HAPPY ST.JOSEPH'S FEAST DAY!

My mom had a love and devotion to St.Joseph and I use to always pray to him as a single women. One time during her sickness when she was bed bound she said to Linda, Brenda and myself: There is that pest! We asked who she was talking about and she said; "St.Joseph". We asked her what he said to her and she replied; "That Mary was praying for us." My mom had allot of neat encounters with the spiritual world during her illness. Tonight is the the end of the Parish Mission with Fr.Grochel........he's amazing. We are so blessed to have him in little Fowler and the parish has been packed! He said he told someone at home: "I've died and gone to heaven." He said he was impressed with the packed church and he could tell we were understanding what he was trying to tell us. Any way I bought his newest book where he talks about almost dying after being hit by a car 5 years ago "Tears Of God". And I got him to sign it.
Brenda's older son's Dominick and Joey have gone the last two nights and really like him. Katie went just last night...........I've got more to share on what happened to the 6Th grade Kids at St.Joseph's!

MORE ON ST.JOSEPH

St. Joseph was the husband of Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. What little we know of his life comes from the Gospels According to Matthew and Luke. Joseph’s father was named Jacob, and he was a descendant of King David (Matthew 1:16). While working as a carpenter in Nazareth, Joseph became formally engaged to Mary, being willing to respect her vow of perpetual virginity.
When Mary was discovered to be pregnant, Joseph naturally assumed she had been unfaithful to him. He could have denounced her, thus sparing his reputation while ruining hers, but he didn’t want to hurt her — so he decided to combine mercy and justice by divorcing her quietly. It was after Joseph made this noble decision that the angel of the Lord revealed the truth to him (Matthew 1:18-25). Joseph believed this amazing message; he went ahead with his marriage to Mary, and then took her to Bethlehem for a census; while there, Jesus was born (Luke 2:1-7).
Because he was the head of the Holy Family, it was to Joseph that God sent an angel with a warning to flee to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15); when it was safe, the Holy Family returned to Nazareth. As an upright and hard-working man, Joseph taught Jesus his own trade of carpentry, and faithfully guarded and served Him and Mary. Tradition states that St. Joseph died sometime before Jesus began His public ministry at the age of thirty; he is considered the Patron of the Universal Church and the Patron of a happy death.
Lessons
1. True greatness doesn’t depend on all the right “advantages”: wealth, a good education, and the proper social connections. St. Joseph had none of these things, but his humility and integrity allowed God to make him one of the greatest saints.
2. Genuine humility doesn’t excuse us from our responsibilities. Joseph knew he couldn’t compare in holiness to Jesus or Mary — but he nonetheless exercised authority over them in accord with God’s will.