Category Archives: Catholic

~Prayer to Saint Joseph

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Glorious Saint Joseph,
pattern of all who are devoted to toil,
obtain for me the grace to toil in the
spirit of penance, in order thereby to
atone for my many sins; to toil
conscientiously, putting devotion to
duty before my own inclinations;

to labour with thankfulness and joy,
deeming it an honour to employ and to
develop, by my labour, the gifts that I
have received from Almighty God;

to work with order, peace, moderation,
and patience, without ever shrinking
from weariness and difficulties;…”

~Prayer to Saint Joseph [1]

Hard As Nails

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You are.
You are called.
You are great.

Called to greatness.
Called to suffering.
Called to travel your road.

No soul alone.
No soul without suffering
No soul unloved.

He’s gone before you.
He goes with you.
He is the greatness living in you.

Embrace your pain.
Count it all gain. Call on His Name,
Jesus.

© 2017 Joann Nelander

Singing to the Cosmos

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O, God, so splendid,
In grace and favor,
Singing to the Cosmos,
A song so powerful,
Yet demure,
A breath
And breeze of Spirit,
Yet, with soul possessed,
Magnifying in holy glance,
And favored grace,
To seed with her seed and fruition, Brethern of the One God Man.

She, who is constancy,
Of need and receptivity,
Yielded, in obedience,
To the steady abundance,
Of the One Eternal Life,
Fecund in her womb,
As she becomes the womb of all the Holy,
Laboring,
While at rest,
Overshadowed,
Upon His Breast.

A womb of generations of the Holy,
Therein, contained,
At liberty and
unrestrained,
Save by Thy Holy Will.
O, Mary intercede,

God, so splendid,
In grace and favor,
Sing to the Cosmos,
A song so powerful,
Yet demure,
A breath,
And breeze of Spirit pure.

© 2017 Joann Nelander