“My
daughter, I will give him (Luisa’s Confessor at that time) Heaven as
recompense, and I will count him as the office of Saint Joseph and of my
Mama, who, having assisted my Life on earth, had to go through hardships in
order to nourish Me and assist Me. Now, since my Life is in you, I hold his
assistance and sacrifices as if my Mama and Saint Joseph were doing them again
for Me.”
“In the
grotto, Saint Joseph never left Me without the light of a little lantern at
night; here in the
Sacrament, how many times I remain in the dark also at night!”
“But who
were the spectators? Very few; and in the room of Nazareth the only
spectators were my dear Mama and Saint Joseph.”
“In the
Incarnation I placed Myself at the mercy of my dear Mama; as I was born, Saint
Joseph too was added, to whom I gave the gift of my Life.”
“And just
as I chose Saint Joseph to be together with Me and my Mama, as our cooperator,
tutor and vigilant sentry for Me and for the Sovereign Queen…”
“Then there was my dear father Saint Joseph who
acted as a father to Me, and I felt all the joys which he felt because of Me.”
“…and the Virgin Saint Joseph as my custodian, who acted
as a father to Me, and who was so poor that he needed to work in order to
sustain our lives.”
“But in order to be able to say that I had my Kingdom, and
to rule, I had to have ministers; and even though I had Saint Joseph as
prime minister…”
“And just as I did not depart for Heaven, but in the exile I
remained in the midst of creatures, only with my Divine Mother and with
Saint Joseph who knew Me very well and I formed their paradise on earth…”
And this was a prayer that Our Blessed Mother taught
Luisa to say (and also us): Today,
to honor Me, you will come onto my knees and will recite fifteen Glory Be’s to
thank the Lord for all the graces He granted Me up to the fifteenth year of my
life, especially for having given Me the company of a man so holy, as was
Saint Joseph.
This also
from Our Blessed Mother: “Now, you must
know that for your Mama, for dear and sweet Jesus, and for Saint Joseph, the
little house of Nazareth was a Paradise.
Luisa herself was devoted to St. Joseph and said many prayers to
him,
“Most Holy Virgin, lovable
Mother, come to my aid, obtain for me from your sweet Jesus and mine, grace and
strength in order to do this obedience. Saint Joseph, my dear protector,
assist me in this circumstance of mine.”
“My
family did not see him; I feel all numb and cannot defend myself, nor can I ask
for help. Jesus, Mary, my Mama – help me! Saint Joseph, defend me from this
danger!”
“My ‘I love you’ flows in the water You drink, in the
food You take, in the air You breath, in the rivers of love that pass
between You and your Mama and Saint Joseph, in the prayers You do, in your
ardent heartbeat, in the sleep You take. Oh! how I wish to be near You, to
whisper to your ear: “I love You, I love You…. O Please! let your Kingdom
come”.”
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