Saint Joseph
Feast Day: March 19
Spouse and Patron of the Universal Church; also patron of carpenters, wheelwrights, cabinet-makers, and of those who combat atheistic Communism.
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All facts of Joseph's life are contained in the Holy Gospels. A scion of the House of David, the foster father of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, was a good man who practised the carpentry trade in Nazareth. After the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the Gospels have nothing more to say of this Saint who was sufficiently worthy to be selected as the spouse of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, and the foster father of Our Lord.
There is no question but that Saint Joseph died prior to the Savior's Passion, for if Joseph had been alive at the time of Jesus' death, Our Lord would not have commended the care of His Mother to Saint John.
In Honor of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mother.
Invocations:
Grant us, dear Joseph, to run life's pathway in innocent fashion: May we forever be safe under they blest patronage.
An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence on the usualy conditions for the devout recitation of this invocation for everday throughout a month (S.C. Ind., March 18 1882; S.P. Ap., May 13, 1953).
O Saint Joseph, foster father of Our Lord, jesus Christ, and true spouce of Mary the Virgin, pray for us.
An indulgence of 300 days for the devout recitation of this invocation, once a day (Leo XIII, Motu Proprio, May 15, 1891).