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Title: Glories of the catholic church: The catholic christian instructed in defence of his faith: a complete exposition of the catholic doctrine, together with a full explanation of the holy sacrifice of the mass
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: John Gilmary Shea
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Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
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her, go backward or forward. Presently she went to herwonted refuge, St. Joseph, ordering her companions to join with her inbegging the protection of her dear father. They had no sooner done sothan they saw an old man, who cried to them with a loud voice, Stand,for you will be all lost if you go on ! Wherefore they asked of him, What way shall we goon? That way, replied he, which seemedimpossible for a wagon to go to ; but on a sudden they found themselvesmiraculously put into it: at which time they endeavored to find out theold man to thank him, but in vain, as St. Teresa foretold ; who assuredthem it was her good father, St. Joseph, who had freed them from thegreat danger they were in. It was for this reason that the exorcist of Sister Jane of the Angels,prioress of the Ursulines at Loudon, who knew his goodness and power,chose him for her protector in this work ; for the devils complained of St.Joseph, by whose means they were hindered from molesting the reUgiousat their devotions.
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5T. JOSEPH THE BELOVED. Vol. 111.-300-304, THE GLORIES OE ST. JOSEPH. 301 And that St. Joseph even helps without bcin*^ asked, or expecting- ourprayers, the following passage, that happened at Lyons in the month ofSeptember, 1638, evidently proves, which I had from the persons ownmouth, and is as follows : Mr. Peter Evialvin, a rich merchant, coming, upon the 8th of Septem-ber, our blessed Ladys Nativity, with a friend of his, to the Church of St.Joseph, after some discourse with his friend, who was a client of St. Jo-seph, about several graces and favors that St. Joseph bestowed upon hisclients, and of his great merits, conceived a great desire to take him forhis advocate, and resolved to frequent his church, and to hear Mass in itthe Thursday and Friday following. The next Sunday, within the octaveupon which he put himself under St. Josephs protection, as he walked in thefields for his. amusement, he met two men, unknown to him, one of whomshot at him with a blunderbuss charged with

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