Monday, November 12, 2007

St. John of Avila on St. Joseph




"Just as everything said in praise of the Blessed Virgin, as St. Jerome says, results in honor of Our Lord Jesus Christ, her Blessed Son, so everything said in favor of St. Joseph results in honoring Our Lord Jesus Christ, who honored him with the title of father, and in honoring Mary, whose truest and most chaste spouse he was. Our Lord wishes his holy tutor to be honored, and Our Lady wants us to speak well of her spouse. Both He and she will be grateful and will reward it. And since it is the honor of God and also to win such a reward, we begin our history in praise of this glorious saint, spouse of the Virgin. "

1 comment:

Lisa, ofs said...

What a nice blog! I, too, have a devotion to Joseph and so am always happy to find others who share this devotion. :-)