"Dear Saint Joseph, just as you brought Jesus and Mary to safety in Egypt, please bring the soul of Anthony Benkovic to heaven. Just as you taught Mary's son, Jesus, please teach her daughter, Johnnette and her daughters, Jessica and Thea, during their trials and grief. Just as you provided for your family, please provide for the apostolate and mission of Living His Life Abundantly and Women of Grace. Just as you protected Mary and Jesus from evil through your courageous purity, ask the Holy Trinity to give us the grace needed to make contrite Confessions for our impure actions–and then embrace meaningful penances. Hold up your hand, Brave Joseph! Serenely stand athwart our demons, literal or figurative, as we grow to adulthood in the Catholic Faith. Ask your beloved bride, Mary, to hold our souls in her motherly embrace. Amen."

 

CatholiCity.com  Volume VII, Number 12 – August 21, 2003   Bud McFarlane, Jr.

Adapted by Father Ed Sylvia CSC