Dear All,
Today is the First Wednesday of May. For those of you Catholics with a devotion to St. Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin, let me remind you that Sr Mary Ephrem, a mystic from Ohio, USA, in 1958, reported experiencing an inner locution, and an apparition from St. Joseph. According to Sr Mary Ephrem, St. Joseph asked her to spread devotion to himself, by urging people to recite, on the First Wednesday of every month, the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, rather than the usual Mysteries for Wednesday, that is to say, the Glorious Mysteries. St. Joseph is a great saint to pray to for a holy death; if one needs to sell one’s house; or if one is struggling to be chaste. It is a pious tradition that, though St. Joseph was conceived with Original Sin, he was released from Original Sin, shortly after his conception. He is the second most powerful saint, spiritually, in Heaven, while the Blessed Virgin is the first most powerful saint.
On this occasion, please pray that we will get a good and holy Pope, sometime in the next few days. As far as I know, May 13 [which is a Tuesday] is the date of the first reported apparition of the Blessed Virgin at Fatima, in 1917. It would be very significant, if we had a good and holy Pope by Tuesday, May 13.
Yours sincerely Seamas.
It is my opinion St Joseph is one of the most neglected saints in the history of the Catholic Church. Lately i have started to say a prayer to him after my daily rosary, a prayer I found at the end of my rosary book. It was only then I realised how neglected this silent obedient saint was, for me anyway. That is why I found this letter above so interesting.