PAPA NOVENA A SAN JOSÉ
DAY 04
REZO INICIAL
Oh San José querido,
Protector esté cerca.
me dedico
A tu amoroso cuidado.
nada tengo
Un regalo tan digno
Pero sólo yo:
te doy mi vida,
Mis ojos y mi corazón,
Mis oídos y mis labios,
mi alma y mi mente,
Todo lo que soy y poseo.
Desde ahora hasta la muerte,
Tómelo usted mismo.
O Holy Joseph,
You took the Virgin,
Mary and her Son,
the Unborn Jesus,
the Eternal Word,
Savior of the World,
Into your own home.
Take me in as well.
Let me stay and dwell
In your family
As your child and serf
To the Eucharist.
O Most Chaste Joseph,
You did guard, protect
The Sacred pur'ty
For our Blest Lady;
The Holy Silence
For Her Son, Jesus.
Do protect and guard
My soul in silence
My heart in stillness
My mind in meekness
My body in cleanness.
Make me so zealous
Loving inner life
Living pure and chaste
que solo miro
Su Santísima Faz
Tu propio Hijo, Jesús.
Querido padre José,
Terror de los demonios,
Al escuchar tu nombre,
Tiemblan de vergüenza,
¡Corriendo para escapar!
Sálvame de sus trampas
Todas sus tentaciones,
Todas sus artimañas y trucos.
no me dejes enojar
Jesús, tu propio Hijo,
María, siempre bendita.
Ayúdame a cumplir
La voluntad del Señor
En humilde servicio.
Con mansedumbre, lo hiciste.
Oh San José querido,
Protector estar cerca
Mi hora de muerte,
Ayúdame a respirar lo último
Llamando el nombre
Jesucristo, mi Señor
Mi Salvador, Mi Dios. Amén.
Teacher of the Word: Wisdom
"When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.” ~ (Luke 2:39)
Case in point: Joseph is a righteous Jews. The highest honor given to any man in the Biblical tradition is to call him Tzaddik, a righteous man. He is the most human of human beings.
By definition Joseph, Tzaddik, the righteous, must have loved and studied the Law, the Torah, and obeyed its Commandments. He carried out what the Law of the Lord prescribed. In a word, He embodied it; and it embodied him. Then he taught his wife, Mary and his Son, Jesus. Imagine that.
Literally, Joseph raised and taught "The Eternal Word"!
What does that mean to you?
Your reflection.
Stop! Stay still for six seconds. Take a deep breath... say slowly:
JE-SUS....
The Saints on St. Joseph
“When you invoke St. Joseph, you don’t have to speak much. You know your Father in heaven knows what you need; well, so does His friend St. Joseph. Tell him, ‘If you were in my place, St. Joseph, what would you do? Well, pray for this in my behalf.’” ~ St. André Bessette
“Saint Joseph, our father and lord, is a teacher of the interior life. Place yourself under his patronage and you’ll feel the effectiveness of his power.”
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“In human life, Joseph was Jesus’ teacher in their daily contact, full of refined affection, glad to deny himself to take better care of Jesus. Isn’t that reason enough for us to consider this just man, this holy patriarch, in whom the faith of the Old Covenant comes to full fruition, as a master of interior life? Interior life is nothing but continual and direct conversation with Christ, so as to become one with him. And Joseph can tell us many things about Jesus. Therefore, never neglect devotion to him—Ite ad Ioseph: “Go to Joseph”—as Christian tradition puts it in the words of the Old Testament (Gen 41:55)” ~ St. Josemaría Escriva
Our Father...
St. Joseph: Teacher of the Word.
Show us Jesus (3x)
