{"id":25378,"date":"2010-03-05T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/saint-john-joseph-of-the-cross\/"},"modified":"2010-03-05T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T10:00:49","slug":"saint-john-joseph-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/saint-john-joseph-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint John Joseph of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/St%20John%20Joseph%20of%20the%20Cross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St John Joseph of the Cross.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/St John Joseph of the Cross-thumb-160x235-5857.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He was in prayer and even spent the night praying and giving<br \/>\nthanks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><i>Father, You raised Your servant Saint John Joseph of the Cross through<br \/>\nthe rugged way of poverty, humility and patience to heavenly glory. Grant us<br \/>\nthe grace to follow his example so as to share in eternal joy<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Saint John<br \/>\nJoseph comes from the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples. Some might say<br \/>\nit is better than Capri. Virtuous from his earliest days he followed the path<br \/>\nset by Saint Peter of Alcantara -the same person who was a spiritual father to<br \/>\nSaint Teresa of Jesus&#8211; who developed a strict observant Franciscan fraternity<br \/>\nwhich emphasized contemplation and penance. John Joseph was such an exemplary friar<br \/>\nthat he was asked to be ordained a priest and to make Franciscan foundations.<br \/>\nIn time he was appointed both master of novices and provincial superior. His<br \/>\nhumility endeared him to others; he insisted on menial tasks even though he had noble birth and positions of influence. John Joseph was zealous for souls and it is<br \/>\nreported that he had the gift of prophecy and healing. As an insightful<br \/>\nconfessor John Joseph would encourage people to pray, live simply and be<br \/>\ndevoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">More on Saint John Joseph <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/MARY\/JOHNJOE.HTM\">can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was in prayer and even spent the night praying and giving thanks. Father, You raised Your servant Saint John Joseph of the Cross through the rugged way of poverty, humility and patience to heavenly glory. Grant us the grace to follow his example so as to share in eternal joy. Saint John Joseph comes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/saint-john-joseph-of-the-cross\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saint John Joseph of the Cross<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1770],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}