Marriage and Sacrifice with St. Joseph

By entrusting ourselves to St. Joseph, to whom God entrusted His greatest treasures, we may become like him: silent, hidden, humble saints.

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Why join?

Though the Sacred Scripture says little about a man who not a word of his is recorded in the Bible, this silence surrounding St. Joseph speaks volumes about his hidden witness, heroic sacrifice, and persevering saintliness.

By meditating deeply upon those sacred texts that apply directly to St. Joseph we will become immersed in his decision to embrace the Blessed Virgin Mary as his own, and the sacrifice that followed his decision.

We will follow St. Joseph over the course of 10 days to learn how to listen to God, receive the divine summons to follow Christ, learn what St. Joseph's secret weapon was, and how we can use this weapon to defeat the enemy.

We will also learn what inaugurated St. Joseph's call to fatherly greatness, and how we can follow his humble example in our hope to become the saint that God has called and destined us to be.

Though these meditations are primarily for men, the insights will inspire both men and women to take Joseph as their advocate and learn to follow his humble, silent, hidden example.

The Program

Over the course of ten days we will trek with St. Joseph during the earliest days of his vocational call and crisis. On the last day, we will consecrate ourselves to our Lord Jesus Christ by means of entrusting ourselves to our parents in the order of grace: Holy Mary and St. Joseph.

  • Day 1: Listening
  • Day 2: The Call
  • Day 3: St. Joseph's Secret Weapon
  • Day 4: Sacred Respect
  • Day 5: Claiming Authority
  • Day 6: The Obedient Man
  • Day 7: Embracing Woman
  • Day 8: Submission to Authorities
  • Day 9: Holy Detachment
  • Day 10: The Contemplative

Fathers of Saint Joseph

The Father's of St. Joseph is an ecclesiastically endorsed and approved confraternity that labors for the restoration, revitalization, and redemption of human fatherhood, in order that it may become what God has designed it to be: an efficacious icon that directs the human family to God its Father.

The Father's of St. Joseph launch local chapters and men's groups, develop books, programs, offer retreats, and conference talks with the intention of helping men live the spirituality that enabled St. Joseph to become a father on earth like the Father in heaven. To discover the timeless sanctity of the vocation of fatherhood. This spirituality is founded upon St. Joseph's four pillars: Embrace Silence; embrace Woman; Embrace the Child; and Embrace Charitable Authority.

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Retreat prayer

Consecration Prayer to St. Joseph

O St. Joseph predestined and chosen by God from among men, you received the glorious honor of being the chaste guardian of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Enflamed with divine love, you received her as your beloved wife, and through her, God bestowed upon you the most privileged distinction of being the virginal father of God the Son. As a living reflection of the Heavenly Father, you protected the Christ Child from Herod, thus becoming the savior of the Savior. You accepted Jesus' humble submission to your fatherly authority and thus became the master of the Master. As a hidden king you conferred upon Jesus the Davidic kingship and thus became the king of the King of Kings. With untiring joy you labored to nurture the human soul and flesh of Jesus, giving bread to the Bread of Life. Most gentle and generous father, look upon me, your indigent child, and see that I too need your care and protection. O chaste heart that burned with love for Jesus and Mary, teach me, your humble servant, to be devoted entirely to Mary and to worship the Lord Jesus with my entire being that I too may become a living reflection of God our Father. O master of the interior life, you faithfully and promptly fulfilled the divine commands. Your humble obedience has elevated the vocation of fatherhood as a certain means to sublime sanctity and eternal glory. Desiring to follow your holy example, I embrace my vocation to be a most chaste husband, a living icon of God the Father, and a just guardian and guide that my family may become like yours, a Holy Family. Therefore, most glorious and humble spiritual father, today before the heavenly host I surrender myself, my marriage, my fatherhood, my family, my labors, my merits, all that I am and have, unreservedly and totally to you, and consequently to Mary my Queen and most holy Mother, that you may always be my parents in the order of grace and that I may forever be your son. As you and Mary consecrated the Son of God to God the Father, consecrate me also, that I may be set apart for holy service to God most high. I beseech you, as you prepared Christ for His ultimate sacrifice, prepare me also that I may attain the fullness of divine sonship. Most humble, silent, and hidden father, I surrender all to you that my fatherhood may glorify God the Father of glory in this age and the age to come, forever without end, Amen.