Solemnity Of Saint Joseph. Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Confessor And Patron Of The Universal Church. The Third Wednesday After Easter Sunday.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

The Solemnity of Saint Joseph.
   Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary,
   Confessor and Patron of The Universal Church.
   Third Wednesday after Easter.

      (Wednesday after Good Shepherd Sunday).

Double of The First-Class with an Octave.
   [Note: An Octave was given to this Solemnity, rather than to The Feast of Saint Joseph on

   19 March, because Feasts falling in Lent may not have Octaves.]

White Vestments.

Saint Joseph.

Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Confessor and Patron of The Universal Church.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Today's Mass might be represented by a Triptych (see, below), showing us that Saint Joseph is the protector, which Divine Providence has chosen for His Church.

1. The Epistle speaks to us of Joseph, who, in The Old Testament, is a figure of Saint Joseph. The dying Jacob prophesies that his son, Joseph, "shall be the Pastor and Strength of Israel, and that The Almighty shall shower Blessings upon him." And Joseph was established by Pharao over the entire land of Egypt, so that the salvation of all depended upon him. [The Lessons and Responses of The First Nocturn of Matins.] The whole Church has recourse to Saint Joseph with confidence.

2. The Gospel, Collect, and Communion, explaining the connection between The Heavenly Trinity and The Holy Family, this Trinity on Earth, show forth the power of Saint Joseph. Jesus is, at the same time, Son of God and Son of man. Mary is The Spouse of The Holy Ghost, and it is the will of God The Father that Saint Joseph should be considered father of Christ and that he should exercise paternal rights over Him (Preface).

3. Lastly, the Introit, Collects, Alleluia, and Offertory, show us Saint Joseph as the guardian of the new Jerusalem, which is The Church, to watch over her in the midst of all her tribulations.

Full of confidence in the patronage of Saint Joseph, let us honour his Title of Protector on Earth, so as to deserve his help from Heaven (Collect).

Mass: Adjútor.

Preface of Saint Joseph: During The Octave.

"Te Joseph Celebrent".

The Hymn (First Tone) of Second Vespers 

for The Solemnity of Saint Joseph.

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Prayer To Saint Joseph.

Prescribed by Pope Leo XIII, for the Month of October,

after the recitation of The Rosary and The Litany of Our Lady.

Indulgence: 300 Days.

21 September 1889.

Unto thee. O Blessed Joseph, do we fly in our tribulation and, having implored the help of thy Holy Spouse, we now also confidently seek thy protection.

By that affection which united thee to The Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by thy fatherly love for The Child Jesus, we humbly beg thee to look down  with compassion on the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased with His Blood, and in our need to help us by thy powerful intercession.

Do thou, O prudent Guardian of The Holy Family, watch over the chosen people of Jesus Christ.

Keep us, O loving father, safe from all error and corruption. O great protector, from thy place in Heaven, graciously help us in our contest against 

The Powers of Darkness.

And as of old thou didst rescue The Child Jesus from the danger of death, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity.

Extend to each one of us thy continual protection,

that, led on by thine example, and strengthened by thine aid, we may live and die in holiness,

and obtain everlasting happiness in Heaven.

Amen.

Kenya Elephant Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick Dies.

Daphne Sheldrick spent six decades working with orphaned Baby Elephants.

Photo Credit: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE.

Text and Illustration: BBC

Kenyan Elephant Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick has died, aged 83.

She helped save the lives of more than 230 Elephants - many of which had lost their mothers to poachers or drought - by developing a milk formula and successfully rearing them.

Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

Her Kenyan Charity is world-renowned for its care of orphaned Elephants.

Dame Daphne "lived alongside Elephants and learned to read their hearts", read a statement on her Charity's Web-Site at SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

"Her legacy is immeasurable and

lives on in the tiny steps of Baby Elephants".

Illustration: SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

Daphne Sheldrick (R.I.P.).

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"Baba Yetu".

The Lord's Prayer in Swahili.

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Saints Tiburtius, Valerian, And Maximus. Martyrs. Feast Day 14 April.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saints Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 14 April.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Burial of Saint Valerian and Saint Tiburtius.

Artist: Amico Aspertini (1474–1552).

Date: 1504.

Current location: Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Image from Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Valerian, the husband of Saint Cecilia, Tiburtius, his brother, and Maximus, their executioner, who was converted at the sight of their courage, united in 229 A.D. their Martyrdom to that of The Crucified Christ and shared the Glory of Jesus, Risen Again.

Mass: Out of Paschaltide. Sapiéntiam.
Mass: In Paschaltide. Sancti tui.
Epistle and Gospel of The Mass: Protexisti.

Saint Justin. Martyr. Feast Day 14 April.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Justin.
   Martyr.
   Feast Day 14 April.

Double.

Red Vestments.

English: Saint Justin. Martyr.

Deutsch: Justin der Märtyrer (auch: Justin der Philosoph).

Phantasieporträt aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.

Date: 16th-Century.

Source: Saint Justin dans André Thevet, Les Vrais Pourtraits et Vies Hommes Illustres.

Author: André Thévet (1502–1590).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church, in the 2nd-Century A.D., had to oppose the errors of pagan philosophers and suffer cruel persecution. But God raised up courageous men, known as The Apologist Fathers, who defended Christian Dogma at the price of their lives.

The most illustrious at that time was Saint Justin, who was born at Nablus (Samaria), about 100 A.D. As a pagan philosopher, he examined the teaching of the pagan philosophical systems and only found error and false wisdom; for human intelligence rejecting Supernatural Light soon goes astray (Epistle, Gradual).

Saint Justin then studied The Word of The Crucified God and became a Christian. Seeing in reason a precious auxiliary of Faith, he opened at Rome the first school of Christian Philosophy and there taught "the eminent science of Jesus Christ" (Collect).

He became celebrated especially by the two Apologies which he had the courage (Gospel) to address successively to the persecuting Emperors Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius (Introit).

An edict of Antoninus mitigated the persecution. Marcus Aurelius, on the contrary, caused Saint Justin to be scourged and condemned him to death. He died a Martyr on 13 April, about 162 A.D.

"Let us conform to the teaching of The Blessed Martyr Justin" (Postcommunion) "so that we may remain firm in The Faith" (Collect).

Mass: Narravérunt.
Commemoration: Of The Feria, in Lent.
Commemoration: Of The Holy Martyrs Tilburtius and Companions.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Justin Martyr, also known as Saint Justin (100 A.D. – 165 A.D.), was an Early Christian Apologist, and is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the Theory of The Logos in the 2nd-Century A.D. He was Martyred, alongside some of his students, and is considered a Saint by The Roman Catholic Church, The Anglican Church, and The Eastern Orthodox Church.

Most of his works are lost, but two Apologies and a Dialogue did survive. The First Apology, his most well-known Text, passionately defends the morality of The Christian Life, and provided various ethical and philosophical arguments to convince The Roman Emperor, Antoninus, to abandon the persecution of the fledgling Sect. Further, he also indicates, as Saint Augustine did regarding the "True Religion" that pre-dated Christianity, that the "seeds of Christianity" (manifestations of The Logos acting in history) actually pre-dated Christ's Incarnation. This notion allows him to claim many historical Greek Philosophers (including Socrates and Plato), in whose Works he was well studied, as unknowing Christians.