Messages of Saint Joseph

Sixth day of the novena

When I was called to go to Bethlehem with the Most Holy Mary, when She was so fragile and about to give birth to the Child, I found Myself in the face of another test of faith. I knew that the Prophecies were starting to be fulfilled and that the Son of God would come to the world as it was stated on the Sacred Scriptures, but My mind and My heart were being tested and harassed at every moment of that mission. I had to innerly bear all discouragement from the enemy of God and hold my faith above its false strength.

The journey was long and, although the Virgin Mary was helped by the angels and archangels, She was tired, for She also had to bear the harassments of the enemy. The Son of God was about to come, and both Light and darkness had their eyes set upon Us.

Arriving in Bethlehem, I wanted to search for the best place for the Child and His Holy Mother, but all we received were humiliation and successive contempt. We prayed to God for Him to guide Us, until We were conducted to the caves of Bethlehem. After so many tests, I understood that God had not abandoned Us with His Son, but in His Divine Thought He did not have my human idea of what was best for the Child. The Father wanted His Son to demonstrate His Humility to the world from the beginning. And so, it was among the poor and amidst the humblest and most serving animals that the Son of Man came to be born.

Sometimes, children, we need to be tested, humiliated and even despised in order to purify our human will and find out that God has not abandoned us, but that He was waiting for us in the inner compound, where our hearts can experience humility. Therefore, when you feel lost, tested, humiliated and lonely, pray to the Father in My Name and, with My intercession, I will help you to find the place of inner humility, where God awaits you:

Your Father and Friend,

The Most Chaste Saint Joseph