A heart too old
- Details
- Parent Categories: spirituality of Saint Joseph
Joseph feels inadequate to become Mary's husband. The apocryphal Gospels, to symbolize his humility, they represent him as old
by Rosanna Virgili
IThe apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (Pseudo-Matthew 3-5), after explaining how the Virgin Mary was given in marriage to Joseph – his tiny staff had blossomed into a flower! – continues by recounting his reaction to this mission: "Being old, he was disheartened at not being able to take her; therefore he did not want to look for his staff either."
Human words are powerless, only hope is not in vain.
- Details
- Parent Categories: spirituality of Saint Joseph
The Holy Father Leo XIV to the families of the children who died in Crans-Montana (Canton of Valais), 15 January 2026
I say I sincerely hope that I am deeply moved to meet you. When I learned that someone on your behalf had requested this audience, I immediately said, "Yes, we will find the time." I wanted at least the opportunity to share a moment that for you, amid so much pain and suffering, is truly a test of our faith, a test of what we believe.
The Pious Union was born from the charity of Don Guanella
- Details
- Parent Categories: Spirituality
by Don Bruno Capparoni, director of the Pious Union
QWhen Don Guanella, around 1905, presented himself to the Holy See to request papal approval of his works, observers (the so-called "visitors") were sent from Rome. They found many things in his houses to approve, and others to improve. But what raised doubts among the "visitors" was the purpose of the Guanellian houses, the so-called "goal" their founder had set for himself. In their report to the Holy See, they wrote that Don Guanella set himself "an end without end," because any poor person who could not find a welcome elsewhere found it with him. And he had to work hard to explain that his way of working was not the fruit of imprudence, but of charity. It was charity that opened his heart and his houses to every kind of need.
Effective protector of the dying
- Details
- Parent Categories: Spirituality
Thus Saint Joseph is invoked by Christians, with the blessing of the last pontiffs.
It is a healthy reminder of the ultimate goal of life
by Don Bruno Borrelli
SLet us briefly reflect on Saint Joseph, who is invoked by Christian believers as the patron saint of the dying. Today, we try to avoid the word "death" because it always evokes a certain fear, but the Catechism teaches us that a Christian should not fear death, but should instead prepare for the hour of death.