Prayer of Bl Miguel Pro

Does our life become from day to day more painful, more oppressive, more replete with afflictions?

Blessed be he a thousand times who desires it so.

If life be harder, love makes it also stronger and, only this love, grounded on suffering, can carry the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ.

Love without egotism, without relying on self but enkindling in the depth of the heart an ardent thirst to love and suffer for all those around us: a thirst that…

The importance of “O Antiphons” is twofold: Each one highlights a title for the Messiah: O Sapientia (O Wisdom), O Adonai (O Lord), O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse), O Clavis David (O Key of David), O Oriens (O Rising Sun), O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations), and O Emmanuel. Also, each one refers to the prophecy of Isaiah of the coming of the Messiah. Let’s now look at each antiphon with just a sample of Isaiah’s…

Great indeed will be the comfort of those, who, at the hour of death, will be protected by St. Joseph.  For this great saint has received from God power to command the devils and to drive them away, lest they tempt his servants in their dying moments.  Happy is the soul who shall be assisted by this great advocate, who, on account of having died with the assistance of Jesus and Mary, and because of having preserved the Infant Jesus from the danger of death by his flight into Egypt, has…

"Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His faithful ones"  (Psalm 115:6).  After having faithfully served Jesus and Mary, St. Joseph reached the end of his life in the house at Nazareth.  There, surrounded by angels, assisted by Jesus Christ the King of the Angels, and by Mary, his spouse, who placed themselves at both sides of his poor bed, filled with the peace of paradise, he departed this miserable life.  Who shall ever be able to understand the sweetness, the consolation, the…

Consider the love which Joseph bore for Jesus.  This love was not purely human, like the love of other fathers, but superhuman, for he loved Jesus not only as his Son but also as his God.  Joseph knew from the angel that his child was the Divine Word Who had become man to save mankind.  He realized too, that he himself had been chosen from among all men to be the protector and guardian of this Divine Infant.  What a flame of holy love must then have been kindled in the heart of Joseph by…

Consider the love which St. Joseph bore to Mary, his holy spouse.  She was the most beautiful of all women.  She was more humble, more meek, more pure, more obedient, more inflamed with love of God than all the angels and than all men that have been or shall be created.  Hence she merited all of his love.  Add to that his realization of the love that she bore for him, and the fact that God had chosen her as His beloved Mother. 

St. Joseph, obtain for me a great love for Mary,…

María Madre nuestra:
Tu has tenido confianza en los niños y los has hecho mensajeros del amor de Jesus para la humanidad. Acoge las alegrías, los dolores, las esperanzas de los niños del mundo. Acompaña la vida de los pequeños, de los débiles de los marginados con tu ternura de Madre.
Conduce a todos los niños del mundo sobre los senderos de la esperanza donde brilla la luz del Evangelio.

Amén.

María Madre nuestra:
Tu has tenido confianza en los niños y los has hecho mensajeros del amor de Jesus para la humanidad. Acoge las alegrías, los dolores, las esperanzas de los niños del mundo. Acompaña la vida de los pequeños, de los débiles de los marginados con tu ternura de Madre.
Conduce a todos los niños del mundo sobre los senderos de la esperanza donde brilla la luz del Evangelio.

Amén.

"He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them"  (Luke 2:51).  Reflect on the holy life which Joseph led in the company of Jesus and Mary.  In that family there was no business except that which tended to the greater glory of God; there were no thoughts or desires except the thought and desire of pleasing God; there were no discourse except on the love which men owe to God and which God has shown  to men, especially in sending His only begotten Son into the world to…