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St. Joseph Altar added to new Southern Food & Beverage Museum
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museum, located at the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans, has included a replica of a St. Joseph Altar.
More than just a collection of artifacts and photographs, SoFAB aims to become a resource center for serious study of the culinary arts, complete with an ever-expanding library and archives.
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"How awesome is this? It's Holy Thursday, and I'm working on the altar for the Eucharist, for the papal Mass. How awesome is that?" he said, smiling.
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"We don't want them to say look how talented these ladies are, we want them to say look how good God is," church member Shirley Mullins said
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Groppo and her family and friends prayed for her mother during the novena, with rosary beads and an altar set up in her living room. “I think the whole world was praying for her,” Groppo said. “To this day, you ask the doctor and he says it is a miracle. They removed it. No chemo, nothing.” read more . . .]]>Our Home Altar
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The tradition lives on today in Italian-American communities. read more . . .]]>A Feast Fit for a Saint
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And we don't mean St. Patrick.
So put aside your celebration for the well-known saint - your shamrocks, green beer and corned beef and cabbage - and get the party started for St. Joseph.
To Italian-Americans, he's the saint to celebrate in March, and they do it with gusto. read more . . .]]>A Saint, A Servant And A Secret Pact
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A happy and blessed feast day to all!
Viva San Giuseppe!
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O good Saint Joseph, help us to be like you, gentle to those whose weakness leans on us; help us to give to those who seek our aid, succour that they may journey unafraid. Give us your faith, that we may see the right shining above the victories of might. Give us your hope that we may stand secure, untouched by doubting, steadfast to endure. Give us your love that as the years increase an understanding heart may bring us peace. Give us your purity that the hour of death finds us untouched by evil's breath. Give us your love of labour that we shirk no lot in life that calls us for honest work. Give us your love of poverty so that we live contented, let wealth come or go. Give us your courage that we may be strong; give us your meekness to confess our sins. Give us your patience that we may possess the kingdom of our souls without distress. Help us, dear Saint, to live that when life ends we pass with you to Jesus and His friends. O Glorious Saint Joseph, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions. Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us!
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O Blessed Joseph, to whom it was given not only to see and to hear that God whom many kings longed to see and saw not; to hear and heard not; but also to carry Him in your arms, to embrace Him, to clothe Him, and to guard and defend Him, come to our assistance and intercede with Him to look favorably on our present petition. . .; Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us
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O faithful and prudent Saint Joseph, watch over our weakness and our inexperience; obtain for us that prudence which reminds us of our end, which directs our paths and which protects us from every danger. Pray for us, then, O great Saint, and by your love for Jesus and Mary, and by Their love for you, obtain for us the favour we ask in this novena . . . . Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us!
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O Glorious Saint Joseph, appointed by the Eternal Father as the guardian and protector of the life of Jesus Christ, the comfort and support of His Holy Mother, and the instrument in His great design for the redemption of mankind; you who had the happiness of living with Jesus and Mary, and of dying in their arms, be moved with the confidence we place in you, and procure for us from the Almighty, the particular favour which we humbly ask through your intercession . . . . Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us!
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As improbable as it might seem, the most significant date for the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians apart from Carnival is March 19, St. Joseph's Day.
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2008 St. Joseph's Altar schedule for parishes, schools and entities of the Archdiocese.
For Altars in other areas, check the calendar page of the Virtual St. Joseph Altar.]]> Novena Day 5
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O holy Saint Joseph, what a lesson your life is for us, ever so eager to appear so anxious to display before the eyes of men the graces that we owe entirely to the liberality of God. In addition to the special favour….; for which we plead in this novena, grant that we may attribute to God the glory of all things, that we may love the humble and hidden life, that we may not desire any other position than the one given us by Providence and that we may always be a docile instrument in the hands of God. Amen Saint Joseph, pray for us!
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Saint Joseph, pride of Heaven, unfailing hope for our lives, and support of those on earth, graciously accept our prayer of praise. You were appointed spouse of the chaste Virgin by the Creator of the world. He willed that you be called "father" of the Word and serve as agent of our salvation. May the triune God who bestowed upon you heavenly honours, be praised forever. And may He grant us through your merits the joy of a blessed life and a favourable answer to our petition. Amen Saint Joseph, pray for us
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Blessed Saint Joseph, enkindle in our cold hearts a spark of your charity. May God be always the first and only object of our affections. Keep our souls always in sanctifying grace and, if we should be so unhappy as to lose it, give us the strength to recover it immediately by a sincere repentance. Help us to such a love of our God as will always keep us united to Him. Amen. O glorious St. Joseph, through the love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of His name, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions
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O Blessed Saint Joseph, tender-hearted father, faithful guardian of Jesus, chaste spouse of the Mother of God, we pray and beseech you to offer to God the Father, His divine son, bathed in blood on the Cross for sinners, and through the thrice holy name of Jesus obtain for us of the eternal Father the favour for which we implore your intercession . . . Amid the splendours of eternity, forget not the sorrows of those who pray, those who weep; stay the almighty arm which smites us, that by your prayers and those of your most holy spouse, the Heart of Jesus may be moved to pity and to pardon. Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us
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O great St. Joseph, with feelings of unlimited confidence, we beg you to bless this novena that we begin in your honour. "You are never invoked in vain" says the seraphic St. Theresa of Jesus. Be you then to me what you have been to that spouse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and graciously hear me as you did her. Amen. Saint Joseph, pray for us
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The Italian American Marching Club parades through the middle of the French Quarter. The evening begins with pizza, wine, and Italian music. Then the marchers, dressed in black tuxedos, proceed to parade through the French Quarter. Thousands of locals and tourists line the streets to take part in this celebration. Marchers hand out silk flowers and fava beans, and dance and sing with the bystanders.
The parade begins at Canal Street and Chartres; proceeds down Chartres to St. Peter; left on St. Peter to Royal Street; right at Bienville to Bourbon Street; Another right onto Bourbon Street down to St. Ann. Finally, the parade turns onto St. Ann and proceeds back to Royal Street and takes Royal back to Canal. ]]>Beautiful!
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altar photo page. Check them out. If you would like to submit a photo for publication on the altar photo page, just drop me an email.
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2. God will bless all who are married and the blessing in their family will be without limit.
3. Those married and without children will be blessed with offspring.
4. God will give special graces to be delivered from temptations and the attacks of the devil.
5. They shall have a good and happy death.
6. They shall overcome their trials and tribulations.
7. God shall grant them immediate help when they invoke my intercession, for the demons have extreme dread of the invocation of my name.
8. For all those who embrace a St. Joseph cenacle, they shall obtain a more fervent love for Jesus and a true devotion to Most Holy Mary.
This and more . . .]]>Redemptoris Custos
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Redemptoris Custos on the person and mission of Saint Joseph in the life of Christ and of the Church
Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II, on the person and mission of St. Joseph in the life of Christ and of the Church. Given 15 August, 1989.
INTRODUCTION
"Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife" (cf. Mt 1 :24).
Inspired by the Gospel, the Fathers of the Church from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly dedicated himself to Jesus Christ's upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ's Mystical Body, that is, the Church, of which the Virgin Mary is the exemplar and model.
On the occasion of the centenary of Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical Epistle Quamquam Pluries,( 2) and in line with the veneration given to St. Joseph over the centuries, I wish to offer for your consideration, dear brothers, and sisters, some reflections concerning him "into whose custody God entrusted his most precious treasures."( 3) I gladly fulfill this pastoral duty so that all may grow in devotion to the Patron of the Universal Church and in love for the Savior whom he served in such an exemplary manner.
In this way the whole Christian people not only will turn to St. Joseph with greater fervor and invoke his patronage with trust, but also will always keep before their eyes his humble, mature way of serving and of "taking part" in the plan of salvation.( 4)
I am convinced that by reflection upon the way that Mary's spouse shared in the divine mystery, the Church-on the road towards the future with all of humanity-will be enabled to discover ever anew her own identity within this redemptive plan, which is founded on the mystery of the Incarnation.
This is precisely the mystery in which Joseph of Nazareth "shared" like no other human being except Mary, the Mother of the Incarnate Word. He shared in it with her; he was involved in the same salvific event; he was the guardian of the same love, through the power of which the eternal Father "destined us to be his sons through Jesus Christ" (Eph 1:5).
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Fava bean (vicia fava) may be served in a frittata or in garlic sauce. When dried, roasted and blessed, it becomes the very popular "lucky bean." Legend has it that you will never be broke as long as you carry one. Some people believe that if you keep one in the pantry, there will always be food in the kitchen.
The myth of the fava bean began during the famine in Sicily, where he bean was used as fodder for cattle. To survive, the farmers prepared them for the table. Hence, they considered themselves lucky to have them. The bean is also a symbol of fertility, since it grows well even in poor, rocky soil. Italians would carry a bean from a good crop to ensure a good crop the following year.
The blessed dried beans are distributed at altars along with pieces of blessed bread
Excerpted from Viva San Giuseppe, A Guide for Saint Joseph Altars published by the St. Joseph Guild, New Olreans, Louisiana 1985 -- out of print]]>Happy St. David's Day
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A St. Joseph Altar is an offering of Love, Labor and Sacrifice in honor of the Patron Saint of the Sicilians and the Universal Church. read more . . .]]>
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