity, in the past I’ve implicitly reduced Joseph’s chastity to the simple fact that his wife was a virgin....
Last night I joined Rachel Amiri, Melinda Ribnek and Paul Fahey for a lively discussion about the Feast of St. Joseph, the CDF’s response on blessings for same-sex unions, the concerns and struggles of LGBT Catholics and the Amoris Laetitia...
St. Joseph’s many titles make one thing clear about his saintly role: it sounds exhausting. It also sort of sounds like our modern, busy lives, doesn’t it? Thus a devotion to the Sleeping St. Joseph, recently popularized by Pope Francis,...
On December 8th, 1870—150 years ago today—Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. In honor of today’s anniversary, Pope Francis announced this morning a Year of St. Joseph, that begins today and will be celebrated...
UPDATE 3/19/2020 — I have updated the sheet with the new prayer to Saint Joseph released today by Pope Francis. Apologies for the tight font, I wanted to fit in all on one page. UPDATE 2 — Because the the...
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