Saint Joseph of Cupertino: Questions and Thanks
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:27 pm
For those who work with Saints, I encourage you to develop a relationship with the wonderful and lesser known Saint that is Saint-Joseph of Cupertino. He is helpful in matters of safe travel, particularly air travel, as well as for test-taking and examinations of any kind. Once you have a relationship with him though, he'll be of good advice in many situations outside these.
Saint-Joseph of Cupertino was an ecstatic and humble Saint. When out walking, he would often return to the monastery in rags, having given his shoes and clothes to the needy. When taken over by spirit, he would levitate and is thus known as ''The Flying Monk''. Humble in the extreme, he would refuse meat and live on bread, fruit and water. When given broth, he would make it bitter by adding wormwood to it. If you take the time to get to know him, you'll find his presence comforting and uplifting.
Brown and purple candles dressed with All Saints oils are well-received as is mugwort, wormwood or any other plant from the artemisia family. Offerings of dry bread and fruit are also fine, but you'll find that other than some company and a light, Saint-Joseph of Cupertino doesn't ask for very much. Thanks, belief in God and a smile. Truly his soul is light.
If you place him by a window he's happy, he chose one of my window sills that has since become his devoted space. Perhaps it's because he always liked the outdoors.
My favourite prayer to this Saint is a variation on the one most often printed on his prayer cards:
O humble St-Joseph of Cupertino, singularly favoured by God, implore the Holy Spirit to enlighten my mind and strengthen my memory in the search of His Truth and Wisdom. May I succeed in offering God my finest work and may I grow in Knowledge, Understanding, Humility and Charity. May everything I learn in life be offered in faithful service to God, from whom flows that Wisdom which leads to eternal life. Amen.
Saint-Joseph of Cupertino was an ecstatic and humble Saint. When out walking, he would often return to the monastery in rags, having given his shoes and clothes to the needy. When taken over by spirit, he would levitate and is thus known as ''The Flying Monk''. Humble in the extreme, he would refuse meat and live on bread, fruit and water. When given broth, he would make it bitter by adding wormwood to it. If you take the time to get to know him, you'll find his presence comforting and uplifting.
Brown and purple candles dressed with All Saints oils are well-received as is mugwort, wormwood or any other plant from the artemisia family. Offerings of dry bread and fruit are also fine, but you'll find that other than some company and a light, Saint-Joseph of Cupertino doesn't ask for very much. Thanks, belief in God and a smile. Truly his soul is light.
If you place him by a window he's happy, he chose one of my window sills that has since become his devoted space. Perhaps it's because he always liked the outdoors.
My favourite prayer to this Saint is a variation on the one most often printed on his prayer cards:
O humble St-Joseph of Cupertino, singularly favoured by God, implore the Holy Spirit to enlighten my mind and strengthen my memory in the search of His Truth and Wisdom. May I succeed in offering God my finest work and may I grow in Knowledge, Understanding, Humility and Charity. May everything I learn in life be offered in faithful service to God, from whom flows that Wisdom which leads to eternal life. Amen.