Major Catechism of Saint Pius. Virgin Patron Saint of the Church


This year our Circolo Christus Rex Traditio, who every year remembers in a particular way S. Giuseppe, patron of the Church, recite the ancient and effective prayer of the Sacred Mantle and in His name, as Father of the Holy Family, He will honor him in the battle for Life, for mother's protection, dad and sons, for the promotion of birth rate.
185 D. Because the Church celebrates with special solemnity the feast of St. Giuseppe?
R. The Church celebrates with special solemnity the feast of St. Giuseppe, because he was one of the most great saints, husband of the Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and was declared Patron of the Church.
186 D. What do you mean: Joseph was the foster father of Jesus Christ?
R. The word: Joseph was the foster father of Jesus Christ, they mean that he was commonly believed to be the father of Jesus Christ, because he fulfilled his father's duties towards him.

187 D. Where S. ordinarily lived. Giuseppe?

R. S. Joseph ordinarily lived in Nazareth, small town in Galilee.

188 D. What was the profession of S. Giuseppe?
R. S. Giuseppe, though he was of the royal line of David, he was poor, and reduced to earning his food with the toil of his hands.
189 D. What does the poverty of the family of Jesus Christ teach us?
R. The poverty of the family of Jesus Christ teaches us to detach our hearts from riches, and to suffer poverty willingly, if God wants us in this state.
190 D. What glory do we believe in?, that God raised St. Joseph in the sky?
R. We believe that God elevated Saint Joseph to very high glory, how eminent was his rank and his sanctity on earth.
191 D. What is the protection of S. Joseph towards his devotees?
R. The protection of St. Joseph towards his devotees is very powerful, because it is not credible that Jesus Christ would want to deny any grace to a Saint to whom he wanted to be subject on earth.
192 D. What special grace must we hope for from the intercession of St. Giuseppe?
R. The special grace that we must hope for from the intercession of St. Joseph is that of a good death, because he had the fate of dying in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
193 D. What must we do to deserve the protection of St. Giuseppe?
R. To deserve the protection of St. We must often invoke Joseph, and imitate him in his virtues, and above all in his humility and perfect resignation to the divine will, which was always the rule of his actions.
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