“If you want to find someone who will listen to you in your troubles, find Saint Joseph.”
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WhyshouldwecallontheintercessionofSaintJoseph?
Hereareeightpowerfulquotesfromthesaintsexplainingwhy!
SaintJosephwasthechastespouseoftheVirginMaryandtheearthlyfatherofJesusChrist.HeisthepatronoftheUniversalChurch,TerrorofDemons,andamodeloffamilylife.
DevotiontothisincrediblesaintspreadevenbeforePopeLeoXIIIdedicatedanentireencyclicalinhishonor.(See:QuamquamPluriesbyPopeLeoXIII).Morerecently,he’sgrowninpopularitythankstoPopeFrancisdeclaring2022astheYearofSaintJoseph.
Numeroussaintsareknownfortheirdevotiontotheholypatriarch.
HereareeightsaintquotesexplainingSaintJoseph’spowerfulheavenlyintercession:DesignbyCarolinePerkins,ChurchPOP1)“WhatcouldJesusChristrefuseSaintJoseph,whoneverrefusedhimanythingduringhismortallifeonearth?”–SaintAugustineDesignbyCarolinePerkins,ChurchPOP2)“SaintJosephismostpowerfulagainstthedemonswhichfightagainstusattheendofourlives.”–SaintAlphonsus
