Devotionals
Lent Day 21: Tuesday after the Third Sunday in Lent — St. Peter’s Denial of Jesus.
Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!
Lent Day 20: Monday after the Third Sunday in Lent — The Condemnation of Christ.
Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!
Lent Day 19: The Third Sunday in Lent — In the Palace of Caiphas.
Daily meditations for lent by Fr. Richard Clarke SJ. Scripture and reflections – audio included, listen, read, and grow this lent!
March 31st — St. Joseph, Protector of the Faithful
31st Day.— St. Joseph, Protector of the Faithful. 1. When God bade St. Joseph arise and take the Child and His Mother and fly into Egypt, He was committing unto him, under the guise of Jesus and Mary, the care of the universal Church. As to Mary were entrusted all Christians in the words, “Woman,…
March 30th — St. Joseph’s Glory in Heaven.
30th Day. —St. Joseph’s Glory in Heaven. 1. It is an opinion held by many learned theologians that St. Joseph, like Our Lady, enjoys the honor of having had his body raised from the grave at the time of Our Lord’s Resurrection, and that he is present in heaven now, body as well as soul. …
March 29th — St. Joseph’s Happy Death.
29th Day.— St. Joseph’s Happy Death. 1. Never to any of the children of men did death come so bereft of its terrors as to St. Joseph. One who had lived so continually in the presence of his God had no cause to fear it. One whose thoughts, aspirations, hopes, affections. had always been in…
March 28th — St. Joseph’s Venerable Age.
28th Day.— St. Joseph’s Venerable Age. 1. St. Joseph during his long life had been fulfilling the meaning of the name he bore with unbroken constancy. He had been “adding” to the brightness of his virtues and the treasure of his merits with an ever-increasing speed. In the company of Jesus and Mary he had…
March 27th — St. Joseph’s Purity of Heart.
27th Day.— St. Joseph’s Purity of Heart. “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.” One might almost think that Our Lord in uttering these words was thinking of His foster-father. It was because of his purity of heart that he had the privilege of seeing God face to face under the…
March 26th — St. Joseph’s Prudence.
26th Day. — St. Joseph’s Prudence. Prudence is a virtue that we all value and desire. Let us look at this virtue in St. Joseph. 1. St. Joseph never acted on impulse. He always reflected before acting. What husband would not have put away his wife without any delay when he discovered that she was…
March 25th — St. Joseph’s Strong Faith.
25th Day.— St. Joseph’s Strong Faith. Faith consists in the ready acceptance of God’s messages tons on His authority. It is tested by the difficulty of believing, and by the painful consequences to ourselves. We will try St. Joseph’s faith by these methods. 1. The first message, which is recorded as having been given to…
