ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
DIVINE FATHERHOOD
In life we have all have our own personal struggles—and the weight can feel overwhelming. Everyday we can find little ways to do a better at accepting and embracing God’s love, aging, life events, someone’s apology and even accepting the past.
ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
THE WILL OF GOD
Become what you are. According to His will, God has a good plan for each of our lives. It’s very easy to stray and become earthly distracted into believing what is good for us. Prayer, purified by confession and energized by the Eucharist, is a good way to sensitize our feelings to what God wills for us. Even up until the last days of His life on earth, Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane with the words “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.”
ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
PERSECUTION
& SUFFERING
There may be times in your life where there will be resistance, pain, suffering, persecution, adversity, trails, sorrows and hardships. It is a grace to serve God in darkness that you may be experiencing. And as a result of it with faith, you will know God better. It is your time to become a Saint. When we ask God, why have you allowed this? Why does it feel like you’ve abandoned me? God responds. “Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven.“ In religion, politics and the common people from around the world, let us pray for those who stand up and defend truth and love for our merciful Lord Savior, Jesus Christ.
ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
& FOLLOW ME
Large or small, everyday we may be faced with something we cannot ignore and would rather not deal with. As Christians, be humbled, gracious and rejoice when God favors us with one of His choices crosses. For without realizing it, we are being blessed with the most greatest gift that heaven holds. It’s a very personal gift from God. The cross is God’s greatest gift to unite us closer to His son, the savior Jesus Christ. It is good to follow His foot steps and carry our cross and look to the crucifix of the Lord savior. It is what makes us into saints and friends of Christ.
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SAINT JOSEPH PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
During his earthly life, St. Joseph was the divinely-appointed guardian and protector of the Child Jesus and His Holy Mother. This God-given mission did not end when he died—death expanded his mission to include all members of the Body of Christ. St. Joseph continues his role from heaven as the guardian and protector of the Catholic Church.
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HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
“The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer” Pope Paul VI. At Mass, you are able to stand mystically at the foot of the cross and witness for yourself the same self-sacrifice of Jesus, in an unbloody manner. You come as participants embracing the grace Christ pours out shed by his own blood on the cross. St. Joseph & Little Savior of Grapes painting depicts the Infant Jesus, reaching and accepting His divine role through His own offering and sacrifice of His most precious blood for the salvation of mankind. Wine from grapes depict the Eucharist and the moment of the Last Supper, where Jesus said; “Take, all of you, and drink of this: For this is the Chalice of My Blood of the New and Eternal Testament: The Mystery of Faith: Which Shall Be Poured Out For You and Many Unto The Remission of Sins. As Often as You Shall Do These Things, You Do them in Memory of Me” These are the words from the Lord Jesus Christ on Holy Thursday and are celebrated in the Canon during a Catholic Mass.
ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
For Catholics, Christ gives His own body and blood in the Holy Eucharist: first, to be offered as a sacrifice commemorating and renewing for all time the sacrifice of the cross; second, to be received by the faithful in Holy Communion; and third, to remain ever on our altars as the proof of His love for us, and to be worshiped. The appearances of bread and wine remain in the Holy Eucharist. We cannot see Christ with our bodily eyes in this sacrament, but we do see Him with the eyes of faith. Our bodily eyes, moreover, do not deceive us when they see the appearances of bread and wine for these appearances remain after the Consecration of the Mass. “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.“ –Saint John Vianney
ST. JOSEPH & LITTLE SAVIOR OF THE GRAPES
DYING & BRAVING DEATH
For Catholics, Christ gives His own body and blood in the Holy Eucharist: first, to be offered as a sacrifice commemorating and renewing for all time the sacrifice of the cross; second, to be received by the faithful in Holy Communion; and third, to remain ever on our altars as the proof of His love for us, and to be worshiped. The appearances of bread and wine remain in the Holy Eucharist. We cannot see Christ with our bodily eyes in this sacrament, but we do see Him with the eyes of faith. Our bodily eyes, moreover, do not deceive us when they see the appearances of bread and wine for these appearances remain after the Consecration of the Mass. “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.“ –Saint John Vianney
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OUR SIN, HIS LOVE & MERCY
For Catholics, Christ gives His own body and blood in the Holy Eucharist: first, to be offered as a sacrifice commemorating and renewing for all time the sacrifice of the cross; second, to be received by the faithful in Holy Communion; and third, to remain ever on our altars as the proof of His love for us, and to be worshiped. The appearances of bread and wine remain in the Holy Eucharist. We cannot see Christ with our bodily eyes in this sacrament, but we do see Him with the eyes of faith. Our bodily eyes, moreover, do not deceive us when they see the appearances of bread and wine for these appearances remain after the Consecration of the Mass. “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.“ –Saint John Vianney
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HOPE. PURPOSE. HEAVEN.
“The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer” Pope Paul VI. At Mass, you are able to stand mystically at the foot of the cross and witness for yourself the same self-sacrifice of Jesus, in an unbloody manner. You come as participants embracing the grace Christ pours out shed by his own blood on the cross. The Little Savior of Grapes painting depicts the Infant Jesus, reaching and accepting His divine role through His own offering and sacrifice of His most precious blood for the salvation of mankind. Wine from grapes depict the Eucharist and the moment of the Last Supper, where Jesus said; “Take, all of you, and drink of this: For this is the Chalice of My Blood of the New and Eternal Testament: The Mystery of Faith: Which Shall Be Poured Out For You and Many Unto The Remission of Sins. As Often as You Shall Do These Things, You Do them in Memory of Me” These are the words from the Lord Jesus Christ on Holy Thursday and are celebrated in the Canon during a Catholic Mass.