The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
Posted by Terry Nelson on May 1st, 2008
“Devotion to St. Joseph the worker ought to remind beginners in prayer that the contemplative life entails labor, which supports the leisure-time spent in prayer and reading. The aspirant would do well to remind himself that the early monks earned their living by the work of their hands, and kept vigil through the night - much like St. Joseph.” - Anonymous. (I found the notation in some of my papers.)
[When I first tried my vocation as a monk, I only wanted to pray and study - I did not want to work - LOL!]
May 1st, 2008 at 7:13 am
What a beautiful picture of Saint Joseph! Here in CT we are keeping Ascension Thursday!