Consecration to St. Joseph Quotes

“God loves sleep. He made it.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“To you, O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help of your most holy spouse, we now, with hearts filled with confidence, earnestly beg you to take us under your protection. Through that sacred bond of charity which united you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you to look graciously upon the beloved inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by his blood, and to aid us in our necessities with your power and strength. Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen children of Jesus Christ. Keep from us, O most loving father, all blight of error and corruption. Aid us from on high, most valiant defender, in this conflict with the powers of darkness. And just as you once saved the Child Jesus from mortal danger, so now defend God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity. Shield us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and strengthened by your help, we may be able to live a virtuous life, die a happy death, and obtain everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.11”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Countries once established on Judeo-Christian principles have become overrun by ideologies and organizations that seek to strip society of all that is sacred. Without a major turnaround, civilization itself is going to self-destruct.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“O most sensitive heart of St. Joseph, who, resembling the tender heart of Mary, felt the sorrows of the Most Holy Mother, tell me, what did you feel, hearing the terrible prophecy of Simeon? Yet with what generosity, with what silence and unalterable resignation did you accept from the hands of God even the sword of sorrow for our good! How can I show you my thanks? O my sweetest saint, I want to imitate your generosity, and to any painful news I will say with you: God’s will be done.7 — Blessed Bartolo Longo”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“To be a father means above all to be at the service of life and growth.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Josephite marriage.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Total consecration to St. Joseph means you make a formal act of filial entrustment to your spiritual father so that he can take care of your spiritual well-being and lead you to God.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“What is the closest possible union you can have with Jesus in this life? The answer is easy: your reception of Jesus in Holy Communion. There is no greater intimacy with Jesus possible in this life than when you receive the Eucharist at Holy Mass. The Blessed Sacrament is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“I wish to extend a particular word of encouragement to fathers so that they may take St. Joseph as their model. He who kept watch over the Son of Man is able to teach them the deepest meaning of their own fatherhood.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“The Servant of God Sr. Lucia dos Santos, the longest-lived visionary of the Fatima apparitions, knew the seriousness of the times and made a powerful statement about this issue. She wrote: The final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan will be about marriage and the family.4”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“The purity of St. Joseph is a weapon against the filth and perversions of the devil. Satan is a filthy, perverse, and pornographic creature. Purity repulses him. It pierces him. The number one sin among men today is impurity. It is a spiritual plague destroying the minds and hearts of men on a global scale. The spiritual plague of impurity involves pornography, immoral actions with oneself, homosexual acts and lifestyles, pedophilia, cohabitation, contraception, and abortion. These sins leave men powerless and spiritually impotent.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“By the power of the Holy Spirit, he is a man of supernatural prudence. He ponders, prays, discerns, and acts. Prudence is his charioteer.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Obtain a statue or a beautiful image of St. Joseph for your home. Place it in a prominent location and frequently invoke the intercession of St. Joseph as a family. You will see the difference St. Joseph makes.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Blessed Concepción offered a perspective on the importance of devotion to St. Joseph, placing the following words on the lips of Our Lady: Love him [St. Joseph], my child, and make him much loved. If you seek to please me, you cannot do anything that makes me happier than to have a filial devotion to him, to give him honor in your home, and to imitate his virtues. Take him as the patron of your interior and spiritual life, and you will advance greatly towards perfection.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Saint Joseph has three treasures: Jesus, Mary, and you. Nothing consumes the heart of St. Joseph other than these three treasures.

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The purer your heart, the purer your sacrifice. The greater your soul, the greater your suffering.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Ser valiente es amar más el bien que temer el mal y el sufrimiento.”
― Fr. Donald Calloway, Consagración a San José: Las Maravillas de Nuestro Padre Espiritual

“Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, my spiritual father, and beg your protection. O foster father of the Redeemer, despise not my petitions, but in your goodness hear and answer me. Amen.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Now, what else did he do in all his life but contemplate, study, and adore Jesus, even in the midst of his daily labors? Behold, therefore, our model.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“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 filling 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.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Today, there is a worldwide spiritual and moral famine on the earth. Souls are dying because of a lack of spiritual nourishment. Hearts are broken; marriages are ruined; lives are destroyed; children are murdered in the womb; and truth and common sense are in short supply. The spiritual and moral famine in the world is devastating every nation, laying waste to humanity. There is not a single country left that has not been affected by it. What are we to do? To whom can we go to find nourishment for our souls? Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you! — Gen 41:55”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Veni, Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) Come, Holy Spirit, send down those beams, which sweetly flow in silent streams from Thy bright throne above. O come, Thou Father of the poor; O come, Thou source of all our store, come, fill our hearts with love. O Thou, of comforters the best, O Thou, the soul’s delightful guest, the pilgrim’s sweet relief. Rest art Thou in our toil, most sweet refreshment in the noonday heat; and solace in our grief. O blessed Light of life Thou art; fill with Thy light the inmost heart of those who hope in Thee. Without Thy Godhead nothing can, have any price or worth in man, nothing can harmless be. Lord, wash our sinful stains away, refresh from heaven our barren clay, our wounds and bruises heal. To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts of snow, our wandering feet recall. Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord, whose only hope is Thy sure word, the sevenfold gifts of grace. Grant us in life Thy grace that we, in peace may die and ever be, in joy before Thy face. Amen. Alleluia. Appendices APPENDIX A How to Make the 33-Day Preparation and Consecration to St.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Your Heavenly Father has designed you so that approximately one-third of your life should be spent asleep. He himself rested after creating the heavens and the earth (see Gen 2:2-3).”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“(knowledge, understanding, counsel, fortitude, piety, fear of the Lord, and wisdom).”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Second, the entire world needs to be re-evangelized, including the vast majority of baptized Christians.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Our heavenly Father has had only one saint to represent him on earth.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Saint Joseph and Mary lived in what is often called a “Josephite marriage.” They were truly husband and wife, but they never engaged in sexual relations. Their vocation was to be united in heart, mind, and soul, but never in body. They were both consecrated to God and sacrificed a natural good for a greater good: the salvation of souls.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Josephite marriage.” They were truly husband and wife, but they never engaged in sexual relations. Their vocation was to be united in heart, mind, and soul, but never in body. They were both consecrated to God and sacrificed a natural good for a greater good: the salvation of souls.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Saint Joseph will empty the treasure of heaven for those who honor Mary, his wife!”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“Jesus and Mary can also be given to St. Joseph. Be at peace. The Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph are one.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

“God desires that all children be committed to the love and care of a mother and a father.”
― Donald H. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father