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First Saturday Holy Rosary- Marian father's, stockbridge

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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

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The word “patriarch” means father. What all the patriarchs of the Old Testament foreshadowed, and all the Christian fathers are called to reflect, is the paternal light of God shining through the fatherhood of St. Joseph. After Christ, St. Joseph is the greatest of all the Patriarchs; he is the greatest of all fathers! “Picture to yourself the sanctity of all the patriarchs of old, that long line of successive generations which is the mysterious ladder of Jacob, culminating in the person of the Son of God. See how great was the faith of Abraham, the obedience of Isaac, the courage of David, the wisdom of Solomon. After you have formed the highest opinion of these saints, remember that Joseph is at the top of the ladder, at the head of the saints, the kings, the prophets, the patriarchs, that he is more faithful than Abraham, more obedient than Isaac, more generous than David, wiser than Solomon, in a word, as superior in grace as he is close to the source, Jesus sleeping in his arms.” - Blessed William Joseph Chaminade  “I wish to extend a particular word of encouragement to fathers so that they make take St. Joseph as their model. He who kept watch over the Son of Man is able to teach them the deepest meaning of their own fatherhood.” - Pope Benedict XVI 🙏🏼 Saint Joseph, Light of Patriarchs, Pray for us that we might have the Light of Faith passed down from Abraham thru you to Jesus. And pray for our fathers to become fully alive to their vocation of fatherhood. Day 10 - #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #consecrationtostjoseph #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNa15EGgoHE/?igshid=1eu828q20ymo2

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St. Joseph is a model of the interior life for all his children. Joseph is not a priest, yet he is holier than all priests, including the patron saint of parish priests, St. John Vianney. After Jesus and Mary, Joseph is the holiest, most prayerful, and most virtuous person who has ever lived. He avoided anything and everything that displeased the Holy Spirit. How did he do it? Prayer. Through prayer, Saint Joseph perfectly exercised the virtues of faith, hope, and charity, as well as the moral virtue of prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude. • “Consider that the entire life of St. Joseph was interior and hidden in God; so little known to the world that but a few holy writers mention him in a few places; and of his death gave no information. His was a life of prayer, quiet work, and constant sacrifice, and at the same time, a light shining with the splendor of all virtues.” - Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar • There has never been another quite like Saint Joseph, and there never will be. Yet you can become “another Joseph” in the world. You can become an “apparition” of Joseph for others. If you imitate Saint Joseph’s dedication to prayer and the interior life, you can resemble your spiritual father. We can all be saints! • Through consecrationion to Saint Joseph, the Holy Spirit will recognize St. Joseph in you and poor extraordinary graces into your heart, mind, and soul. 🙏🏼 Ask the Holy Spirit to make you into “another Joseph.” Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with graces similar to those he gave to the paternal heart of Saint Joseph. • #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #stjohnvianney #stjohnpaulii #stjosephconsecration #stjosephmovement #litanyofstjoseph God, the Holy Spirit, Have Mercy On Us https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKmFhkAvIa/?igshid=12negx5cyoxao

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Due to an overwhelming response to participate in last year’s Consecration to Joseph by Fr. Don Calloway, we’re continuing our group on Facebook again this year for anyone who hasn’t done it or would like to renews theirs. MESSAGE ME if you’d like to JOIN US or click the LINK IN BIO. 💥 In a time where many are calling for an INCREASE from Heaven, Saint Joseph is Heaven’s answer ❤️💛💙 • Saint Joseph is “The Increaser.” He has paternal love for you and the power to increase the presence of God in your life and take you to greater heights in the spiritual life. For centuries, this “secret” of St. Joseph lay hidden. Saints, mystics, and a handful of popes knew of it. Now it is your turn to discover it. - Consecration to St. Joseph, The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Fr. Don Calloway, MIC #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #increase #consecrationtostjoseph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIUS0ZA0Iu/?igshid=pl2jiq6i70xv

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With everything that’s been happening in our world these past 40 days, never have these words rang more true. • “The splendor of the Resurrection [of the Church] is already on its way because now the gloom of the passion [of the Church] is at its height.” - Blessed Miguel Pro • 🙏🏼 Saint Joseph truly is the Saint for our time. On this Eve of His Feast Day, May we turn our hearts with even more fervor to the Protector of the Church who so valiantly protected the Savior from the filth and rage of the Evil One who would seek to devour the Mother and Child and place once again our trust in Him to do it again in these times when Satan’s scourge is at its heights and the Church itself is about to undergo the most painful part of the Passion. • “I understand that the bride must herself share in everything that is the groom’s; and so His cloak of mockery must cover me too.” - Saint Faustina, Diary 92 • Saint Joseph, the Father made you as a Father to the Bride, so now cover us also in your Cloak of Protection that we might be united forever in purity with the Bridegroom. Help us to rest in His peace and His Holy and Divine Will. Pray for us. • JOIN US IN FACEBOOK GROUPS for more treasures about Saint Joseph. https://www.facebook.com/groups/216078232943327/?ref=share or Click Link in BIO. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #fatherhood #SaintJoseph #FeastDay #May1st https://www.instagram.com/p/B_oNf0MgtvL/?igshid=gmvnx42w98yc

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The title “Terror of Demons” is the most unique title of Saint Joseph. It is a fearsome and commanding title. It is the title of a warrior. • The Lily Saint Joseph holds in his hand is a mighty spiritual weapon, a sword of purity. It has the power to pierce fire-breathing dragons (demons) and conquer every form of filth and darkness. The Lily he wields is a threat to all the filthy forces of Satan.   • Demons are terrified at the mere mention of Saint Joseph’s name. They fear everything about him. How terrified are they? you ask. Well, terrified enough that they fear when he sleeps. When Saint Joseph slumbers, he speaks to God. It doesn’t matter if his mind and body are at rest. Saint Joseph is always at attention and ready to protect, defend, and fight for Jesus, Mary, and souls. When Saint Joseph rises from sleep, demons know he will promptly do the will of God and block their evil intentions. Whether Saint Joseph is awake or asleep, all hell trembles before the father and king of the Holy Family. • 🙏🏼 St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, be our defender against the forces of filth that threaten our world and against the impurities that tempt our souls. Together with St. Michael and the Queen of Angels, by the power of God, crush the head of the serpent and cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who roam about the world seeking to devour souls. • JOIN US IN FACEBOOK GROUPS for more treasures about Saint Joseph. https://www.facebook.com/groups/216078232943327/?ref=share or Click Link in BIO. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #fatherhood https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kprdegeUh/?igshid=12i13e0fq6duh

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Now is the Time of Saint Joseph! Fatherhood, Family, Chaste Marriage, Protector of Life, Adorer, Provider, Worker, Terror of Demons...Need we say more? There’s no other saint apart from Mary that so contradicts these times than St. Joseph. • 🙏🏼 Saint Joseph pray for us! • JOIN US IN FACEBOOK GROUPS for more treasures about Saint Joseph. https://www.facebook.com/groups/216078232943327/?ref=share or Click Link in BIO. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #fatherhood https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fjDysAAph/?igshid=vbkhmwxq51yd

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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 • JOIN US IN FACEBOOK GROUPS for more treasures about Saint Joseph. https://www.facebook.com/groups/216078232943327/?ref=share or Click Link in BIO. #saintjoseph #saintjosephsartssociety #marianfathers #frdonaldcalloway #stjosephconsecration #bookstagram #saintwisdom #qotd #joseph #fatherhood https://www.instagram.com/p/B_aSytjArns/?igshid=1wzmpr77hzah8