Devotion to the foster-father of Jesus is generally traced to the 3rd or 4th century, but according to the Pieta prayer book, there is a prayer to St. Joseph that dates to the year 50. This indicates that actually devotion to St. Joseph was alive even in the early Church. From the Pieta: This prayer …
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“Son, behold your mother.” St. John 19:27.
MARY, YOUR SPIRITUAL MOTHER “Son, behold your mother.” St. John 19:27. If you are a Christian and consider yourself a brother or sister in Christ, “the firstborn of many brethren,” Rom. 8:29, then Mary is your spiritual mother. St. Paul tells the Ephesians that “Christ is the head of the church, which …
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