Archív značiek: Year of St. Joseph

Doubts

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“My spirit is faint within me” (Ps 143:4). Everyone is tormented from time to time with doubts and uncertainty. It is a very unpleasant feeling, and people look for a way to get rid of it. How can they do it? They search for more information, or they make a decision based on feeling, or they don’t make a decision.

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St. Joseph, Fulfiller of God’s Intentions

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A few days later heaven seemed to respond to this blind trust, which Mother Alphonse had toward St. Joseph. A postulant, Margarete Chevreux, was the means through whom St. Joseph made known God’s intentions. Since the Alsatian dialect was strange to her, she found it hard to make herself understood. She was so disappointed that she determined to return home. But Mother Alphonse Marie, to whom she had entrusted herself, said to her, “You may go in peace, but you will return.” Pokračovať v čítaní →

St. Joseph Builder, Provider, and Protector of the New House

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On March 18th, the Reverend Mother Alphonse Marie felt compelled to entrust all her cares regarding the building of the new house, to St. Joseph. The following day March 19th (his feast day), she consecrated the Congregation to him, he was to be their protector and provider; he would build the new house for them.

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The Silence of St. Joseph and Blessed Alphonse Marie

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Let us consider, “What is silence?” Silence is the opposite of noise which is evident in today’s technical world. Loud speech or music causes that people often do not hear each other and gradually lose their hearing. Even further, whereas noise significantly affects the human psyche, often causing fatigue, depression, bad mood, aggressiveness, reluctance, as well as memory impairment, loss of attention, overall decreased performance, and insomnia. It also causes cardiovascular disease and reduces immunity. Researches prove that noise significantly causes an increase in the incidence of diseases of civilization. High decibels deafen the silent whisper of God’s voice in the interior of every human being.

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St. Joseph, a New Patron of the Congregation

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On a day, which is considered as a date of foundation of our Congregation, Sister Alphonse Marie left her parental home and settled down at a home, later called the “Little Cloister”. It happened on August 28, 1849. Immediately, from the day that Elizabeth entered into “Little Cloister”, she was surrounded by some postulants.  

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