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5457 Trafalgar Street, Vancouver, BC V6N 1C1 T 604.266.8800 [email protected] www.sjaparish.ca St. and the spirit of prayer March 21, 2021 St. Teresa de Ávila wrote the following regarding St. Joseph: “I do not remember that I have ever asked JOURNEY THRU LENT WITH FORMED anything of him which he has failed to grant…... To other , the Lord seems to have given grace to thru our Parish website SJA.PARISH.CA help us in some of our necessities. But my experience is that St. Joseph helps us in them all”

with the on-line platform of SJA.FORMED.ORG. Our Lady told Venerable Mary of Ágreda (1602-1665) of the power of St. Joseph’s intercession: “The whole human race has much undervalued the privileges and prerogatives conceded to my Blessed FORMED is the revolutionary digital platform that gives Spouse Joseph and they do not know what his intercession with can do. I assure you, my dearest, Lenten Activities unprecedented access to video-based study programs, that he is one of the greatly favoured personages in the divine presence and has immense power to stay feature films, audio presentations, and eBooks from the the arms of divine vengeance. I desire that from now on, during the rest of your mortal life, you advance in 1. Please join praying The Surrender Novena from Ash Wednesday to Church’s foremost presenters. Hope this resource will help devotion and in heartfelt love toward my Spouse, and that you bless the Lord for having favoured him with Good Friday such high privileges and for having rejoiced me so much in the knowledge of all his excellences. In all your http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-surrender-novena.html us to love Jesus more and to be more well equipped for necessities, you must avail yourself of his intercession.” the work of evangelization. 2. Spiritual talks on St. Joseph and Consecration to St. Joseph at Father Anthony’s Prayer Groups during Lent. Participate in the Into the Desert Video Study On July 30, 1937, St. Faustina wrote, “St. Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself

 Follow Jesus into the desert this Lent and discover told me to recite these prayers: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and the Memorare to St. Joseph, once In English: Monday at 7 pm (Feb. 22 to March 29) every day. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work intimacy with God in this 6-week video based study with (of mercy). He has promised me his special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day In Cantonese: Sunday at 7:15 pm (Feb. 21 to March 28) daily meditations in the participant’s guide. and feel his special protection.” Please contact Father Anthony ([email protected]) for the Watch a Daily Lenten Reflection Video Zoom link.  Set yourself up for a transformative 40 days with St. Josemaria also had a special devotion to St. Joseph. In the first months of 1935, he was working to Lenten reflection videos from Dr. Tim Gray. It takes less than have the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel of the academy resident. He had managed to obtain some 3. Weekly Prayer Groups meetings recordings and highlights: http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/ 5 minutes a day! liturgical items but there were still other essential items he needed such as cruets, paten, bell and taber- Relive the Most Important Week in History nacle lamp. On the eve of the Feast of St. Joseph, Father Josemaria made a list of the things needed and 4. Join Forty Days for Life to pray for the protection of human life. Our  Join us for the first ever FORMED-wide book club as read entrusted the matter to St. Joseph. On the same day, a mysterious man with a beard gave a package to parish is going to pray especially on March 8 (Monday). The parish and discuss Emeritus Benedict’s the porter for Father Josemaria. When Father Josemaria opened the package, he found it contained all the church is opened from 8 am to 7 pm and parishioners are invited to spend items he had listed. In gratitude, Father Josemaria decided to attach to the tabernacle key a medallion time praying before the Blessed Sacrament for the protection of human masterpiece, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week. engraved with the words, "Ite ad Joseph" ("Go to Joseph"). From that time on, all tabernacle keys in Opus life. Make your Screen Time Spiritual Dei centers have this medallion. 5. Parishioners are encouraged to access online Catholic resources while  Watch programs that will strengthen your love for staying at home at Formed.Org. Access Code for SJA Parishioners Jesus. St. Andre Bessette (1845-1937) and Blessed Maria Repetto (1807-1890) are two modern saints who were is: TWNH4F > The Shroud of Turin > Convinced intensely devoted to St. Joseph and ardently promoted devotion to St. Joseph.

6. Confessions are heard on Saturday from 11 am to 12 noon in the > The Silent Witness > Prayer: A Surge of the Heart basement. Penitents can request for the reception of ashes after Pray Stations of the Cross Brother Andre was the doorkeeper of Notre Dame College in Montreal. Many people experienced physical individual confession.  This beautiful meditation on the Stations of the Cross from healings after praying with Brother Andre and his reputation as a healer began to spread. Brother Andre is accompanied by the chanting of knew that the real source of these miraculous cures was St. Joseph’s intercession. He said, “When you invoke , you don't have to speak much. You know your Father in Heaven knows what you Let’s continue to be united in prayers during Stabat Mater, a traditional Catholic hymn. need; well, so does His friend Saint Joseph. Tell him, “If you were in my place, Saint Joseph, what would this challenging time, and hopefully, we can Give your Commute to Jesus worship together in-person soon you do? Well, pray for this in my behalf.”  Listen to Lighthouse Talks that will draw you into Lent. > My Beloved Son > The Passion of Christ Like St. Andre Bessette, St. Maria Repetto was doorkeeper for her convent. Her many small and simple > Love-Sacrifice-Trust > 3 Days that Changed the World act of kindness touched the hearts of many. Miracles, such as cures and remarkable conversions began to take place around Sister Maria, who humbly attributed them to the intercession of St. Joseph. She distrib- The access code of SJA.FORMED.ORG for our uted medals and small images of St. Joseph to those who came to her for help. Like Blessed Maria parishioners is: TWNH4F Repetto, may we practice conscious acts of kindness and love; recognizing Christ in the people most in need of our charity.