Messages of Saint Joseph

Dear companions of My Chaste Heart,

Those of you who seek the fullness of life in matter will never find true joy nor will have motivation to tread the path of the spirit, for you will never be satisfied with appearances and outer ways of anything.

I do not tell you that you should be indifferent to material life or be negligent with your practical tasks nor with the search for perfection that you must express in everything, but your goal cannot be on the physical plane nor in the perfection of matter.

Do you understand what I tell you? I am saying that, even though you may have the mission of manifesting a Marian Center or a Light-Community, the deepest goal of your hearts must not be there, for if they were, there will be no spirit in those manifestations. The soul of all the Works of God is in the intention of who manifests them.

It is like this with all things. Even though you are to manifest monastic life, fraternal life, a life in communion with all that was created, your goal must not only be in what these forms express outwardly. So that there may be soul and the Presence of God in your actions, in your works, you must always aspire to the Heights, to a union with the Divine, first seeking the spiritual manifestation of all things.

It is in the unity with the Creator that you will find true joy. In a world in which matter is corrupted and continues to degenerate, souls that place all their efforts only in that, however much they seek to transform it and consecrate it, they will nearly always be wrapped in sadness, frustration and demotivation.

Fix your eyes upon the Heights, on Infinity, on God, and find in Him the joy for continuing onward, so as to be able to smile, lighting up the hearts of those who suffer, even in times of constant pain.

It will be necessary that there may be hearts that keep ignited in their souls the joy of serving God, in spite of everything, but you will only find this joy in the Most High Father.

This is how the spirit rejoices in the Cross of Christ: those who see matter, contemplate the pain and suffering; those who fix their gaze upon God and upon the spiritual strength of Jesus, contemplate Divine Victory and Mercy.

It is time to learn to seek joy again.

Your beloved father and friend,

The Most Chaste Saint Joseph