![]() ![]() I also join the Church in invoking him to bring those who are dying safely home to Christ. Joseph by baking braided bread and setting up a mini-shrine wherever I am, and when possible, giving alms. Joseph to bring me home safely.Įach year on his feast day, I try to honor St. Joseph because the “waiting lines for Jesus and Mary were always too long.” My devotion to him increased dramatically years ago when I became ill while working in Macau, China. My mother had often encouraged me to send my intentions to St. In school, each of us would take a blessed fava bean as a token to remind us of God’s providence and care through the intercession of the humble foster father of Jesus and spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joseph, New Orleanians follow the Sicilian tradition of setting up elaborate altars decorated with braided bread, pastries, fava or “lucky beans,” flowers, and sacramentals. Pious Recreation, 6: The Flight Into Egyptįor the Solemnity of St. ![]() “Speak, do not fear, you are the representative of God, the head of the family.”
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