About the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

​Hail Joseph!

Hail, Joseph, Son of David, just and chaste man, Wisdom is with you; blessed are you among all men and blessed is Jesus; the fruit of Mary, your faithful spouse. St. Joseph, worthy foster-Father and protector of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Church, pray for us sinners and obtain Divine Wisdom for us from God, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

(Prayer composed by St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort and reformulated by Jesus in the apparition of January 7, 2008)

Apparition of St. Joseph to Edson Glauber on March 29, 2002:

In the morning, while I was praying, St. Joseph appeared.  He was very handsome and he showed me his Most Chaste Heart. He appeared while I was praying the (above) prayer (Hail Joseph), which I had been praying in his honor for some time. Looking at me with a warm smile, he gave me the following message:

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"Spread this prayer to whole world. Through this prayer God wishes my name to be more known and loved. He also wants to bestow a lot of graces through it upon those who will honor me by praying it.  

Those who will pray this prayer will be given many graces from Heaven. Through it, I will be often invoked by the whole world and I will be able, by my loved and honorable heart, to grant a lot of graces to sinners who are in need of divine help.

It is important that this prayer be made known to everyone. May it reach everywhere, so all people can enjoy the goodness of God through it.  This is His Most Holy Will that I am revealing to you right now."
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In saying these words, Saint Joseph blessed me and poured from his Most Chaste Heart many rays of golden light, which came to me and invaded my whole being, leaving within me a joy and an indescribable peace. I felt overwhelmed by God's presence and I understood many things which were revealed to my heart about my future life and my mission.  I am not worthy to receive such wonderful graces and I deeply thanked God to have been chosen to to present the Most Chaste Heart of Saint Joseph to the entire world.  Who am I for this mission?  Nothing, but I want to continue to be nothing so that God can do everything! 

Therefore, I understood that there are six different ways to honor the Heart of St. Joseph:

1) The image of the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, a request made at an apparition on December 25, 1996, where Jesus and Our Lady revealed to the world the Heart of St. Joseph.  The original picture of the Three Sacred Hearts united is in the residence of the confidants in Manaus, and from this painting several copies are being spread in many places where devotion to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph grows each time;

2) The Feast of the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, as requested by Jesus during the apparition on June 6, 1997, on the Feast of His Sacred Heart, according to the message received, where He communicated His will: "I wish the first Wednesday after the Feast of My Sacred Heart and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, be the Feast of the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph."

3) The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph, which now should be prayed with the prayer that Jesus (1/7/08) and St. Joseph (3/29/02) have asked us to pray, so that we are able to enjoy his intercession, begging his Most Holy and Mighty Name that makes all of hell tremble and disperses the demons, as Jesus revealed in an apparition.  

4) The scapular of St. Joseph was revealed to Edson during two apparitions: the first on July 14, 2000, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Aylesford (England), in the same place where the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock, showing him the scapular; the second apparition took place on July 16, 2001, on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Sciacca (AG, Sicily) Italy, on the 750th anniversary of the delivery of the Scapular to St. Simon by Our Lady.  The scapular represents a sign of protection and devotion to the Heart of St. Joseph, who wants to lead us to God and to holiness, emphasizing his virtues of purity, obedience, silence and humility, and igniting the flame of faith and love for Jesus and the Blessed Virgin.  St. Joseph will protect those wearing the scapular as his property and will bestow innumerable graces through his Most Chaste Heart upon those who will be tempted against purity and will protect them against the attacks by the devil and each evil spirit. Especially young people should wear this scapular, as they are most attacked by the devil.  Parents should recommend it to their children to wear it, since St. Joseph offers his help and protection, as he guided and protected Jesus on earth.  

5) The spreading of devotion to the Heart of St. Joseph, accompanied by good deeds of charity in favor of the most needy, especially of the sick and dying, as St. Joseph requested in his promises revealed in March, 1998.

​6) The first Wednesdays of the month should be remembered as days of special graces where St. Joseph pours out torrents of extraordinary graces upon all those who appeal his intercession, honoring his Most Chaste Heart. Jesus himself promised that these faithful servants will enjoy great glory in Heaven which, on the other hand, will not be given to those who will not honor him as He asked.