Devotionals

4th Day.— St. Joseph’s Betrothal. 1.  When our blessed Lady arrived at a marriageable age, the chief priest summoned all the unmarried men of the house of David, that from them a husband might be chosen for her.  There is a tradition that to each of them a rod was delivered, and the high-priest, speaking…

3d Day. — St. Joseph’s Childhood and Youth. 1.  The names of the servants of God often indicate some leading feature in their work or in their character.  When God Himself gives the name this is always the case.  Joseph signifies adding or increasing, and was a forecast of his continuous increase, not only in…

2d Day. — St. Joseph’s Parentage and Birth. 1.  Though St. Joseph lived in poverty and contempt, he came of a noble ancestry.  The blood of kings and saints ran in his veins, and what is more, he inherited from them the virtues of each, but in a far higher degree than that which their…

1st Day. — The Foreshadowing of St. Joseph. 1.  As the Church of Christ is prefigured in the rites and ceremonies of the Old Law, so the chief personages who centre round Our Lord in the redemption of the world are foreshadowed in the Old Testament.  We trace the outlines of Our Lady’s graces in…

Enjoy Short daily meditations on the life of St. Joseph for the month of March. Contents March 1st — The Foreshadowing of St. Joseph. March 2d — St. Joseph’s Parentage and Birth. March 3d — St. Joseph’s Childhood and Youth. March 4th — St. Joseph’s Betrothal. March 5th — St. Joseph’s Espousal. March 6th —…