Today, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Divine Plan of God (the salvation of mankind) through the angel Gabriel to the Sinless Woman...
Category - Feasts/Memorials of Saints
TRIBUTE TO SAINT JOSEPH ON HIS SOLEMNITY: MARCH 19
I know a man, often disregarded by many. He was a just man, even the holy Book affirms this veracity (cf. Matt. 1:19). He was called the Father of...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 9: “JOSEPH: A HOMELESS MAN, MIGRANT, A POLITICAL REFUGEE, UNEMPLOYED…”
Sufferings, difficulties, homelessness, insecurity, joblessness, etc. could be said to characterize the life of St. Joseph in spite of his trust in...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 8: “RECEIVING AND WELCOMING JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST LIKE ST. JOSEPH”
To receive and welcome Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is to behave like St. Joseph who lived in union with Jesus of Nazareth. In order to receive and...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 7: “JOSEPH’S ROLE IN THE EDUCATION OF JESUS: AN EXAMPLE TO MODERN-DAY PARENTS”
In Jesus’ time, the father was responsible for the basic education of his children, which included reading, at least, the Scriptures, and...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 6: “JOSEPH, A FAITHFUL SHARER IN CHRIST’S SACRIFICIAL SUFFERINGS”
The third sorrow and joy of St. Joseph attests to the pain Joseph also experienced when the blood of Jesus was first shed at his circumcision. This...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 3: “SAINT JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH”
In the year 1870, St. Joseph was declared “Patron of the Universal Church” by Pope Pius IX. As a follow-up, in 1889, Pope Leo XIII issued an...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 5: “JOSEPH, PATRON OF A HAPPY DEATH”
Have you ever wondered how it feels like, at the end of your journey here on earth to die in the arms of Jesus and Mary? Such was the awesome and...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 4: “SAINT JOSEPH, OUR MODEL IN LIVING OUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW”
When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the “letter”) of the...
1. He was a well-educated man… 2. He believed that a strong intellectual foundation would allow a man to preach more convincingly, and...