St. Joseph's Corner: Charity Is Not Selfish

       

          "Charity is not a giving in order to get, but a giving without counting the cost or self-interest; it considers itself fully repaid by the honor of being able to serve and love God in our neighbor."  #281 - Divine Intimacy

St. Joseph's Corner: Practicing the Presence of God

         Putting ourselves in God's presence and staying with Him during the time of prayer is relatively easy, but remaining with Him always is more difficult. The actual fact is that when we return to our usual occupations, the awareness of God which had been enkindled during prayer gradually dissipates, and we often behave as if God were no longer present, as if He were no longer with and in us.

          One of the great Carmelite Saints, Teresa of Avila wrote:  "We must ... even in the midst of occupations, withdraw ourselves.  Although it may be for only a moment that I remember I have company within myself, doing so is very beneficial."

          A quick, interior act of the mind, of the will, of the heart, (or what may be referred to as an ejaculatory prayer) is enough to put us back in God's presence and to renew our contact with Him.  Although this is accomplished with greater effort for those involved in business and continual dealings with people and things than those who live in situations where prayer is more solitude, it is the effort that is blessed.  

          This condensed meditation is taken from the book Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.  Volume III, number 235.

          Practicing the Presence of God TODAY: O Lord, purify my heart and my mind, that I may learn to know You better.

Have a blessed day.










          

       

St. Joseph's Corner: "Called to Love" meditations

The Treasures of Our Heart

by Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J.

Nothing is more practical than finding God, 

than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with, 

what seizes your imagination,

will affect everything.

It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning,

what you do with your evenings,

how you spend your weekends,

what you read,

whom you know,

what breaks your heart,

and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.

Fall in Love, stay in love,

and it will decide everything.

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Last Call for our February 23rd through 25th
"Called to Love" Vocation Retreat
Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker
Walton, Kentucky

Limited to 9 young women, ages 18 - 30
email: Sister Patricia Jean, SJW
Vocation Director
sjwvocations@gmail.com

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“It was pride that changed angels into devils; 
it is humility that makes men as angels.”  
St. Augustine, Bishop, Philosopher (+430)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

Time is running out. 

Called to Love Vocation Retreat - Saturday, February 17th, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th

and
Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30

Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, 

and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to 

Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise 

all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.”

St. Augustine, Bishop, Philosopher (+430)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.”  

Pope St. John Paul II, Vicar of Christ (+2005)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.” 

St. Therese of Lisieux, Carmelite nun (+1897)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, 

but in having the right to do what we ought.” 

St. Pope John Paul II, Vicar of Christ (+2005)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.” 

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, nun, missionary (+1997)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.  
To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” 
St. Thomas Aquinas, Dominican Friar, Doctor of the Church (+1274)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: "Called to Love" meditations

In preparing for World Youth Day XXVIII taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had enjoined the young people of the world:

"Christ sends you wherever His light is lacking so that you may take it to others...

Allow yourselves to be led on by the power of God's love. 

Let that love overcome the tendency to remain enclosed

in your own world with your own problems and your own habits.

Have the courage to 'go out' from yourselves in order to 'go forth' toward others 

and to show them the way to an encounter with God...

Thus, with your faith, you will help make trust spring on this earth."

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Time is running out.

Vocation Retreat - "Called to Love"

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker

Friday, February 23rd through Sunday, February 25th

college age 18 to 30 years of age

Limit of 9 young women for a more personal community with the sisters

email: Sister Patricia Jean, SJW

Vocation Director

sjwvocations@gmail.com

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, 
for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, 
Who made us without ourselves, 
will not save us without ourselves.”  
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, nun and mystic (+1690)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what You want me to be - 
and becoming that person.” 
St. Therese of Lisieux, Carmelite nun (+1897)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly 
than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction.” — 
St. Edmund, martyr (+855) 

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

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Save the Date

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” 

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, Anglican priest convert (+1890)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

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Save the Date

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Knowledge of divine things is imprinted on our minds by union with God, who is Wisdom itself, just as the wax molds itself into the seal – not the reverse.”  

St. Albert the Great, Catholic Dominican friar and bishop, (+1250)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

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Save the Date

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“Great holiness consists in carrying out the little duties of each moment.”  
St. Josemaria Escriva, priest (+1975)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“The best preparation for prayer is to read the lives of the saints, not from mere curiosity, but quietly and with recollection a little at a time.  

And to pause whenever you feel your heart touched with devotion.” 

St. Philip Neri, priest of the Oratory, (+1595)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“If they, why not I? If these men and women could become saints, 

why cannot I with the help of Him who is all-powerful?” 

St. Augustine, Bishop, Philosopher (+430)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com. 

St. Joseph's Corner: Spiritual Direction from the Saints

“During painful times, when you feel a terrible void, 

think how God is enlarging the capacity of your soul so that it can receive Him – 

making it, as it were, infinite as He is infinite. 

 Look upon each pain as a love token coming to you 

directly from God in order to unite you to Him.”  

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, religious Carmelite (+1906)

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky (1974) 

If you feel you are being called to a religious vocation but don't know how to go about finding out which community you may be called to, it means that your soul is seeking a vocation retreat.

The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, Kentucky are hosting two "Called to Love" Vocation Retreats in February.  One is being held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 for young ladies in grades 6th-12th and the other is being held on Friday-Sunday, February 23rd-25th for young women 18-30. Each retreat is a welcome withdrawal from the world into periods of silence, prayer, community, and recreation much needed for the spiritual growth of the soul.

To learn more about our retreats or to register for one of the events email your confirmation to Sister Patricia Jean, Vocation Director at: sjwvocations@gmail.com.