{"id":2763,"date":"2007-04-30T22:30:36","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T22:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/04\/i-find-this-painting-of\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T17:06:01","slug":"i-find-this-painting-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/04\/i-find-this-painting-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Joseph and the Eternal Father"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Guerra%20St%20Joseph%20et%20la%20Trinite%201699.jpg\"<\/a>I find this painting of Saint Joseph and the Most Holy Trinity (Antoni Guerra<\/a>, 1699) extraordinary. The Eternal Father is pointing to Saint Joseph, indicating that Joseph is His mystical shadow, the icon of His paternity on earth. Joseph has eyes only for the Infant Jesus. The Word Made Flesh smiles and tugs at Saint Joseph’s beard. The Holy Spirit hovers over Saint Joseph’s head. Joseph too, I think, had his “overshadowing” by the Holy Spirit to prepare and sustain him for his role in the plan of salvation. The little angel, expressing wonder and delight, is taking in the whole scene. There are two other little details in the painting. Note that there are two feet: one belonging to the Eternal Father, and one to Saint Joseph. Think about that! And in the lower left hand corner is the lily, the symbol of Saint Joseph’s purity.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests<\/strong>
\nO glorious Saint Joseph,
\nwho, on the word of the angel
\nspeaking to you in the night,
\nput fear aside to take your Virgin Bride into your home,
\nshow yourself today the advocate and protector of priests.
\nProtector of the Infant Christ,
\ndefend them against every attack of the enemy,
\npreserve them from the dangers that surround them
\non every side.
\nRemember Herod’s threats against the Child,
\nthe anguish of the flight into Egypt by night,
\nand the hardships of your exile.
\nStand by the accused;
\nstretch out your hand to those who have fallen;
\ncomfort the fearful;
\nforsake not the weak;
\nand visit the lonely.
\nLet all priests know that in you
\nGod has given them a model
\nof faith in the night, obedience in adversity,
\nchastity in tenderness, and hope in uncertainty.
\nYou are the terror of demons
\nand the healer of those wounded in spiritual combat.
\nCome to the defence of every priest in need;
\novercome evil with good.
\nWhere there are curses, put blessings,
\nwhere harm has been done, do good.
\nLet there be joy for the priests of the Church,
\nand peace for all under your gracious protection.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find this painting of Saint Joseph and the Most Holy Trinity (Antoni Guerra, 1699) extraordinary. The Eternal Father is pointing to Saint Joseph, indicating that Joseph is His mystical shadow, the icon of His paternity on earth. Joseph has eyes only for the Infant Jesus. The Word Made Flesh smiles and tugs at Saint <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayers-of-mine","category-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Iz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16819,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/16819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}