How Old Was St. Joseph? | Episode 58

This year is the Year of St. Joseph, not only in the Diocese of Tyler, but for the whole Church as well! Luke explains how you can obtain the Plenary Indulgences the Church is opening up in honor of this great saint. He also addresses the question of St. Joseph's age and why this is an important topic to discuss!

 

The 6 Plenary Indulgences Luke mentions in the episode are listed below: 

1. To those who will meditate for at least 30 minutes on the Lord’s Prayer
2. Take part in a Spiritual Retreat of at least one day that includes a meditation on St. Joseph. -  
3. The indulgence can also be obtained by those who, following St. Joseph’s example, will perform a spiritual or corporal work of mercy. -  
4. The recitation of the Holy Rosary in families and among engaged couples is another way of obtaining indulgences, in order that “all Christian families may be stimulated to recreate the same atmosphere of intimate communion, love and prayer that was in the Holy Family.”
5. Everyone who entrusts their daily activity to the protection of St. Joseph, and every faithful who invokes the intercession of St. Joseph so that those seeking work can find dignifying work can also obtain the plenary indulgence. 
6. The plenary indulgence is also granted to the faithful who will recite the Litany to St. Joseph (for the Latin tradition), or the Akathistos to St. Joseph (for the Byzantine tradition), or any other prayer to St. Joseph proper to the other liturgical traditions, for the persecuted Church ad intra and ad extra, and for the relief of all Christians suffering all forms of persecution.

 

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