St. Joseph's Day: A special feast for all Sisters of St. Joseph!

Each year I received a number of requests for this prayer. So here it is again. But this year, please note the information about the image of Joseph below the prayer.
Happy St. Joseph's Day to all!

 

Prayer to Saint Joseph

 God of Great Love, Your Son,  Jesus, was nurtured by St. Joseph.

May we look to Joseph as our model of justice, gentleness, and humility.

 May we, with Joseph, nurture the life of Christ in our lives and in the lives of others

uniting all people and all creation with God and with one another.

 May Joseph’s life inspire us to be a hopeful, healing presence within our world.

Amen.

Joanne Gallagher, CSJ

 

 

 

Joseph Painting:  by Eliseo Rodriguez, uncle of Adela Rodriguez, CSJ. . As a pupil of “Los Cinco Pintores”, who founded the famed artist colony in Santa Fe, Eliseo Rodriguez is often know as the “sexto pintor.” He is best known for reviving the Hispanic art tradition of straw applique. This painting came from Christo Rey Convent, Santa Fe, NM and is now on display as part of a three-part panel in St. Joseph Hall, Framingham, MA.

 

 

 

Celebrate St. Joseph Day with Us

 

Who is Saint Joseph?

 

Celebrate Saint Joseph's Day [March 19] by watching this two minute video from the Sisters of St. Joseph in Orange, CA and praying this prayer to St. Joseph:

God of Great Love,

Your son, Jesus,

was nurtured by St. Joseph.

May we look to Joseph

as our model of justice,

gentleness, and humility.

May we, with Joseph,

nurture the life of Christ

in our lives

and in the lives of others

Uniting all people

and all creation

with God and with one another.

May Joseph’s life inspire us

to be a hopeful,  healing presence

within our world.

Amen.

 

©  Joanne Gallagher, CSJ

 

St. Jospeh's Day Prayer & Soundings Update



Joseph on the Journey by Mary Southard, CSJ
on grounds of CSJ Orange Motherhouse
photo: Joanne, CSJ, June, 2009



God of Great Love, Your son, Jesus,

was nurtured by St. Joseph.

May we look to Joseph

 as our model of justice, gentleness, and humility.

May we, with Joseph,

nurture the life of Christ in our lives

and in the lives of others

Uniting all people and all creation

with God and with one another.

May Joseph’s life inspire us

to be a hopeful, healing presence within our world.

Amen.

© 1999 -- Joanne Gallagher, CSJ

Happy Saint Joseph's Day

View Soundings Udate for March 16, 2011, at http://www.csjboston.org/su-March-16-2011.pdf
 This issue is packed with events in which you or someone you know may be interested:

• A Lenten Retreat for women with children with various challenges -- March 26, 2011
• Food, Inc, -- a movie about the story of our food -- March 26, 2011
• An Evening of Prayer and Conversation for Women and Men Interested in Religious Life. It is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston Delegate for Religious and is coming up on April 7
• A Sympsoium on Human Trafficking offered by the Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Boston Unit of LCWR
• Tenebrae Service -- March 30
• Taize Prayer dates
• There are many other dates of liturgies, prayer services, etc. to which all are welcome.