Joseph wise ruler of God\u2019s earthly household,
\nNearest of all men to the heart of Jesus,
\nBe still a father, lovingly providing for us his brethren.
\nSaint strong and manly, chosen by the Father,
\nAs trusted guardian of the Son eternal,
\nGuide us as once you guided Wisdom\u2019s footsteps with sure direction.
\nHusband of Mary, loving and beloved,
\nTeach us the joy of love so pure and holy,
\nWarming our hearts with love for God\u2019s own mother by your example.
\nSaint of the dying, blest with Mary\u2019s presence,
\nIn death you rested in the arms of Jesus,
\nSo at our ending Jesus, Mary, Joseph,
\nCome to assist us!
\nJoseph, the Scriptures love to trace the glories of thy kingly line;
\nYet no succession of thy race, No long posterity was thine –
\nOf her the everlasting spouse who must a Virgin ever be,
\nThe faithful ruler of his house who owns no fatherhood in thee.
\nThere were no songs of old renown,
\nNo crowds to greet you when you came,
\nTwo wanderers to your native town,
\nThat lost inheritance to claim;
\nBut hard the hearts, and cold the air,
\nAnd mean the lodging where you lay,
\nAnd long the exile you must bear
\nTill upstart Herod\u2019s dying day.
\nJoseph, the Church of God protect;
\nHer priests with holy care endow;
\nShield of the virgin \u2013 souls elect,
\nHope of the fatherless be thou;
\nAnd, when our parting spirits cling
\nTo earthly joys that cannot bide,
\nMake Nazareth in our homes, and bring Jesus and Mary to our side.<\/p>\n
*The virtuous person will bloom like the Lily.<\/p>\n
St. Joseph\u2019s Convent<\/strong> Joseph wise ruler of God\u2019s earthly household, Nearest of all men to the heart of Jesus, Be still a father, lovingly providing for us his brethren. Saint strong and manly, chosen by the Father, As trusted guardian of the Son<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pormoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAquem \u2013 Alto, Margao.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"