In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

We have just a few weeks left in this marvelous year of St. Joseph, as you know, that year ends on December 8th.

It has been wonderful meditating on different aspects of the life of St. Joseph, and taking advantage of insights

of some great, great authors. In this podcast, we will pray using the text from St. John Paul

II from 1989. The Holy Father wrote an apostolic exhortation

that he entitled Guardian of the Redeemer.

The subtitle is On the Person and Mission of St. Joseph

and the Life of Christ and of the Church.

What follows is a condensation of some key insights in the document.

Hopefully, these minutes of prayer together will be the stimulus

for you to download the apostolic exhortation

and work your way through it as a way of bringing

to a close this year of St. Joseph.

We can take a look at three key themes, the obedience of faith, work as an expression of love, and the primacy of the interior life.

Before we dive into the obedience of faith, it's worthwhile pointing out the goal that the Holy

Father had in writing this document. he wanted to offer us some reflections

concerning the one into whose custody God entrusted his most precious

treasures. The goal is not only for us to turn to Joseph with greater fervor and to

invoke his patronage with trust, but also

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