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Today is the Feast of one of the most powerful saints in Heaven – St Joseph. Click here to read more
If you have devotions, prayers, novenas, stories of miracles in your life which you attribute to St Joseph, tell us now. Last year, we had a really beautiful thread to mark the Feast of St Joseph, so click here to read it if you missed it or wish to refresh your memory…
Remember, this thread will close at midnight, so try to stay on topic!
Happy Feast of St Valentine!
Now, this seems as good a time as any to answer that 65 million dollar question I keep being asked less and less: how come I never got married? Well, the truth is, I was engaged at one time. I really thought I had met “Mr Right”. Then I discovered that his first name was “Always” and the rest, as they say, is history…
Anyway, as the Feast of St Valentine descends upon us, as the Valentine cards drop on the doormat and the TV and radio news bulletins carry stories of marriage proposals, the general national ethos is one of romance. Valentine’s Day is all about the stuff of romantic dreams . So, “dreams” seems as good a topic as any right now, given that we’ve never discussed the matter before. And it would never have crossed my mind to discuss “dreams” but for Torkay…
Torkay, one of our American bloggers, has requested a discussion on strange and ominous dreams experienced by our bloggers, or dreams experienced by others known to our bloggers. At first I thought: what?! And then I remembered that God has often spoken to people – people like St Joseph, for example – through dreams (Matthew 1:20)
Anyway, as an example of the kind of dreams we might post, Torkay supplied us with one of his own, which he had a few days before George W. Bush was elected President in November of 2000:
‘I’m at a party at a fancy house in Georgetown (upscale section of Washington, D.C.), attended by heavy hitters and major players, and wondering what I am doing among this crowd. I walk up to a Senator and a General ask them if they’d like to make a little bet with me. The Senator is offended and huffs off, but the General asks me what I’m talking about. I say to him: “I’ll bet you that in one or two administrations from now, the United States will be attacked, probably by China. The U.S. military will be too depleted to defend the country, and we will have to call on NATO to repel the attack. NATO troops will occupy the country, and that is how the U.S. will finally succumb to the New World Order.” The General thought a moment, then dismissed my bet, saying that NATO wouldn’t have any weapons that the U.S. hadn’t already developed. I woke up in a cold sweat.’
If you’ve had a similar dream that seems to have a bearing on the future of your country, or the future of the Faith, this is your chance to tell the rest of us.
On the other hand, if you’ve had some less serious but interesting dream, let us hear that, too. As long as the rules of modesty in all things pertains, this is an (almost) “anything goes” thread.
Obviously, any “over the edge” stuff will be deleted and life thereafter will be a nightmare for the blogger concerned.
Editor’s Teaser…
My dream? Oh yes, I almost forget – my recurring dream. Well, I’ll post that on the thread later, although for a bit of fun, you are welcome to post your best guess…
St Joseph (Feast 19 March) is one of the most self-effacing, the most humble of all the saints. Here’s the popular hymn which we always sang on his Feast Day…
Dear St. Joseph, Pure And Gentle
Dear St. Joseph, pure and gentle,
Guardian of the Saviour child,
Treading with the virgin mother,
Egypt’s deserts rough and wild.Hail, St. Joseph, spouse of Mary,
Blessed above all saints on high,
When the death shades round us gather,
Teach, oh, teach us how to die.He who rested on thy bosom
Is by countless saints adored;
Prostrate angels in His presence
Sing hosannas to their Lord.
Hail, St. Joseph, …
Now to thee no gift refusing,
Jesus stoops to hear thy prayer;
Then, dear saint, from thy fair dwelling,
Give to us a father’s care.
Hail, St. Joseph, …
p> Dear St. Joseph, kind and loving,
Stretch to us a helping hand;
Guide us through life’s toils and sorrows,
Safely to the distant land.Hail, St. Joseph, …
http://www.wf-f.org/stjoseph.html
Do you have a particular devotion to this wonderful saint? Tell us your stories and share any special prayers which you have found especially efficacious.
One of our young married readers, moving slowly up the local Council housing list, is desperate to be allocated a house with a garden in a decent area, where her young children can play safely. She is in a little flat right now and I recommended that she bombard St Joseph with prayers because, as head of the Holy Family, he is very powerful. Maybe you’d pray to St Joseph for this reader today? Please and thank you.
Click on ‘comments’ to mark this great Feast and (hopefully) to promise prayers to St Joseph for our reader.