ways. For example: The Christmas Novena includes a religious procession that “accompanies” Mary and Joseph in their search for lodgings in Bethlehem. The faithful walk the Way of the Cross on Good Friday

at dinnertime on Friday, for the opening of the Sabbath. The head of the family, in Jesus' case, Joseph, holds a cup of wine in his hand, a symbol of life and joy. He blesses God for the gift of the Sabbath

(Orthodox) of Moscow; at the same time Stalin was organizing the destruction of churches. Cardinal Joseph Slipyi spent 18 heroic years in labor camps. During this time Our Lady of Sorrows (Skorbna Maty)

mistreatment by master Vinh and assistance of Mary Immaculate One day his mother took Van to Fr. Joseph Nha at the parish of Huu-Bang, so that he could prepare to become a priest. Van was allowed to receive

was cloudless when the starry night came. Eleven-year-old Eugene Barbedette and his younger brother Joseph were helping their father in the barn. Eugene opened the barn door and looked outside to check the

o'clock in the afternoon. At nightfall, since it was Parasceve , that is, the eve of Holy Saturday, Joseph of Arimathea, a rich and authoritative member of the Sanhedrin, courageously asked Pontius Pilate

to the Blessed Virgin. Many personalities of Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Co., Mr. Joseph Aumann, his wife, the French consul, a priest, Fr. Nicolas Halabi, and several others, were going

to bow in silence and faith, "for where Gods wills it, the order of nature is defeated ." [4] With Joseph, the Silent One, illuminated by the strange shining light in the darkness of the grotto, God contemplates

Barto Longo married the Countess of Fusco. These nuptials remained virginal, like those of Mary and Joseph, which will did not prevent both spouses from loving each other deeply in God. Thanks to them, the

Elsewhere, the mother of Jesus complains that she has no swaddling clothes to wrap the child in, so Joseph gives her an old pair of trousers, which provokes the anger of the two maids... Source : -Henri Rey-Flaud