Dear Readers,

February 16th was the seven year anniversary of One Small Rose.

It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing this blog for seven years.

In this post I want to share about devotion to St. Joseph.

My Devotion

During the Year of St. Joseph, I developed a devotion to this great Saint.

In March 2021, leading up to the Solemnity of St. Joseph, I did a short preparation and Consecration to him with my family. 

That same year, leading up to the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, I did the full preparation and Consecration with someone. 

On May 1, 2021 we did the full Consecration.

In mid-May I received a miracle which I attribute to his intercession.

In 2022, an icon of St. Joseph was commissioned and created for me for a special purpose.

As described in a previous post I miraculously received the icon after praying a novena to St. Joseph.

In June 2024, I received a miracle similar to the one in 2021 which included an unexpected bonus!

The date on the letter I received was June 12, 2024 which was the Feast of the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph that year.

I prayed a novena to St. Joseph which ended on that feast, but for a different intention. I believe the 24-year-old Saints and St. Joseph granted the miracle because I prayed for it in April 2024.

I have prayed countless novenas to him and invoke him daily.

When I first started my blog, the tag line was AD JESUM PER MARIAM.

I added ET JOSEPH later to include St. Joseph and have entrusted my blog to him and Our Lady.

An image of St. Joseph overlooks my bed and also sits at my desk.

While going to sleep, I imagine myself resting with the Holy Family.

He has shown me an image of God the Father and helped me to better know the Lord.

He has shown me who all men should be modeled after. If I’m called to the Vocation of marriage, I pray for a man who looks to St. Joseph as his model and guide.

As you can see, St. Joseph has become my beloved spiritual father and intercessor.

Seven Privileges

Venerable Mary of Ágreda was a Franciscan nun, religious superior, adviser of King Philip IV and bilocating evangelist.

She’s best known for her mystical visions of the Virgin Mary and her work The Mystical City of God about the history of the Virgin Mary’s life.

In Volume III she lists seven ways St. Joseph’s intercession is so powerful.

I have been informed concerning certain other privileges conferred upon St. Joseph by the Most High on account of his great holiness, which are especially important to those who ask his intercession in a proper manner. In virtue of these special privileges the intercession of St. Joseph is most powerful:

First, for attaining the virtue of purity and overcoming the sensual inclinations of the flesh;

Second, for procuring powerful help to escape sin and return to the friendship of God;

Third, for increasing the love and devotion to most holy Mary;

Fourth, for securing the grace of a happy death and protection against the demons in that hour;

Fifth, for inspiring the demons with terror at the mere mention of his name by his clients;

Sixth, for gaining health of body and assistance in all kinds of difficulties;

Seventh, for securing issue of children in families.

These and many other favors God confers upon those who properly and with good disposition seek the intercession of the spouse of our Queen, St. Joseph. I beseech all the faithful children of the Church to be very devout to him and they will experience these favors in reality, if they dispose themselves as they should in order to receive and merit them.

Thank You

Thank you for your support over the last seven years!

I appreciate every person who reads and follows my blog.

I pray that my blog is encouraging you to live your faith and become a saint.

I also pray it’s helping you grow closer to Jesus through Mary and Joseph.

PLEASE pray that this year I receive the sixth privilege stated above: gaining health of body.

While that favor is probably the least important, I’ve been praying and working for it for many years.

Thank you for your prayers. May God reward you.

May the Lord always be glorified through One Small Rose

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