March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph — often known as St. Joseph’s Day.
The day celebrates the lifetime of St. Joseph, “the partner of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron of the common Catholic Church,” Fr. Angelo N. Carusi informed Fox Information Digital.
Carusi is pastor at St. Rocco’s Church in Johnston, Rhode Island.
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St. Joseph’s legacy stays influential even to at the present time, although there may be not a lot about him written within the Bible.
“I feel it’s somewhat superb that there aren’t any recorded phrases of St. Joseph within the Bible — and but, there are extra church buildings named after him and extra photos of him all through the world than some other saint, besides, after all, Jesus and Mary,” stated Fr. Carusi.
Fr. Angelo Carusi, left, is pastor of St. Rocco’s Church in Johnston, Rhode Island. He stated St. Joseph is especially commemorated by Italians and people of Italian descent, because of a purported miracle throughout a drought in Sicily. (Courtesy Fr. Angelo Carusi/Getty Photographs)
St. Joseph is especially commemorated by Italians and people of Italian descent, because of a purported miracle throughout a drought in Sicily within the seventeenth century, stated Carusi.
Carusi’s parish was established within the early twentieth century to serve the rising Italian immigrant inhabitants in Johnston.
“Within the church the place I function pastor, St. Rocco’s in Johnston, Rhode Island, there’s an exquisite stained-glass window of St. Joseph, and on the underside are etched these phrases, ‘Ite advert Joseph,’ which is Latin for, ‘Go to Joseph.’”
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And whereas the phrase “Go to Joseph” could appear easy, these phrases are “so profound,” stated Carusi.
“If you happen to’re having an issue in your marriage, go to Joseph. If you happen to’re struggling as a father, go to Joseph. If you happen to’re having an issue at work, go to Joseph. If you happen to’re going through a grave sickness or dying, go to Joseph,” he stated.
Clergymen in Malta carry a statue of St. Joseph as a part of a procession on St. Joseph’s Day, a solemnity noticed yearly on March 19. (Finnbarr Webster/Getty Photographs)
Catholics imagine within the intercession of the saints — which means they ask a saint in heaven to wish for a sure end result and intercede with Jesus Christ.
“St. Joseph is, for us, a mannequin of religion, justice, hope, charity, obedience, tenacity and chastity,” stated Carusi.
He continued, “In our world that’s so secular, we’d like these virtues greater than ever.”
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St. Joseph’s Day is a solemnity, which means it “is the very best rank of celebration,” stated the Catholic Solutions. This additionally signifies that though it’s throughout Lent every year, regular fasting guidelines don’t apply as a part of the celebration of the day.
“One lovely custom for St. Joseph’s Day is the St. Joseph’s Desk,” stated Carusi.
A St. Joseph’s Desk from an ice cream parlor in New Orleans, Louisiana. This Italian custom honoring St. Joseph started within the Center Ages, stated Carusi. (Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs)
The follow of the St. Joseph’s Desk began in Italy, after Sicilians requested St. Joseph to intercede and finish a drought.
“Miraculously, it rained,” he stated.
“Their harvest was extra plentiful than ever.”
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To mark the miracle every year, households in Sicily started making a “St. Joseph Desk,” which featured “three tiers of assorted varieties of breads, pastas, thick vegetable soups, olives, figs, desserts, flowers and a statue or picture of St. Joseph on the highest tier,” stated Carusi.
Additionally it is a customized to eat Italian pastries on St. Joseph’s Day.
“Through the years, this custom has turn out to be a residing murals,” he added.
When Italians started shifting to america, they introduced these traditions with them.
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Additionally it is a customized to eat Italian pastries on St. Joseph’s Day, notably zeppole — deep-fried pastries topped with a maraschino cherry, stated Carusi.
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