Title: 10 Daily Habits of Holy Catholic Men—According to the Saints

What this article is about:

This article outlines a practical, daily spiritual framework—rooted in the wisdom of the saints—that enables a man to grow in holiness, live in union with God, and fulfill his divine purpose.
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What you will find in this article:

• The threefold purpose of a man’s life
• Why purpose without a plan fails, and how a structured spiritual life produces real transformation
• A proven daily rule of life drawn from the practices and teachings of the saints.
• The 10 daily habits that cultivate discipline, virtue, and intimacy with God
• How ordinary, consistent actions lead to extraordinary spiritual growth and sanctity

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10 Daily Habits of a Holy Catholic Man: According to the Saints

You desire to be a holy Catholic man—this is your core aim.
If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading this article.

Inside of you and me is the longing for more, for God, to be holy… to be a saint.
Yet, over time, that holy desire gets beaten up.

Indeed, our life’s experience reminds us—all too often—that we aren’t as great, heroic, and saintly as we long to be.
As a result, we become ashamed of our altruistic desire for holiness.

We deem the aspiration for sainthood as naïve or childish idealism.
Consequently, we surrender the “all in” approach to sanctity.

This holy desire is like a childhood trinket: cherished but rarely used.
We keep it boxed up—unable to let it go, yet never using it.
Hence, we acquiesce to satanic pressures and surrender to living a life of spiritual banality.

When Holy Desire Fades

Meanwhile, we convince ourselves that we are fulfilling our “Christian Duty.”
We satisfy the conditions of the precepts of the Church and try to obey the Decalogue and its demands.
Yet, we often do only the bare minimum.

Consequently, we succumb to the false notion that religion is an afterthought.
We treat our Christian faith as an optional side to our main pursuits.
It exists to complement the main dish.

Often, this is how we approach our relationship with God.
Our faith in Him is a “side dish” meant to complement the main entrée of our worldly pursuits.

In truth, worldly pursuits offer little nourishment, while God and our relationship with Him provide a true feast.

Nevertheless, the fundamental disquiet remains.
We know that God has made us for more.
Moreover, we will never be satisfied until we admit this truth and pursue it further.

Recently, someone wrote me, “The life I live is not representing the life I want or who I believe God made me to be.”
Can we not relate?

Again,
“I’ve lived a lot, imagining and wanting to live, but not breaking through.”

Have you ever felt this way?
I have.

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Purpose: Your Spiritual NorthStar

The proverb says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Proverbs 29:18)
If you lack purpose or vision, you will fail.

Your purpose is your life’s North Star.

Hence, during the darkest, most trying moments of your life, you look to this “celestial light” to remind you why you are doing what you are doing—why you exist.

Conversely, most people either lack a North Star or have forgotten it exists.
Consequently, when encountering spiritual or temporal “nights,” they fail to “look up” and see that these trials serve a greater purpose.

So, what is your purpose?
Have you meditated on it?
Do you wrestle with it?
Does it haunt you—even hunt after you?

Your Threefold Divine Purpose

Personally, I cannot shake the intense desire to achieve my life’s purpose.
Moreover, when I fail to follow it, I become despondent, even depressed, and tempted to sedate myself with carnal pleasures.
Conversely, when I pursue this purpose, I have vitality, joy, strength, and a real reason to press on with courage and hope.

What is my purpose?
It has taken me decades to solidify that answer.
Yet today, I have finally codified my purpose.
Yes, it is the banner, the standard, that presses on before me as I launch into the fray of each day’s battle.

Specifically, my life’s purpose is threefold: first, to glorify God; second, to live in union with God; and third, to draw others into that divine intimacy.

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The One Purpose That Gives Love and Happiness

Furthermore, I have learned—sometimes the very hard way—that no other purpose affords me real hope, peace, joy, and vitality.

For example, no amount of wealth, fame, achievement, human respect, or possessions instills the inspiration and strength that come from living for God and having a relationship with Him.

Why?

St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that God is the Unmoved Mover.
Additionally, Thomas tells us that God is the Summum bonum—the Ultimate or Highest Good.
Furthermore, the Angelic Doctor says that our life’s purpose is for God to assimilate us into this Good.
In other words, Thomas teaches us that our life’s goal is union and divine intimacy with God.

Why is this important?

Namely, that we often chase after creatures (created things, including people) for the purpose of deriving happiness.
However, creatures shift, change, and are finicky.
You and I can never find ultimate happiness in a thing that shifts and changes.

Creature versus the Creator: Where Happiness is Found

God is love.
God is beatitude (happiness).
God does not change.

If God is my North Star, the love and happiness I desire will not shift or fail but only increase.
He’s the perpetual Constant.
God is the anchor of love and happiness.

On the other hand, no creature loves perfectly.
Additionally, no human person is consistently joyful and peaceful.
Therefore, if we attempt to derive our happiness from creatures, we will be confounded.

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The Plan that Perfects You

However, establishing your purpose is only the starting point for holiness.
For this reason, we need a plan that helps us achieve this purpose.

Plans are not ethereal, abstract, or theoretical.
A spiritual plan is precise, doable, and practical.

For instance, many people say they want to be holy but have no specific plan to achieve that goal.

To have a purpose without a plan is like building a house without a blueprint.
How do you think that house will turn out?
No one reasonable builds a house, a car, a podcast, or a business without a plan.

Why?

Because, in the end, the project will fail.

The 7P’s to Perfection

To close the gap between desire and holiness, we need clarity and a concrete spiritual plan.

For this reason, we need a plan.
But not just any plan.
We need a plan that is tried and true—by the saints.

A strong plan has actionable, daily items that you and I practice.
These are the P’s that unlock joy, vitality, peace, fulfillment, and holiness.

Specifically, God grants power and peace to those who have a plan.
Moreover, your plan consists of daily, weekly, and monthly practices.
Subsequently, you participate daily in fulfilling those practices.
However, your daily participation demands patience and perseverance.
As we practice patience and perseverance, God perfects us and gives His power.

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10 Daily Habits of Holy Catholic Men

So, let’s dive into this plan.

Specifically, we need to know and live the 10 daily habits of holy Catholic men.

 

Daily Habit #1: The Heroic Minute

The first, and perhaps the most important of your daily habits, is rising at the same time every morning.

Indeed, how you begin your day determines the end of your life.
How we live on earth determines how we will live eternally.
To rise every morning at the set time is to prepare oneself to rise promptly to the Lord’s bidding at the resurrection of the dead.

St. Josemaría Escrivá calls the rising at the same time the Heroic Minute.

“The time fixed for getting up. Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and…up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.” (The Way, 206).

“Moreover, “Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a fixed time, without yielding a single minute to laziness. If, with God’s help, you conquer yourself, you will be well ahead for the rest of the day. It’s so discouraging to find oneself beaten at the first skirmish!” ( The Way, 191)

Again, “If you don’t get up at a set hour, you’ll never fulfill your plan of life.” (The Way, n. 78)

He Who Is Faithful In Small Matters…

“The spiritual life begins and ends in bed.”
“If you can’t even get into bed when you plan to do so, how do you expect to achieve anything else in your life?”
Indeed, “those who are faithful in small matters will be granted greater responsibilities.” (See Luke 16:10)

Often, a man laments that his life has not become what he had hoped it would be.
Moreover, he often blames God for their lackluster existence.
However, by declining the invitation to rise at the same time in the morning, we are rejecting the invitation for greater responsibilities.

Indeed, to rise early in the morning—at a specified time—is to believe with great faith that God will open new vistas of opportunity to us.

Often, God entrusts us with very little because we are not trustworthy with the very little things.

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Daily Habit #2: Entrust Yourself to The Blessed Virgin Mary

To be Christian is to be like Christ.
Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
In fact, His Way is The Way.
Therefore, to be like Christ is to do what He did.

Indeed, Our Lord says as much, “As the Father has sent Me, so I send you.” (John 20:21)

The Heavenly Father sent forth His Word, Jesus, into the virginal womb of the Virgin Mary.
“Though He was in the form of God, Jesus did not deem equality with God something to be clung to…” (see Philippians 2:6)

Therefore, “he did not spurn the Virgin Mother’s womb.” (see Te Deum)
As a result, God the Son entrusted Himself to a human mother.
He allowed a creature to raise Him, the Creator.

Moreover, she, the spotless Virgin, in union with St. Joseph, consecrated Jesus to God the Father.

How to Entrust Yourself to The Virgin Mary

Hence, if we are to be like Jesus, we are to do as He has done.
Like Christ, we entrust ourselves, our very lives, and our vocation to The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Indeed, as Padre Pio said, “The more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more will it be consecrated to Jesus.”
Likewise, St. Francis de Sales commends us, “Let us run to her and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.”

How do we do this?

Particularly, upon waking, we pray an act of consecration or entrustment to the Most Holy Virgin.

For example, St. Maximilian Kolbe prayed, “Oh Mary, my queen and my mother, I give myself entirely to you today. To show my devotion to you, I consecrate to you this day”.
Or, as Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo prayed often, “Mother, I am yours now and forever. Through you and with you, I always want to belong completely to Jesus.”

Indeed, if our purpose is to be a saint, our practice ought to be to surrender ourselves to the Blessed Mother. As St. Louis de Montfort said, “The greatest saint, those richest in grace and virtue, will be the most devoted to the Blessed Virgin.”

Hence, if you want to be a great man, entrust yourself to the greatest woman—Mary.

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Daily Habit #3: Your Morning Offering

Our Lord Jesus promises, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be granted to you besides.” (see Matthew 6:33)
Notice, our Lord commands us to seek God and His Kingdom first.
Furthermore, He promises that if we do seek Him first, He will provide for all our needs.

Perhaps an example will help.

Do you like leftovers?
I don’t think God does.
Why?
Because He wants our first fruits.

God Doesn’t Want Your Leftovers

For example, you and your spouse are at a restaurant, celebrating a special anniversary.
You scan the restaurant and notice what another couple is eating.
As a result, you say to your waitress, “We’ll have what they are having.”
Soon, the couple leaves their table.
Promptly, your waitress walks to their table, picks up their food, and brings it to your table.

No one likes leftovers.
God does not want your leftovers.
Rather, He wants your first fruits.

Why?

God only gives Himself to those who give themselves to Him.
Consequently, to those who give themselves and their day to God, God grants His presence throughout their days.

Indeed, St. Francis de Sales commends us, “Every morning, prepare your soul for a tranquil day.”

How?

“When we rise in the morning, let us make an offering of our whole day to God.” (St. John Vianney)

Furthermore, St. Peter Julian Eymard implores us, “To succeed in prayer, it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected.”

For example, we can pray as St. Therese, “O my God! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for Thy intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.”

Notice that Therese’s purpose is to glorify God by accomplishing His holy will.
Hence, God answered St. Therese’s prayer and made her a great saint.

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Daily Habit #4: Thirty Minutes of Meditation

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27)
In other words, to follow Jesus is to know Jesus, and to know Jesus is to listen to Him.

Indeed, St. John of the Cross wrote:

“We must then dig deeply in Christ, He is like a rich mine with many pockets containing treasures; however deep we dig, we will never find the end of their limit. Indeed, in every pocket new seams of fresh riches are discovered on all sides. For this reason, the apostle Paul said of Christ: In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge of God.” (The Liturgy of the Hours, December 14th, Office of Readings)

God Wants to Know You

However, our Lord’s greatest lament is: “I do not know you.” (see Matthew 7:23)
Our Lord cannot know someone who does not care to know Him.
For this reason, daily meditation for 30 minutes is essential to achieving true holiness.

Personally, this practice has profoundly affected my life.
In recent years, I have discovered that I go to prayer for two reasons: to know Jesus and to become like Him.

Indeed, if I know Him, he will know me, and the two of us will become one.
Consequently, I will be able to say with the Holy Apostle Paul, “It is no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me.” (see Galatians 2:20)

But how do we meditate?
What do we do?

Consider trying the 4r’s of Prayer.

First, read the Gospel.

In fact, Holy Mother Church’s lectionary has provided her faithful with a daily Gospel that reveals the person of Jesus Christ.

Considering this, before reading, I ask Our Lord,
“Lord Jesus, please reveal yourself to me.
Reveal to me who you are.
Your temperament, your personality, your desires, your love for the Father, your love for man.
Lord Jesus, reveal yourself to me that I may know You and become like You.”

Specifically, read the Gospel slowly and repeatedly, searching for Jesus.

Second, reflect on what you have read.

Prayerfully consider the account you have just read.
Ask yourself and Our Lord, “What is Jesus saying about Himself?”

“How does this affect me?”
“Why, Lord, did you do that?”

Third, respond to Our Lord.

Typically, I will recount my thoughts aloud.

For example, “Lord, when Peter swam to the shore, He found you standing by a charcoal fire.
Why a charcoal fire?
Why did you ask the disciples to give you fish when you already had some fish cooking over the fire?

Moreover, I usually end my response by praising Jesus, “You are this. Or You are that.”
And then, I usually conclude, “But Lord, I am not like You. Please make me like You.”

Lastly, rest.

Though you may be itching to skedaddle from prayer quickly—don’t.

Rest in Him.
God says, “Be still and know that I am God.”
Often, we are anxious to end prayer and get on with the day.
In a sense, we are subconsciously thinking, “I need to be god.”
However, God is saying, “Just relax.
Rest in Me.
Be still.
Know that I have this.
I am God, and I will come through for you.”

In other words, when we rest, we wait on Him.
We don’t have to say or do anything.
We can close our eyes and imagine Him…
Or conversely, we can open our eyes and fix our sights on a holy image of the crucifix.
The main thing is that you allow God to infuse Himself into you.

When a person undergoes a blood transfusion, they don’t have to do anything except sit still.
Likewise, at the end of your prayer time, be still and allow God to infuse Himself into you.

Remember, you cannot give to another what you do not possess.
In other words, to give God to others, you must have God in yourself.
Therefore, your interior life gives form to your exterior life.
Thirty minutes with Jesus daily empowers you to become like Him and to give Him to others—every day.

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Daily Habit #5: One Secret Sacrifice

Often, we wonder why our prayers seem ineffective.
Specifically, it is because we lack love.

Truly, we sacrifice for that which we love.
Hence, sacrifice is the proof of love.

Furthermore, prayer without sacrifice is lip service.
These people honor me with their lips,” Our Lord laments, “But their hearts are far from me.” (See Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:8).

In other words, to mean what we say and say what we mean—to pray with love, and to love in prayer—we offer sacrifices coupled with our prayers.

Indeed, sacrifice is the power of prayer.
If we sacrifice for another, it proves we love them.
Therefore, when we sacrifice and pray for another, we are loving the other.

Little Sacrifices Have Big Results

For example, St. Therese, the saint of the Little Way, said, “I can prove my love only by scattering flowers, that is to say, by never letting slip a single little sacrifice, a single glance, a single word; by making profit of the very smallest actions, by doing them all for love.”

Furthermore, we sacrifice in our bodies.

For example, we deny ourselves a carnal pleasure, a sensory satisfaction, or we refrain from venting emotionally.
We offer these acts of self-denial to God for the sake of the conversion of a sinner, or reparation of sins, or to intercede for another.

Regardless, our sacrifices don’t need to be great.
Even the slightest sacrifice, offered with love, accomplishes great things.

Again, Therese says, “You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.”

She also commends us, “Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”

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Daily Habit # 6: Daily Mass

Remember that our purpose is to glorify God.
Our Lord Jesus’ entire life goal was to glorify His Father.
Hence, if we are to be like Christ and glorify Our Father, we must have Christ in us.

Specifically, our Lord Jesus promises us that if we abide in Him, He will abide in us. (see John 15:4-11)
Furthermore, He mentions this specifically when He established the command that we eat His flesh and drink His blood. (see John 6:56)
Indeed, He warns us that if we do not eat His flesh and drink His blood, we will have no life within us. (see John 6:53)

Considering this, Our Lord is offering us the means to have His power and presence live in us: by receiving the Most Holy Eucharist daily.

The Supernatural Power of the Eucharist

Indeed, we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.”
The Greek word rendered “daily” is epiousious, which can be translated as “supersubstantial”.

Accordingly, we are to pray for this supernatural bread—the Eucharist—and if possible, receive it daily.

Pier Giorgio Frassati considered daily Mass his essential and “non-negotiable” meeting with Jesus, calling it his “appointment with the Lord.”|Furthermore, he would urge others to receive communion often, “Feed on the Bread of Angels from which you will draw the strength to fight inner struggles, and against all adversaries.”

Additionally, Pier Giorgio believed strongly that Christ in the Eucharist made him capable of giving Christ to others: “Jesus comes to me every morning in Holy Communion, and I return the visit in the poor.”

Indeed, Padre Pio speaks of the effects of receiving the Eucharist, “Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know. It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the holy Sacrifice of the Mass.”

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Daily Habit #7: Three O’clock Remembrance of Jesus’ Passion and Death

Three O’clock is revered and often hallowed by Catholics because it is the hour in which Our Lord Jesus expired on the Cross.

Additionally, the book of Acts recounts that the custom of praying at three o’clock began with Our Lord’s own apostles.
“Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour [three o’clock] of prayer.” (Acts 3:1).

Moreover, Our Lord expressed his desire to St. Faustina, “I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. In this hour, you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; it was the hour of grace for the whole world — mercy triumphed over justice.”

Jesus Refuses Nothing to Those Who Recall His Passion

“My daughter, try your best to make the Stations of the Cross in this hour, provided that your duties permit it; and if you are not able to make the Stations of the Cross, then at least step into the chapel for a moment and adore, in the Blessed Sacrament, My Heart, which is full of mercy; and should you be unable to step into the chapel, immerse yourself in prayer there where you happen to be, if only for a very brief instant. I claim veneration for My mercy from every creature.” (Diary 1572)

Moreover, three o’clock is hallowed as the “hour of great mercy.”

Hence, Our Lord asks us, “At this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of My Passion.”

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Daily habit #8: Spiritual Reading

To know God is to know His saints.
Moreover, God’s holy and elect have imparted to us many inspired and inspiring writings.

To become like a saint is to think like a saint.
Furthermore, to think like a saint is to read their writings.

Indeed, St. Alhonus Liguori warns us, “Without good books and spiritual reading, it is morally impossible to save one’s soul.”
Furthermore, St. Josemaria Escriva commends us, “Don’t neglect your spiritual reading. Reading has made many saints.”

Do you want to grow in holiness?

An Indication As To Whether You Are Pursuing Holiness

Spiritual reading is a true indication of whether you are truly pursuing holy sanctity.
“You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading.” (St. Athanasius).

Personally, I find books written by the holy mystics and doctors most edifying, educational, and inspiring.

St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa, St Bernard’s sermons on the Song of Songs, St. Theresa of Avila’s Interior Castle, St. John of the Cross’ Spiritual Canticles, Maxims and Dark Night of the Soul; St. Therese’s autobiography; her last conversations and Augustine’s confessions are only a few of the incredible works the saints of God have imparted to us.

Indeed, you become what you read.
And if you do not read, you become naught.

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Daily Habit #9: Nightly Examen

Often, we Catholics can become ritualistic—to a fault.

For example, we can relegate the confession of our sins strictly to the sacrament of confession and neglect to reflect daily on the state of our souls.

However, to make a worthy weekly or monthly confession, we must reflect on our sins daily.
Hence, the habit of the nightly examen allows us to reveal ourselves to God and reserve nothing for ourselves.

Indeed, by giving to God everything at the end of our day, God in turn gives us everything—including Eternal Day.

St. Josemaria Escriva wrote, “Examination of conscience [is] a daily task. Bookkeeping is never neglected by anyone in business. And is there any business worth more than the business of eternal life?”

Keep It Bold. Keep It Brief.

Your nightly examen does not need to be long and drawn out.
Rather, it is a brief moment of prayer—perhaps five minutes.
Specifically, we place ourselves in the presence of God and reflect on our day, our actions, and our relationships, weighing them against Christ’s self-giving love.

For example, we may use the beatitudes as an outline to examen our daily behavior.
Or the ten commandments.
Additionally, St. Ignatius of Loyola offers us a five-step process to making the nightly examen:

1. Become aware of God’s presence.
2. Review the day with gratitude.
3. Pay attention to your emotions.
4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it.
5. Look toward tomorrow.

Reserving Nothing For Yourself—Not Even Your Sins

Regardless of the method, we are to reflect on how God has blessed us that day, and also the ways we have damaged our relationship with Christ, His Father, and others.

Next, we may conclude the examen by telling God, “I reserve nothing for myself, Lord. I offer you the good that I have accomplished and also my sins. I beg you to receive both my good works and my sins and to redeem them both and draw from them a greater good.”

Finally, we can end our night examen by praying a Confiteor or an act of contrition.

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Daily Habit #10: Devotion to St. Joseph

Lastly, to know Jesus is to know St. Joseph.

Jesus did what Joseph taught, and Jesus taught what Joseph did.
Indeed, if Our Lord submitted to and learned from St. Joseph how to be a man, who are we to avoid submitting to and learning from such a humble father?

It was in that workshop in Nazareth that Joseph and Jesus crafted the Cross of self-sacrificial love.
Today, more than ever, we men need to learn and embrace a life of humble, daily sacrifice.

However, the call to become a sacrificial offering on behalf of those for whom we are responsible is a mission beyond us.
For that reason, God has given us St. Joseph, a spiritual father who knows from experience what it means to be a “superhuman oblation” (St. John Paul II; Redemptoris Custos).
We implore this just Father for the grace to do what he has done.

St. Joseph’s Intercessory Power Is Unlimited

Indeed. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, “There are many saints to whom God has given the power to assist us in the necessities of life, but the power given to St. Joseph is unlimited: It extends to all our needs, and all those who invoke him with confidence are sure to be heard.”

What are the necessities of your life?
God has granted St. Joseph the authority to provide for you.
Provided that you go to him.

St. Theresa of Avila’s Praise for St. Joseph

I wish I could persuade everyone to be devoted to the glorious St Joseph, for I have great experience of the blessings which he can obtain from God. I do not remember that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which he has delivered me, both in body and in soul.

To other saints, the Lord seems to have given grace to help us in some of our necessities. But my experience is that St Joseph helps us in them all; also, that the Lord wishes to teach us that, as he was himself subject on earth to St. Joseph, so in heaven he now does all that Joseph asks. This has also been the experience of other persons whom I have advised to commend themselves to the saint. …

I only request, for the love of God, whoever will not believe me will test the truth of what I say, for he will see by experience how great a blessing it is to recommend oneself to this glorious patriarch and to be devout to him.

Daily devotion to St. Joseph could be as simple as praying the Litany of St. Joseph, or a formal consecration of your life, your family, and your vocation to this holy patron.

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Conclusion

Let us “go to Joseph” and ask him to intercede on our behalf, that the Holy Spirit may fan into flame that burning ember of our love of God.

Indeed, let us ask St. Joseph to obtain for us the grace to be like him, a humble and hidden, silent and sacrificial, little and lowly, strong and secret man of God.
Let us ask him to obtain for us the grace to be like him: a father on earth like the Father in heaven.

Know your purpose to be a saint. Live this plan to be a saint. Practice your plan daily… and by means of your patience and perseverance, God will perfect you—and you will be a saint.