The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph

The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph are called by God to respond whole-heartedly to their motto: "The Contemplative Life is a Vocation."

"How could the Blessed Virgin, present in the first community of disciples, be excluded from those who met her divine So...
04/17/2022

"How could the Blessed Virgin, present in the first community of disciples, be excluded from those who met her divine Son after He had risen from the dead? Indeed, it is legitimate to think that the Mother was probably the first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared" (Pope St. John Paul II).

"Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, He is not here; see the place where they...
04/17/2022

"Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, He is not here; see the place where they laid Him" (St. Mark 16:6).

"Why should we today sing Alleluia? Because this day we are fed, freed, assured of the truth and given promises of being...
04/17/2022

"Why should we today sing Alleluia? Because this day we are fed, freed, assured of the truth and given promises of being endowed, in our resurrection, with the gifts of clarity, agility, brightness and impassibility, which Christ showed in His Resurrection" (St. Vincent Ferrer).

A blessed Easter to all from the COSJ!

"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put...
04/16/2022

"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; in which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey..." (1 Peter 3:18-20).

"Unless there is a Good Friday in our lives, there will never be an Easter Sunday; ... unless there is a crown of thorns...
04/15/2022

"Unless there is a Good Friday in our lives, there will never be an Easter Sunday; ... unless there is a crown of thorns, there will never be a halo of light; unless there is the cross, there will never be an empty tomb" (Ven. Fulton Sheen).

"Each human heart can break His Sacred Heart all over again; each soul has within itself the potentiality of another cru...
04/15/2022

"Each human heart can break His Sacred Heart all over again; each soul has within itself the potentiality of another crucifixion. No one can love as much as Our Lord; no one therefore can suffer as much" (Ven. Fulton Sheen).

On the night of that Last Supper, Seated with His chosen band,He the Pascal victim eating, First fulfills the Law's co...
04/14/2022

On the night of that Last Supper,
Seated with His chosen band,
He the Pascal victim eating,
First fulfills the Law's command;
Then as Food to His Apostles
Gives Himself with His own hand.

(from "Pange Lingua" by St. Thomas Aquinas)

"You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am. If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your fee...
04/14/2022

"You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am. If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s feet" (St. John 13:13-14).

"You are the truest Lord. You are not like lords who buy with their wallets, but the Lord Who buys with blood. You give ...
04/01/2022

"You are the truest Lord. You are not like lords who buy with their wallets, but the Lord Who buys with blood. You give me the strength of salvation" (St. Augustine).

"I should like to die on March 25, because it was on that day that Jesus was the smallest" (St. Thérèse of Lisieux).
03/25/2022

"I should like to die on March 25, because it was on that day that Jesus was the smallest" (St. Thérèse of Lisieux).

Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation!"Gabriel's description of the Child to be born of Mary contains, as in an angelic su...
03/25/2022

Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation!

"Gabriel's description of the Child to be born of Mary contains, as in an angelic summary, the whole greatness of Jesus ... To all that immensity of glory and greatness Mary is welcome, as the true Mother; she may rejoice in it all, she may take pride in it all" (Abbot Vonier).

"As the patriarch Joseph stored the wheat not for himself, but for the people in their time of need, so Joseph has recei...
03/19/2022

"As the patriarch Joseph stored the wheat not for himself, but for the people in their time of need, so Joseph has received a heavenly commission to watch over the living Bread not for himself alone, but for the entire world" (St. Bernard).

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