The Contemplatives of Saint Joseph (COSJ)

Christ calls us to respond whole-heartedly!

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Through Him, and with Him, and in Him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso, est tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti, in unitate Spiritus Sancti, omnis honor et gloria.

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Let my prayer be counted as incense before Thee...

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God is waiting for us in Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us not leave him waiting in vain! Let us not, through distraction and lethargy, pass by the greatest and most important thing life offers us.”
Cardinal Ratzinger

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“Communicating with Christ demands that we gaze on him, allow him to gaze on us, listen to him, get to know him. Adoration is simply the personal aspect of Communion. …

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The month of June is the month of humility, where we are called to learn from Jesus, who is meek and humble of Heart.

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“Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.”

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Yet the Los Angeles Dodgers have invited this group to be honored at their stadium. Anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice in America, and we shouldn’t tolerate it.

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Friends, it’s hard to imagine anything more offensive than some of the behavior of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” which I think can only be described as an anti-Catholic hate group.

[Catholic World Report @cworldreport]

Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco said prosecutors’ decision to reduce the charge against activists who destroyed a parish’s statue of a saint from felony to misdemeanor sends the signal that attacks against the Church can continue with impunity. https://t.co/pcCalNhW8p

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Veni, Sancte Spiritus!
Come, Holy Spirit!

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…and make us such that we may be worthy to enjoy Your favor and gain eternal life.”
(The Imitation of Christ, Book IV, Ch IX)

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“Take away from our hearts, O Lord, all suspicion, anger, wrath, contention, and whatever may injure charity and lessen brotherly love. Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on those who ask Your mercy, give grace to those who need it…

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April is the Month of the Most Holy Eucharist.

Venite, adoremus....

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“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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IV. Witnessing Jesus carry his Cross
V. The Crucifixion of Jesus
VI. Taking Jesus Down from the Cross
VII. The Burial of Jesus

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The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
I. The prophecy of Simeon
II. The Flight to Egypt
III. Loss of Child Jesus for 3 days, later found in His Father's House

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Repentance is the voluntary endurance of all afflictions. A penitent is the inflicter of his own punishments. Repentance is a mighty persecution of the stomach, and a striking of the soul into vigorous awareness." (St. John Climacus)

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Repentance

"Repentance is the renewal of baptism. Repentance is a contract with God for a second life. A penitent is a buyer of humility. Repentance is constant distrust of bodily comfort. Repentance is self-condemning reflection, and carefree self-care.

[Teresa Leocadia @teresaleoc]

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St.John Climacus
also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th-century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai

"A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer."

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Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair. A penitent is an undisgraced convict. Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by the practice of good deeds contrary to the sins. Repentance is purification of conscience.

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“ My deliverer from the angry nations; truly above my adversaries You exalt me and from the violent man You have rescued me, O Lord.”

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“Liberátor meus de géntibus iracúndis: ab insurgéntibus in me exaltábis me: a viro iníquo erípies me, Dómine.”