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St. Thérèse writes, “This God of goodness and mercy will magnificently reward not only the striking things done for Him, but also the simple desires to serve Him and love Him, because He sees everything.”
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Scripture says, “there were some who pleased God and were loved by him.” St. Thérèse places these words in the mouth of St. Joseph: if you knew how to grasp the truth that Mary reveals, “you would seek only what would make your soul pleasing to God.”
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St. Thérèse writes, "happiness does not consist in having wealth but in humbly submitting your will to that of God." Scripture affirms that for "the man who fears the Lord, whether rich or poor, his heart is content."
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When Jacob awoke from his dream at Bethel, he said: “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!” St. Joseph says to us as well, “If you knew the name!...”
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"The Lord knows the days of the blameless," scripture says. St. Thérèse of Lisieux suggests that blameless and humble St. Joseph found it difficult to accept that he was "in charge of transmitting the orders of Heaven" to the Mother of his God.
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St. Thérèse indicates that Mary told Joseph to sleep: “Rest in peace under the gaze of Him whose heart is always watching.” Once asleep, he heard God’s message: “Flee to Egypt.”
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When Jesus went to his hometown the people were amazed: “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?” St. Thérèse says Joseph was amazed and humbled: “Must Jesus become a poor workman like me?”
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Scripture says, “the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous.” St. Joseph is rapt in amazement at the Infant's gaze, telling Mary, "He looks at me, His poor, unworthy servant." Let Jesus gaze at you!
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Scripture says, “the fruit of good labors is renowned.” St. Joseph responds to Mary: “Let me spend my energy in the service of Jesus. It is for Him and for you that I work.”
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Fr. Quang D. Tran, SJ says his mother encouraged him to send prayer intentions to St. Joseph; “waiting lines for Jesus and Mary were always too long.” Join us as we go to Joseph for speedy prayer!
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“I abandoned and forgot myself, laying my face on my Beloved…” Thank you for joining our St. John of the Cross novena; join us once again for our St. Joseph novena in March 2023.
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“Let Christ crucified be enough for you,” writes St. John of the Cross, adding: “with him suffer and take your rest…” O Lord, “even the darkness is not dark to you!” (Ps 139).
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The Virgin Mary’s charity at work in her Visitation to St Elizabeth highlights the teaching of St John of the Cross, “charity prepares the will and unites it with God through love.”
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St John of the Cross explains: “hope always pertains to the unpossessed object. If something were possessed there could no longer be hope for it.” The annunciation to St Joseph give us hope, as well.
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“When the soul is clothed in faith the devil is ignorant of how to hinder her,” says St. John of the Cross, because “faith gives her strong protection” against that “most astute enemy,” the devil.
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“Love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave,” we read in the Song of Songs. Similarly, St. John of the Cross cautions us that love doesn’t consist “in feeling great things...”
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“O night that has united the Lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved in her Lover,” St. John writes. The Blessed Virgin’s “fiat” was her transforming moment!
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As the Eyptians pressed hard behind the Israelites, Moses told them, “you have only to be still.” In 'The Dark Night,' St. John of the Cross proclaims that he found “sheer grace” in darkness, hiddenness, and stillness.
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At the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary asked, “how can this be, since I am a virgin?” St John of the Cross says that “belief in God’s being” is the way to reach union with God, not by understanding.
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Father Quang D. Tran, S.J. leads our meditations this year on the theme of the night that guides our footsteps better than light and is brighter than the dawn: the night that gives sight.
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