St. Joseph

FIRST WEDNESDAY

(Taken from Sister Mary Ephrem’s diary)

March 30, 1958

As he had promised, St. Joseph came again on March 30.
His requests were similar to those of Our Lady and the First
Saturday. The Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph have been chosen by the Most Holy Trinity to bring peace to the world; hence, their request for special love an honor, also, in particular, reparation and imitation.

These are the words of St. Joseph as recorded on March 30:

"I am protector of the church and the home, as I was the protector of Christ and His Mother while I lived upon earth. Jesus and Mary desire that my pure heart, so long hidden and unknown, be now honored in a special way. Let my children honor my most pure heart in a special manner on the First Wednesday of the month by reciting the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary in memory of my life with Jesus and Mary and the love I bore them, the sorrow I suffered with them. Let them receive Holy communion in union with the love with which I received the Savior for the first time and each time I held Him in my arms."

"Those who honor me in this way will be consoled by my presence at their death, and I myself will conduct them safely in to the presence of Jesus and Mary."