{"id":524208,"date":"2021-03-08T10:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/19-mars-saint-joseph\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:08:03","slug":"19th-march-saint-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/19th-march-saint-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"19th March: Saint-Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"524208\" class=\"elementor elementor-524208 elementor-523180\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26b09d83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26b09d83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70e198d4\" data-id=\"70e198d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f1730c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f1730c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">Saint Joseph husband of the Virgin Mary (1st century)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c2509e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44c2509e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-524195 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-1536x1287.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-2048x1716.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre-334x280.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/chapNDMont-Carmel3eme-5_recadre.jpg 2073w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThe Eternal Father chose Saint Joseph to be the nurturer and guardian of his main treasures, that is, his Son and his bride.\u201d (Saint Bernardine of Siena)<br \/>The Gospel writers do not record any of the words of the one called \u201crighteous.\u201d The carpenter of Nazareth in Galilee is presented in holy scripture as a husband as discreet as he is faithful and chaste, and as the foster father of the Son of God.<br \/>The angel said to him, \u201cDo not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife.\u201d and Joseph took Mary home as his wife.<br \/>After the birth of Jesus, the angel had said to him, \u201cGet up, take the child and his mother\u201d and Joseph rose promptly. Obeying God&#8217;s will, he took the child and his mother and fled to Egypt.<br \/>He is a true son of Abraham: he believes and does what God tells him. When the adolescent Jesus disappears for three days during the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Joseph accompanies Mary on her search for him. \u201cYour father and I have been searching for you.\u201d And Jesus went down with them and returned to Nazareth, obedient to the one who, on earth, had paternal authority over him. God knew to whom he was entrusting his only Son and his Mother, the one who was the most capable man in the world to be the perfect image of the Father.<br \/>The Eastern Orthodox Church has always honoured Saint Joseph, while devotion to the husband of Mary has developed gradually in the Latin Church.<br \/>With the Apostolic Letter <em>Patris Corde<\/em> (With the Heart of a Father) Pope Francis reminds us that it is the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark this occasion, a \u201cspecial year of Saint Joseph\u201d is being held from 8th December 2020 to 8th December 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803c5d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"803c5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Apostolic letter Patris corde<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b8012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27b8012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">In the Sanctuary, Saint Joseph is invoked every day<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d792f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d792f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To accompany this time of fervour through the intercession of Saint Joseph, the Holy Father shared a prayer addressed to Saint Joseph, who is invoked through this prayer every day at the Sanctuary:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hail, guardian of the Redeemer,<br \/>husband of the Virgin Mary.<br \/>To you, God entrusted his Son.<br \/>In you, Mary restored her trust.<br \/>With you, Christ became man.<br \/>O blessed Joseph,<br \/>be a father to us, too,<br \/>and lead us on the path of life.<br \/>Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage,<br \/>and defend us from all evil. Amen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Joseph husband of the Virgin Mary (1st century) \u201cThe Eternal Father chose Saint Joseph to be the nurturer and guardian of his main treasures, that is, his Son and his bride.\u201d (Saint Bernardine of Siena)The Gospel writers do not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/19th-march-saint-joseph\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":524191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-ce-moment-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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