If, at the time when Jesus and Mary lived at Nazareth, we had wished to obtain a grace, what more powerful mediator among men could we have employed than St. Joseph? Will he now have less credit with them?
"Go, then, to Joseph" (Genesis 41:55), that he may intercede for you. Whatever may be the grace you desire, God will grant his request.
But, above all, go to Joseph to obtain the grace of a good death. The common opinion that he died in the arms of Jesus and Mary has given cause for the great confidence which the faithful have, that, through his intercession they will enjoy as happy and as consoling an end.
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Imitation of the Most Blessed Virgin
