[MaryVitamin] St. Joseph and Nourishment

 

Mary Vitamin for March 19^th

 

Topic: St. Joseph and Nourishment

 

Quote:

"The milk with which the Virgin fed Him while a babe, she received, as the Church sings, from Heaven; it cost this sovereign maiden nothing..."

 Edward Healy Thompson, M. A., 

The Life and Glories of Saint Joseph, (Tan Books: 1980), 309-10.

Meditation:

[B]ut Joseph was subjected to great fatigues for many years in order to relieve the extreme poverty of his Foster-Son. To increase His strength he weakened his own; so that he might have said, like the holy Precursor,

 

"He must increase, but I must decrease."

 

 Marvel of marvels! This great saint received into his arms a poor and necessitous God, who deigned to be dependent on him for His corporeal food. Joseph shared with his august spouse the glory of nourishing Him; she, of her own substance, and he of his substantial strength.

Edward Healy Thompson, M. A., The Life and Glories of Saint Joseph, (Tan Books: 1980), 309-10.

 

Resolution:

Today, when I pray the Our Father, I will pause over the words

"Give us this day our daily bread."

I will recall that both Our Lady and St. Joseph provided for "Him who provides for the necessities of all creatures." (Healy, 309)

 

(If I have the opportunity to provide meals for my children, elderly parents, or neighbors, I will remember that this is a heavenly gift to be able to share in God's office of providing for the "necessities of all creatures."

 

Marian Vow:

No one consecrated to the Immaculate can ever consider himself dispensed from the active Marian apostolate, carried out personally, either alone, or in a group. The consecration to the Immaculate is a mission, and necessarily entails missionary activity in every time and place.  The consecration to the Immaculate - St. Maximilian teaches - does not consist in an act of dedication, however fervently recited, but consists in knowing how to suffer much for her.

Marian Seraphic Pathways, 7^th Condition of Membership, Directory

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

Related site: Castle of the Immaculate & AirMaria

 

 

 

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