Nine Days with Saint Joseph

DAY ONE Husband Consider the sublime perfection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Consider then the sublime dignity of the one called to be her husband. The spouse of the Blessed Virgin would have been filled with all the graces necessary to fulfill such a lofty vocation. Behold the faithful and prudent servant, whom the Lord set over his own family!  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hymn This hymn can be sung to the tune used for “In the Bleak Midwinter” Long before his Passion, ere he lay entombed, Christ took up our nature in the Virgin’s womb. By his Incarnation heaven’s royal King took on mankind’s burden, eased our suffering. 7