Easter Triduum

Katfalls · Apr 4, 2021

Southern Alabama

Joan J said: ↑

And where are you?!
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Julia · Apr 4, 2021

One final moment today to hold Our Risen Lord in our hearts and embrace Him. Thanking Him for all He has done and suffered for us.

Julia · Apr 5, 2021

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There was a piece in, 'The National Register', on apparitions of St Joseph down the centuries.

I think from meeting him several memories linger and will stay forever. His profound deep, deep awesome holiness. But so deceptive, so utterly childlike and simple. Like a very small child. You could kind of see through him he was so pure and simple. He reminded me so much of Our Blessed Lady. So pure, not a trace of guile. What you saw was so totally what you got. So unusual in an adult , this unassumed innocence.

He looked so young really compared to the pictures we usually see, ageless like Mary his spouse. Such a wonderful sense of joy and peace, like meeting some long lost old friend.

Such a light joyfulness, all at once meeting a very best friend. I will never forget him. To see him is never, ever to forget. He burns himself on the heart.

Little wonder the Demons Fear him, he is their total polar opposite. Total humility, he must drive them bats.

Beautiful colour of a beard, kind of very light auburn shot through with other colours. I know its a funny thing to think of but , I did notice.

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Beholding St. Joseph: Appearances and Apparitions Over the Centuries
Where has the head of the Holy Family made his presence known?

While the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared numerous times through the centuries, Church-approved apparitions of St. Joseph, while less frequent, have been significant and consequential. Saints from St. Teresa of Ávila to St. Gertrude to St. Faustina were blessed by his appearances and intercession, as were inhabitants in locales from Flanders, Belgium, to Knock, Ireland, and Fatima, Portugal.

Saints Seek His Aid
In the 16th century, St. Teresa of Ávila said he appeared to her when she was having trouble establishing a particular convent. She wrote in her autobiography, “Once, when I was in a difficulty and could not think what to do, or how I was going to pay some workmen, Saint Joseph, my true father and lord, appeared to me and gave me to understand that money would not be lacking and I must make all the necessary arrangements. I did so, though I had not a farthing, and the Lord, in ways which amazed people when they heard of them, provided the money.”

This great devotee of St. Joseph, who named her foundations after the beloved saint, received another visit from St. Joseph. In 1521 in Ávila, “on the festival of the Assumption of Our Lady, I was in a monastery of the Order of the glorious Saint Dominic,” wrote St. Teresa, “when there came upon me a rapture so vehement that it nearly drew me forth out of myself altogether.” She saw herself being clothed in “a garment of great whiteness and brightness. At first I could not see who was clothing me, but later I saw Our Lady on my right hand and my father St. Joseph on my left, and it was they who were putting that garment upon me. I was given to understand that I was now cleansed of my sins. When the clothing was ended, and I was experiencing the greatest joy and bliss, I thought that Our Lady suddenly took me by the hands and told me that I was giving her great pleasure by serving the glorious St. Joseph and that I might be sure that all I was trying to do about the convent would be accomplished and that both the Lord and they two would be greatly served in it. I was not to fear that there would be any failure whatever about this.”

More than two centuries earlier, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, St. Gertrude the Great had a vision in which Our Lady revealed to her the glory of St. Joseph. Gertrude recorded: “I saw Heaven opened and St. Joseph sitting upon a magnificent throne. I felt myself wonderfully affected when, each time his name was mentioned, all the Saints made a profound inclination toward him, showing by the serenity and sweetness of their looks that they rejoiced with him on account of his exalted dignity.”

St. Joseph also gave particular direction while appearing to St. Faustina in July 1937, while she was in her congregation’s home in Rabka, Poland, during a convalescence. In her diary (1203), she recorded, “St. Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself told me to recite three prayers [the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be] and the Memorare once every day. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy]. He has promised me this special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection.”
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Thank you for your witness to Saint Joseph. It has helped me enormously get my feet back on the ground and back to business as usual.

Wanted to honour Saint Joseph earlier today and when I said the prayer of the Sorrows and Joys of Saint Joseph, was overcome with an inner joy that left me homesick and lonesome for home, our Heavenly home. Wanted to make it available for others in the video posted earlier.

Just don't want this Easter Sunday to end, don't know why. Praise God and Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit now and always.

Mario · Apr 5, 2021

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Appearances

Two centuries later, on the evening of Aug. 21, 1879, St. Joseph appeared with Our Lady and St. John the Evangelist in Knock, Ireland, at the parish church. Joseph stood to Mary’s right side. The Lamb of God also appeared on an altar. As recorded in official Knock archives (KnockShrine.ie), Patrick Hill, among the 15 villagers who saw the apparition, reported that “St. Joseph appeared “to the Blessed Virgin’s right hand; his head was bent from the shoulders, forward; he appeared to be paying his respects. … [H]is hands were joined like a person at prayer.”

Witness Mary Byrne described how “St. Joseph’s head was slightly bent and inclined towards the Blessed Virgin, as if paying her respect.” Mariologist Msgr. Arthur Calkins explained in his article “The Apparition of St. Joseph at Knock” that, “in these latter times by means of apparitions and the deepening awareness of the Church, God is drawing our attention to the greatness of St. Joseph in terms of his role in salvation history and the power of his intercession.”

He quoted Irish Mariologist Father Michael O’Carroll, who perceived St. Joseph’s appearance as convincing us to “seek help in prayer towards an understanding of his role in the life of the Church and in our own personal lives.”

Father O’Carroll explained the tableau represented the Paschal Mystery, linking Joseph with the Eucharist, and it “confirms that all St. Joseph’s grace and glory come from his marriage bond with Mary. It is also a potent lesson to us Christians to base our lives and conduct on the closest relationship possible with Mary, Queen of the Universe.”
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St. Joseph, pray for us!

Joan J · Apr 5, 2021

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An international get together on line, old and young rejoicing in the Risen Lord. Catholic and other Christian denominations.
It made me laugh, go aaaw, and plug my ears!!!! But it is the people of God. Bless Him, He must be glad of His Angelic Choir.

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That is a very different humbling choral effort! I've been part of such an effort during shutdown. I love this piece!! Well done to all who participated!

padraig · Apr 5, 2021

One way grace touched me Eastertime was an understanding of the part played by the Holy Spirit at Easter, something I had never really thought about before. It came about through the part in the Creed.

'The Lord the Giver of Life'.

So of course it was the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life who brought about the Resurrection and who will bring about our own. So at Easter we see Light and fire so much. Spring is so much about New Life.

Each Season and Event in Heaven has it's own special graces reflected on all the world around us. The Easter Graces remind me of fresh spring water, making all thing new. The Work of the Spirit.

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Katfalls Powers

Julia Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.

Julia Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.

Mario Powers

Joan J HolySpiritCome!

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