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“My spiritual fatherhood extends to all God’s children, and together with my Virgin Spouse I watch over them with great love and solicitude.” [Notice how these defining words from St. Joseph came just as the western world was on the brink of demeaning fathers and belittling fatherhood.] St. Joseph continued: “Fathers must come to me, small one, to learn obedience to authority: to the Church always, as the mouthpiece of God, to the laws of the country in which they live, insofar as these do not go against God and their neighbor. “Mine was perfect obedience to the Divine Will, as it was shown and made known to me by the Jewish law and religion. To be careless in this is most displeasing to God and will be severely punished in the next world. “Let fathers also imitate my great purity of life and the deep respect I held for my Immaculate Spouse. Let them be an example to their children and fellowmen, never willfully doing anything that would cause scandal among God’s people. “Fatherhood is from God, and it must take once again its rightful place among men.” - These are the words of St. Joseph to Sr. Mary Ephrem, from Ohio, USA during the Apparitions of Our Lady of America 1958 approved by imprimatur and the local bishops. You can read more about her visions here -> https://m.ncregister.com/blog/joseph-pronechen/st.-joseph-appeared-in-the-united-states 🙏🏼 Fathers truly are the pillar of the Family! The apparitions to Sr. Mary also teach us that St. Joseph has an essential role in bringing peace to the world. He is evidently an integral part of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. Our Lady’s Heart Will Triumph when the restoration of the family, and God’s rightful place in it, takes place. None of this can happen until the St. Joseph’s fatherhood is fully recognized by the Church. Now is th time of St. Joseph! Pray for us, Pillar of Families, that we might build stronger families united in heart to the Divine Will of God. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/COJzESeA9m6/?igshid=28233e341tsn

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Did you ever stop to consider that if it weren’t for Mary telling the stories of her husband, St. Matthew and St. Mark never would’ve been able to write about him in their gospel. They never met him. THINK ABOUT IT: Centuries ago, Mary was the first person to “unveil” the graces and greatness of St. Joseph’s life to the writers of the Scriptures. Mary wanted her husband to be included in the New Testament. By sharing her story, she was speaking for her husband and including him in the role of Christ’s birth and upbringing. How often would wives today be so eager to include the role of their husbands in the upbringing of their children? How many more would like to omit it entirely? Such inclusion gives us great insight into the virtuous nature of Mary as a devoted wife and also into the graces St. Joseph brought to the Holy Family. How we choose to preserve the memory of our loved ones for the posterity of future generations says a great deal about how much that person influenced our lives and the Legacy they left behind. St. Joseph’s silence has far more to do with his Legacy of holiness and Fatherhood than it does any sins of omissions. Indeed, the tradition of the Jewish Scribes is that what is not explicitly stated in the Torah can have even more impact than what is included. Some things were just so commonly known, understood, and accepted that it was considered redundant to waste ink and paper to include them. Fatherhood can be just that also. Through the Scriptures, the writing of the saints and the various apparitions of St. Joseph, “Our Lady has helped us comprehend and love her dear chaste husband, St. Joseph. She has told us of the mystery surrounding him and of his greatness. She has let us know something of her love for her Virginal Spouse, that most lovable saint who for years held the Word made flesh in his arms.” - Blessed Gabrielle Allegra #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CODjsQGAfXl/?igshid=1s72fxk4qnfsv

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Joseph exhibited heroic patience in Egypt. Taking his wife and newborn child to a country with a different language, culture, religion, and currency filled his heart with anxiety. Finding work in Egypt and providing food and shelter for his family could not have been easy. What husband and father would not be in a constant state of anxiety in such a situation? He had no idea how long he’d have to stay in Egypt. Yet, in every situation, St. Joseph was always peaceful, kind, calm, and abandoned to Divine Providence. 💥 I think now of how again this timing for Consecration to St. Joseph is right on point with world events. How many of us even now are wondering how long this “New Normal” will last? Just imagine the plight of the refugee in these times. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF JESUS AS A REFUGEE? St. Joseph becomes our model of patience for the times we are put to flight into foreign territories. Exercising patience does not mean we will be free of anxieties of life. But it means we can have peace while we endure them. When we are asked to leave the comforts of home or of an old way of life and to endure a new way of living, we can rest assured God’s peace and provision will go with us. 🙏🏼 St. Joseph pray for us that we might mirror the same Patience you mirrored by trusting in the Will of Our Father to lead us in and out of our own Egypt. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CN723IigB9R/?igshid=18qjeyzh6lfpf

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With all the stirring that’s happened this last year, our hearts and souls can be tempted to go places they just don’t need to. St. Joseph is a reminder that OBEDIENCE IS not a punishment but A BALM. Developing a lifestyle of discipline to the Ways of the Lord will actually SAVE YOUR LIFE not cause you to waste it away. I’ve never seen more clearly than after today’s reading the importance of the Church recognizing the hidden treasures of St. Joseph. He is the Saint for Our Times! If you let his example be a model for your life, you will see that you will not only survive these times of UNREST but you will SLEEP THROUGH THEM with such peace that you will actually learn to REST IN PEACE, a glimpse of that eternal rest NOW. You may even begin to dream dreams that will tell you WHAT’S TO COME and how best to PREPARE FOR IT NOW. Blessed St. Joseph, Most Obedient, 🙏🏼 Pray for us to have the courage and will of heart to be obedient to the Ways of God. Especially, when his instructions come in ways I’m not used to. Help me dream with Him. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CN2lVLug-wf/?igshid=11g4p09er37rl

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To be a saint, you don’t have to be fearless but you do have to be courageous. If you imitate St. Joseph, you will not hesitate to enter enemy territory or undergo spiritual combat. Egypt was a land notorious for thieves, pagan rituals, idols, and sorcerers. Saint Joseph fears no man because God is with him. 🙏🏼 St. Joseph pray for us that we might overcome our fear of men and courageously follow after God, especially in these times of unrest and confusion. You set your face like flint toward Egypt and your son Jesus followed your example of valor and strength when he set his toward Jerusalem. Teach us how to be Courageous. Help us set our faces toward the Kingdom of God. You truly are the Saint for Our Times! #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0KXWJAfJL/?igshid=690lg0zm787n

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Lust is the predominant vice at work in the hearts of men (and women) today. The world is filled with immoral and lust-filled actions. These actions greatly offend God, ruin families, and cry out to heaven for justice. Did not Our Lady warn St. Jacinta of Fatima that many souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh? In the battle for purity, everyone needs to go to St. Joseph. If a man- or a woman - struggles with lust, they must go to St. Joseph. Run to your Spiritual Father. Cling to Joseph! He is capable of increasing the virtue of chastity in your heart and leading you to true, virtuous love of God and neighbor just as he did for Jesus, who was afflicted with EVERY temptation of the flesh. [💥PONDER THAT for a minute. How many sons might rise above the temptation to look at pornography or objectify women if they saw their father exampling a better way? How many daughters would choose for herself a man of honor to date and to marry if she only saw her father example such a man to marry? We are told most people marry their mom or dad, why? Because most people grow up with the belief that what they see is how it is. Mary and Joseph help us change that paradigm. Men can be virtuous. Women can be holy. Sons and daughters can be chaste. Marriage can be beautiful.] You will be victorious over sin if you develop the discipline of taking refuge under the fatherly cloak of Joseph. Prayer is difficult when you are assailed with temptations against purity, but St. Joseph will fight for you if only you invoke his holy name. - Fr. Calloway 🙏🏼 Saint Joseph, MOST Chaste, pray for us that we may be pure before God and see him with a pure heart. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsug6ggkRI/?igshid=1ec0spt5erum6

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“Saint Joseph, with the love and generosity with which he guarded Jesus, so too will he guard your soul, and as he defended him from Herod, so will he defend your soul from the fiercest Herod; the devil! All the care that the Patriarch St. Joseph has for Jesus, he has for you and will always help you with his patronage. He will free you from the persecution of the wicked and proud Herod, and will not allow your heart to be estranged from Jesus. Ite ad Ioseph! Go to Joseph with extreme confidence, because I do not remember having asked anything from St. Joseph, without having aontained it readily.” 🍎 -Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina Saint Joseph knows better than anyone that as you seek to do God’s will, Satan, a spiritual Herod, is going to unleash his assassins against you. 💥This is why at the conclusion of praying the prayer of St. Michael the Archangel many of the faithful have begun now including the invocation of “St. Joseph pray for us!” that he might intercede in prayer for us also against the wickedness and snares of the devil who roams about the world seeking to devour souls. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnvgmEA7cd/?igshid=7bxtzz8kv6ss

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Chastity is a virtue. A very important virtue. To be chaste is to have self-mastery, to be in control of your passions and sexuality. Contrary to what many people think, a person who exercises chastity is not repressing or rejecting the beauty of human sexuality. On the contrary, chastity preserves the human heart and body for authentic self-giving. All people, no matter their vocation in life, are called to chastity. Chastity is the virtue that prevents us from being slaves to our passion and acting like irrational animals. Celibacy, on the other hand, is a special form of chastity. God calls some men and women to celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven.  Saint Joseph both Chaste and Celibate. He was called by God to espouse a virgin consecrated to God in her mind, body, and soul. Saint Joseph was the Chaste Guardian of the Virgin. Saint Joseph and Mary lived in what is often called a “Josephine marriage.“ They were truly husband and wife, but they never engaged in sexual relations. Their vocation was to be united in heart, mind, and soul, but never in body. They were both consecrated to God and sacrificed a natural good for a greater good: the salvation of souls (Matthew 19:12). To be chaste is to be pure in heart. If a person’s heart is not pure, they are incapable of seeing God. St. Joseph’s heart was exceptionally pure. He gazed on the countenance of God in the Person of His Son for decades. Poets have often stated the eyes are the windows to the soul. If this is true, St. Joseph must have had the most chaste and pure eyes of any husband who ever lived. - Fr. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph, Wonders of Our Spiritual Father #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkiUuHgJ-S/?igshid=12tslxq8kvite