In this first part of our four part series on St Joseph in honor of the Year of St Joseph, we discuss the biblical foundation of devotion to St Joseph.
We look at the Old Testament prefiguring of St Joseph, his place in the New Testament, and also the Apocryphal Texts of the Early Church.
Ezekiel was sent as a prophet to the Jewish people during perhaps the darkest period of the Old Testament - when Judah had been taken way into exile by the Babylonians and the Temple had been destroyed.
We examine Ezekiel as a model of fidelity to the Lord during a time of chastisement in which God permits great evils as a means to call his people to conversion. Certainly, we are living in such a time.
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June 27th is the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. We review the history of the miraculous icon which was stolen from Crete and brought to Rome where it was eventually given into the care of the Redemptorists and is venerated at the Church of St Alphonsus.
Every detail of this icon is filled with meaning -- from the eyes of each of the figures to the sandals on Jesus' feet.
Further, we consider how Pope Blessed Pius IX promoted devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
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An overview of the book of Job which is often attributed to Moses. This book can be difficult to interpret (in fact, only St Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as having succeeded in producing a complete commentary of the book), especially because the majority of the book contains the arguments of Job's three friends which end up being shown to be false when God declares Job's innocence.
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No Confessions, Friday, July 9th
No 9am Mass, Saturday, July 10th
No Confessions, Saturday, July 10th