Catholic Dedication Month - June 2026
Month of The Sacred Heart Of JESUS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
AND OF THE SON
AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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"O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You."
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GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
AND TO THE SON
AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
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The 3 Recorded Apparitions of Saint Joseph... And What He Said Each Time...
Father's day is June 21
While the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared many times throughout Church history, approved apparitions involving St. Joseph are much more rare. Yet when he appears, the message is usually simple: stay close to Jesus, protect the family, and trust God even in difficult times.
One of the best-known approved apparitions connected to St. Joseph happened in Cotignac on June 7, 1660.
A young shepherd named Gaspard Ricard was exhausted and dying of thirst in the heat. A man appeared and said, “I am Joseph. Lift this rock and you will drink.” Gaspard obeyed and found water flowing from beneath a heavy rock that he could not have moved alone. The spring still exists today, and the Church recognizes the site as a place of pilgrimage and prayer.
Another famous approved apparition took place in Knock on August 21, 1879.
Fifteen people witnessed a silent vision beside the parish church during heavy rain. They saw Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, angels, and the Lamb of God upon an altar. St. Joseph stood quietly beside Mary with his head slightly bowed. No words were spoken. Many Catholics saw this as a sign of hope during a hard period of suffering in Ireland.
At Fátima on October 13, 1917, during the Miracle of the Sun witnessed by tens of thousands, Sister Lucia said St. Joseph appeared holding the Child Jesus beside Our Lady. She said he blessed the world by making the Sign of the Cross.
St. Teresa of Ávila had a deep devotion to St. Joseph and wrote: “I know by experience that the glorious St. Joseph helps us in all kinds of necessities.” For centuries, Catholics have turned to him as a protector of families, workers, fathers, and the Universal Church.
In a world that constantly praises noise, attention, and self-promotion, why do you think one of the greatest saints in Christianity is remembered most for silence, obedience, and hidden faithfulness?
St. Joseph, Protector of the Holy Family and Patron of the Universal Church, pray for us
“The greatest male saint who ever lived was not a deacon, not a priest, not a bishop, not a pope, not a hermit, not a monk... He was a husband, father and worker.”
— St. Josemaría Escrivá
📅 Father’s Day is June 21.
And the greatest male saint who ever lived was not a priest, a bishop, a pope, or a famous preacher.
He was a husband, a father, and a worker.
St. Josemaría Escrivá was speaking about St. Joseph.
That should make every man stop and think.
St. Joseph never preached a sermon. He never wrote a book. He never performed a recorded miracle. Scripture does not preserve a single word he spoke.
Yet God chose him to protect Jesus and Mary.
Matthew calls him “a just man” (Matthew 1:19). He worked with his hands. He provided for his family. He obeyed God when it was difficult. He stayed when it would have been easier to leave. He protected his family when danger came.
The world tells men that greatness is money, power, influence, or recognition.
God chose a carpenter.
Many fathers feel invisible. They work, sacrifice, provide, and wonder if anyone notices. St. Joseph reminds us that Heaven sees what the world ignores.
The man entrusted with raising the Son of God was not chosen because he was famous.
He was chosen because he was faithful.
💬 In a world that celebrates successful men, have we forgotten how to honor faithful fathers?
A father somewhere may need this reminder on Father’s Day.
I assure my closeness to the people of the Philippines, struck a few days ago by a powerful earthquake. I pray for the deceased and their families, for the wounded, and for all those suffering because of this disaster.
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,36-38.10,1-8)
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
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READ: In a social media post, Pope Leo sent prayers to those affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the country on June 8, 2026.
"I pray for the deceased and their families, for the wounded, and for all those suffering because of this disaster," the pontiff wrote.
COURTESY: Pope Leo XIV/X
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.”
Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Your infallible words I now ask for the grace of…
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.