. Glories of the catholic church: The catholic christian instructed in defence of his faith: a complete exposition of the catholic doctrine, together with a full explanation of the holy sacrifice of the mass . particular devotee: and not onlyto those who are in heaven, but also to those you know to be particularlydevoted to him upon earth. For your love to them upon this accountwill become no less pleasing to St. Joseph than if they bore his name ;and bearing a tenderness and love to those who do so is very pleasing toSt. Joseph. Wherefore, to help you to practise this devotion, I will heregiv
. Glories of the catholic church: The catholic christian instructed in defence of his faith: a complete exposition of the catholic doctrine, together with a full explanation of the holy sacrifice of the mass . particular devotee: and not onlyto those who are in heaven, but also to those you know to be particularlydevoted to him upon earth. For your love to them upon this accountwill become no less pleasing to St. Joseph than if they bore his name ;and bearing a tenderness and love to those who do so is very pleasing toSt. Joseph. Wherefore, to help you to practise this devotion, I will heregive you a list of some eminent persons who have borne his name, andupon this account received from God the particular favors He bestowedupon him. I shall begin with the patriarch Joseph, who, though he livedso many ages before our great St. Joseph, yet was a type of him ; and,probably, upon that account, might have received his name, with thoseother extraordinary favors God bestowed upon him. The first, therefore, in the list of those who bore the name of Josephis the patriarch Joseph, of the old law ; on whom the Holy Ghost gives avery great eulogium in the forty-ninth chapter of Ecclesiasticus, calling. The Way of the (jooJ. The Way ol the Uad. THE CHILD JESUS AND ST. JOSEPH. THE GLOKlliS OF ST. JOSJiP/f. 273 him Ruler and prince of his brethren, the stay and support of his nationand people ; who deserves also the first place, he hein^^ not only the firstto whom this name was given, but also a type of our St. Joseph, uponaccount of his chastity. The character, also, that the Holy Ghost givesof the patriarch agrees with our Joseph in a far more eminent degree thanit even did to the patriarch, he being a prince and ruler, not only over hisbrethren, but governor to the Mother and Son of God, being their supportin all their necessities, and saving Him who was to save not only one, butall nations throughout the world. The second is Joseph of Arimathea, that noble centurion, praised
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