"Whatever you ask of St. Joseph, you shall receive. If you really want to believe in it, prove it to yourself by reciting the Novena and you will be finally convinced" - said Saint Teresa of Avila.
"I took for my advocate and lord the glorious Saint Joseph and commended myself earnestly to him; and I found that this my father and lord delivered me both from this trouble and also from other and greater troubles concerning my honour and the loss of my soul, and that he gave me greater blessings than I could ask of him..." (cf. Autobiography chapter VI) It is difficult to doubt this affirmation when we consider that, of all the saints, the humble carpenter of Nazareth is the one who is closest to Jesus and Mary: he was so on earth, and is even more so in heaven. Because he was the father of Jesus, and the spouse of Mary. The graces the have been obtained from God through the intercession of Saint Joseph are innumerable...
