THIRTIETH DAY 'Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His faithful ones (Ps. 115:6). After having faithfully served Jesus and...

TWENTY-NINTH DAY Consider the love which Joseph bore to Jesus. This love was not purely human like the love of other fathers, but...

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY 'He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them (Luke 2:51). Reflect on the holy life which...

TWENTY-SIXTH DAY 'The boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it (Luke 2:43). How great was the pain of St. Joseph...

THIRTY-FIRST DAY Great, indeed, will be the comfort of those, who, at the hour of death shall be protected by St. Joseph. For this great...

TWENTY-EIGHT DAY Consider the love which St. Joseph bore to Mary, his holy spouse. She was the most beautiful of all women. She was more...

TWENTY-FIFTH DAY How much St. Joseph must have suffered on the journey into Egypt in seeing the sufferings of Jesus and Mary! Their food...

TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 'An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, and take the child and His mother and flee into...

TWENTY-THIRD DAY 'Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among men of good will (Luke 2:14). Consider how great was the love and...

TWENTY-FIRST DAY 'And it came to pass while they were there, that the days for her to be delivered were fulfilled. And she brought forth...

TWENTY-SECOND DAY 'And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger (Luke 2:7)....

TWENTIETH DAY 'And Joseph also went from Galilee out of the town of Nazareth into Judea to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem...

NINETEENTH DAY When Jesus lived in this world in the house of St. Joseph, could a sinner who desired to obtain forgiveness from Our Lord...

EIGHTEENTH DAY Let us ask St. Joseph for the grace to love our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the particular grace which St. Joseph obtains...

SEVENTEENTH DAY St. Teresa also writes: 'I would wish to persuade all the world to be devoted to St. Joseph, because I have long...

SIXTEENTH DAY St. Teresa says: 'I do not remember to have asked any favor from St. Joseph which he did not grant. An account of the many...

FIFTEENTH DAY St. Bernard, speaking of St. Joseph's power of dispensing graces to his devout servants, makes use of the following...

FOURTEENTH DAY Most holy patriarch, now that you are on a lofty throne in heaven near your beloved Jesus, Who was subject to you on...

THIRTEENTH DAY O great St. Joseph, since God has served you, I also wish to enroll myself in your service. I wish from now on to serve...

TENTH DAY St. Paul writes that in the next life Jesus Christ 'will render to every man according to His works (Rom. 2:6). What great...