A hand always ready to help

Reverend Father Carrera,
I am an elderly guest of the Villa Celeste retirement home, I recently turned 89, and this is one of the many graces that our great Saint wanted to give me.
I was so worried about a very dear young friend who was suffering from pancreatic cancer. There was little hope for a recovery but neither I nor his family gave up because everything is possible with God. We entrusted ourselves to the Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph, we prayed a lot with all our hearts and we were heard. .
On the day dedicated to the Madonna of Loreto, I received the happy news from Bologna, where my friend Angela was hospitalized, that the surgery had gone well and that she was on the way to recovery. Thank you Holy Virgin, thank you St. Joseph; you have already cured my son who also had cancer and is now well.
I will never stop thanking you and talking about your wonders with those close to me, the sick and the elderly, who are often discouraged and perhaps curse, but the Lord sees and forgives.
Dear Father Mario, I struggle to write but I had to do this. I thank you for “La Santa Crociata” which has become a friend for me that I have punctually received and consoled me for 35 years. I greet you cordially, very affectionately.
Floriana Paolucci, Rosora (AN)

Eyes and ears attentive to needs

Dear Director,
For some years I have been a member of the Pious Union and I receive the Holy Crusade in honor of Saint Joseph and I pray to him assiduously. However, I must say that in the past I have never been devoted to this great Saint until, by chance, I learned of the pious practice of the Holy Mantle from a prayer booklet of a friend of mine. I began to recite it with devotion for a particular intention of mine. After a few years I began to get answers to my prayers and since then I have chosen St. Joseph as my particular advocate with God.
I also became aware of the novena prayer in honor of the Saint and with this prayer I invoked him on two other occasions: for a health problem of mine and for my daughter to obtain a transfer given that working in Rome caused major problems for her family, also having two small children. Only three days after the beginning of the prayer did the news of the transfer arrive. Now I am praying to St. Joseph to ensure that my son returns to God and rejoins the sacraments.
I am very sure - without presumption - that dear Saint Joseph will grant me this time too, both because the cause is just and because he is a magnificent intercessor with God. Pray for my intentions. Thank you, bless me.
Tufano Maria – Nola, Naples

An applause to God, to Saint Joseph and to the spouses

Dear Director,
I have been your member and subscriber since November 22, 1996. I always read with pleasure the monthly magazine that you send me. I am writing to inform you that on August 26th, God willing, my wife Regina and I will celebrate our 60 years of marriage, here in Decimomannu, where I, a railway worker, was transferred in 1948 from Gorizia due to the loss of the territories of Venice Giulia. I feel comfortable here, here we gave birth to our four children, and now I have ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and two more are on the way. Nothing special, we are an elderly couple, I will be 85 next July, while my dear Regina (Gina) will be 79 in August. I ask you to remember us two elderly people by praying that Saint Joseph, Don Guanella, who will be proclaimed a Saint on October 23, and Blessed Chiara assist us from heaven. Unfortunately, we no longer leave home because the various ailments of old age limit our movements. Luckily we have our parish a stone's throw from home.
Giorgio Talmassons – Decimomannu, Cagliari

A song of praise with an invitation to pray

Dear editorial staff, I would like to bring to the attention of readers my testimony regarding the greatness, goodness and infinite mercy of God through the exalted figure of the great Saint Joseph. In all the difficult trials of my life, as well as moments of suffering, turning to the sure and powerful intercession of Saint Joseph has always given me loving comfort and providential help. Every time everything seemed to be lost and I believed that there was nothing left to do, and when that terrible feeling of helplessness still pervaded me, inexplicably God's help became concrete and profitable through the intercession of Saint Joseph .
Every time I have turned to the Saint, asking for grace and protection, I have always been heard, even though I am a sinner and my faith, at times, gets shaken like a reed in the wind.
The advice I want to give to all readers, especially to those who are in difficult conditions or experience moments of physical, moral or spiritual suffering, is to resort to prayer, as a powerful and effective tool to commune with God and receive peace. and serenity; asking, in this regard, for the help of Saint Joseph.
Turn to him, helping you especially with the prayer of the "Sacred Mantle" and you will be heard in your requests. Saint Joseph shows no preference among men; of great or little faith, righteous or sinners, his holiness and magnificence always surpasses human limits and frailties. Thanking you in advance, I express my warmest wishes for the continuous evolution and diffusion of your magazine.
Vincenzo Franciosa -
Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi

Light and comfort always win

After the death of my father, so devoted to St. Joseph and a subscriber to the magazine, who I think was already in heaven with the Saints, I continued this traditional family devotion, sure of always having Someone to turn to. I have had many tragedies and difficulties, personal and family, but also many joys and many graces from the Lord, always deferring to his divine will. Lately I was worried about my son-in-law, who, although graduated, couldn't find a job, despite his good will. After so many closed doors, discouragement took over his soul. What to do? Who should we turn to anymore? I then thought, with faith and hope, to begin the prayer of the Sacred Mantle. I had not yet finished the thirty days foreseen by this pious devotion when my son-in-law was called for several interviews with good possibilities for a job. I take this opportunity to thank Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary and Jesus for a grace received a few years ago, for which I had not yet thanked, for a situation that could have upset my life and my entire family. I am sending a modest offering, a small gift that is intended as a sign of my devotion to Saint Joseph. Thank you and pray for us.
SP

Sharing in the worship of Saint Joseph

Dearest Director, I am a young mother, with great gratitude I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to my dearest "friend and protector" Saint Joseph who supported me in somewhat difficult moments, also granting me three special graces. Every day I turn to him because I still need his help so much for my young family and many friends. As I continue to pray, I spread devotion to this great Saint and protector with conviction. I would like to publish these few lines of mine so that many people know that St. Joseph is powerful, he makes us wait but he does not abandon us. Thank you!
ZM