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A78208 Pious remarkes upon the life of S. Joseph spouse of the B. Virgin Mary mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. Written originally in French by Rd. father Paul Barrie Barry, Paul de, 1587-1661. 1700 (1700) Wing B973A; ESTC R231199 98,241 316

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do of whom I have made mention Page 63. This Devotion is very easie if we do but take the the pleasure he took in pronouncing these three Holy Names of Jesus Maria Joseph Fourthly To wear Rings in which the Name of Joseph is ingraven either by it self or with the other two Names Jesus and Mary and to encourage you to this Devotion when the great Plague caus'd a very great Destruction at Lyons I knew many that wore such ingrav'd Rings for this Intention that Saint Joseph would protect them from the Infection and with so great a success that not so much as one of the Family of those that wore them or of the House where they lodg'd Were Infected God giving so great a Blessing to this small Devotion Fifthly To begin our chief Actions under the auspicious favour of his Name as the Governour of Kebeck did at the Dedication of the Church of Kebeck in new France 1637. before which he planted a Standard with a triple Crown and Wreaths with Scutcheons in which were written in Capitals these three Names JESUS MARIA JOSEPH which Standard was no sooner erected but it was saluted by the Souldiers with a Volly of Musket shot The fourth particular Devotion to Saint Joseph is to imitate Saint Teresa's Love to her Good Father as she still'd him by taking occasion to invite others to become his Clients and omitting nothing that may contribute to his Honour and Glory which is so grateful a Devotion to the Blessed Virgin also that she gave thanks to Saint Teresa for having contributed and incited Persons to this Devotion towards her Spouse all over the Church especially throu-out all Europe whō John Gerson Chancelour of the University of Paris also imitated for what did he not do in this Point He Compos'd an Office and Mass for his Feast He writ to several Bishops to induce them to order his Feast to be Celebrated in their Bishopricks with Devotion and Solemnity as a Feast of Obligation and by their own Examples to move the People to observe it His ordinary Conversations and Entertainments of those that Visited him were upon this Subject Moreover those who list themselves in the Confraternity of Saint Joseph and by their Piety and Examples move others to the like Devotion do hereby also Imitate Saint Teresa and the Pious Ghancelour's Devotion towards him The fifth is frequently to take occasion to thank Saint Joseph for the Labour and Pains he took for Jesus and Mary and the Services he did for them for how is it possible says Saint Teresa to think upon what the Queen of Heaven and her little Infant suffer'd upon Earth without giving thanks to Saint Joseph for his Charitable Assistance in their Sufferings The thinking therefore of those Passages of Charity he Exercis'd as even the bearing JESUS in his Arms his helping his Spouse to dress him his laying him in his Cradle and such like ordinary Actions as these tho they seem but small and inconsiderable yet 't is not to be imagin'd what tender Affections the consideration of them breeds in our Hearts and how they move us to Exercise greater Services to JESUS and also a Love to Saint Joseph who hereby express'd his Affection to him The sixth Particular Devotion we may Exercise towards Saint Joseph is to take occasion when any Affairs of Importance happen to address our seles to Saint Joseph and wholly commit them to his Care and Conduct 'T is also a good Devotion frequently to aske him Blessing and to repose a Confidence in him as in a Father beseeching him to ●●●tain of his Son and Spouse such an Assistance as we shall in all occasions stand in need of Thus the Devour Vrsulin Jean of the Angels whom I have frequently mention'd was wont to do before and after her Exorcismes in which the suffer'd great agitation of Body from the Devil Wherefore to prepare her self the better to suffer she presented her before his Image and beg'd his Blessing and Assistance whereby she found her self extreamly fortified To these I may ad some other Devotions I know some Persons are wont to Exercise Some in their necessities say a little Pair of Beads in his honour see the manner of saying them Page 28. amongst the Devotions to this Saint Others never deny any thing ask'd them in the Name and for the sake of Saint Joseph but I shou'd be too tedious shou'd I set down all the Dovotions that the Affections of his Clients suggest to them what I have already sayd is sufficient for whatever may be done to other Saints either by Prayers Vows or any other Respects that and much more may be done to him But the more to incite you to this in the following Chapters I will set down what Help and Assistance he renders upon all occasions to his Clients both for Soul and Body who endeavour to express their Love and Devotion towards him by such Practices as I have here set down CHAP. X. Of the Help and Assistance that Saint Joseph gives to his Devout Clients towards their attaining Interiour Perfection and in what this Perfection do's Consist TO give you a satisfactory account of the care Saint Joseph takes to render his Clients Interiour and Spiritual Persons I must first declare to you what is meant by Interiour Perfection and in what this Spiritual and Interiour Life do's consist There being very few Persons who Solidly attend thereunto and therefore there is great need of so solid and Powerful an Assistance for the obtaining it as Saint Joseph gives his Devout Clients An Interiour and Spiritual Life therefore is that which minds nothing else but Perfection and which rests in the Vertuous Actions of the Soul practising the inward Acts of all Vertues namely of Faith Hope Charity Religion Adoration Thanksgiving Humiliation with a good perfect and sincere Intention without any mixture of Carnal ends And in the performance of all Exteriour and Corporal Actions with an Interiour Spirit and Presence of Mind Beholding God Present and being carried with a tender Affection towards him whilst we perform the outward Action we are about This is what is call'd a Spiritual and Interiour Life and is so call'd because it consists not in the Exteriour or Corporal Action but because it Acts Interiourly in the bottom of the Soul and within the Spirit or Mind only and 't is this we must begin withall and what is thus begun in Spirit must afterwards pass to our Exteriour Actions which are but of very small Value if not accompanied with this Interiour Life and Vertue there being no comparison between the inward and outward Actions and if we work not by this Interiour Spirit and Purity of Intention all the pains we take are lost we labour much and gain little or nothing how great things soever in appearance we may perform But working after this manner we gain and heap up Everlasting Treasures with so much profit and advantage that even the least Action
Foster Father Saint Joseph for no less than eighteen Years Imagine your self there to hear and see Saint Joseph's Pious Conversation and manner of Living II. Prelude BEG Grace to Conceive those admirable Virtues practis'd by Saint Joseph in his Conversation with JESUS and MARY and beg also his Powerful Intercession that you may seriously endeavour to Imitate his excellent Example I. Point Consider with how great an Affection Patience Constancy and Humility Saint Joseph Exercis'd all those Humble and Laborious Actions that belong'd to so painful a Trade and to his Domestick Affairs Consider with what Concern Tenderness and Compassion he beheld our Saviour Labouring with him consider what courage his Presence and Assistance gave him in all his Labours and with what Content he perform'd 'em for the Maintenance of JESUS and his Blessed Mother how joyfully also he Assisted 'em both on all occasions and with how pure an Intention he perform'd each Action both to please and to express his Love towards God Who do's not envy Saint Joseph's Happiness in this particular And who wou'd not wish himself in Saint Joseph's place to do the same Do but help those for God's sake you live withall or that want your Assistance and you will have the same Merit and Reward Consider also what Joy you shou'd have had to serve JESUS and MARY as Saint Joseph did Exercise the same Acts of Charity to God's Image your Neighbour as he did to JESUS and he his promis'd the same reward as if you did it to himself * Quamdiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus meis minimis mihi fecistis Matth. 25. v. 40. What you have done to the least of these my Brethren you have done it to me Reflect also upon God's Presence who beholds helps and encourages you whilst you Labour and you 'll have the same Comfort in your Labours which he had Labour purely to please God for the Love of God and to do the Will of God and you will have the same Reward as if you had Wrought and Labour'd as Saint Joseph did to maintain JESUS Who says his † Cibus meus est facere Voluntatem ejus qui misit me Joan. 14. v. 34. Meat is the fulfilling the Will of his Father O how did Saint Joseph do all this And how pleasing did this make him in God's Sight His chief delight being to do God's Will II. Point Consider that his Conversation with JESUS and MARY was so pleasing to him that he avoided all other Conversations to which the Will of God did not particularly lead him consider whither the Conversation you have with these in Prayer be as pleasing to you● as to make you quit all other unnecessary Conversations see whither you prefer Retirement Silence and Conversing with JESUS and MARY before all other Conversations in this world Consider also Saint Joseph's Modest behaviour his Silence Recollection Temperance and Mortification both in Eating and Drinking and Imitate him in these Reflect upon his Pious Discourses with JESUS and his Spouse and frequently Practise the same by such like Pious Aspirations and Colloquies as he made to them Consider how he ponder'd and laid up in his Heart after his Spouses Example all the Divine sayings of JESUS and do you also hearken unto keep-in memory and reflect upon those Divine Inspirations whereby JESUS also speaks to you in Prayer or at other times Consider how his Heart was Inflam'd by the words of JESUS and how without doubt he often express'd it to his Spouse as the Disciples did by this their Interrogation * Nonne Cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis dum loqueretur Luke 24.32 Was not our Heart Inflam'd whilst he spoke within us And reflect how those Flames also broke forth in his pious Discourses and set others on fire Who wou'd not have wish'd to have his Heart thus Inflam'd by enjoying this delightful Conversation Endeavour only in your Conversation to bring in Pious Discourse and you will invite him to come and Converse with you † Ubi sunt duo vel tres Congregati in Nomine meo ibi sum in medio eorum Matth. 18. v. 20. Meet but those you Converse withall in his Name and you will meet him you will always find him in the midst of 'em darting Flames into your Heart Lastly in your Conversation follow Saint Joseph's Example in taking the part and excusing the absent when you hear 'em Blam'd and you will be secure from faling into that ordinary Defect which renders most Conversations Dangerous and Displeasing to God the Censuring or Backbiting your Neighbour III. Point Consider Saint Joseph's Silence Recollection and Interiour Peace of Mind wherewith he perform'd all his Exteriour Actions whilst his Hands Labour'd upon Earth his Thoughts and Affections were imploy'd in Heaven Consider with what Humility of Spirit with what Perfect Obedience and with what Joy of Heart he perform'd all his Actions haveing always before his Eyes the wonderful Obedience of JESUS both to himself and his Spouse beholding him verifie what the Royal Prophet foretold that he shou'd be * In Laboribus a Juventute Psal 87. v. 16. In Labours from his Youth and what the Holy Ghost also declar's † Et erat Subditus illis Luc. 2. v. 82. That he was Subject to them Who therefore can think even the hardest Labour too much to do for JESUS who thus Labour'd for us Who can think even the Humblest and Meanest Employment below him when with Saint Joseph he beholds the Son of God stooping to the like and Obeying Saint Joseph in the Meanest and Vilest Offices Beg of Saint Joseph to Inspire and put you in mind of these or such like Thoughts in all your Actions Labours and Mortifications which he had in his that they may become pleasing to God and both easie and profitable to your self whereby you shall not only Labour but Pray continually Imitate him therefore in all you do and beg of him to teach you this most profitable Art so pleasing to God of joyning Prayer and Action together The Colloquie BEG of God by Saint Joseph's Intercession that Spirit wherewith he Convers'd with JESUS and MARY and perform'd all his Actions during those eighteen Years he liv'd at Nazareth whereby you shall not only make your self pleasing to God in this World but b● acting after this manner sha●● obtain such a foretast of th●● next as will make you thin● nothing too hard or too muc● for the purchase of so great an● everlasting a Happiness VIII MEDITATION Of Saint Joseph's last Sickness Death and Glory in Heaven Preparatory Prayer BEG of God to understand the Sentiments Saint Joseph had in his Sickness and Death and the Reward he now Possesses of all his Virtues I. Prelude IMAGINE Saint Joseph lying Sick upon his Death-bed with our Blessed Saviour and our Lady on each side of him imagine him sweetly giving up the Ghost His Soul carried by Angels to Limbo and his