CONFIDENCE OF SAINT TERESA.

This Saint had great devotion to Saint Joseph, and in all her wants applied to him. This is what she writes: “I took for my advocate and master the glorious Saint Joseph, and I recommend myself much to him. I cannot remember having asked him for anything which he did not obtain. It seems that to other Saints Our Lord has given power to succour us in only one kind of necessity; but this glorious Saint, I know by my own experience, assists us in all kinds of necessities. Hence Our Lord, it appears, wishes us to understand that, as He was obedient to him when on earth, for he was called His father, so now in Heaven He grants him whatever he asks. Would that I could persuade all men to be devout to this glorious Saint. I have never known anyone who was truly devoted to him, and who performed particular devotions in his honour, that did not advance more in virtue, for he assists in a special manner those souls who recommend themselves to him.”

Her Life: Oct.15.

The cathechist