Rare Old Glass Chaplet of St. Joseph

Payment | Policies Rare Old Glass Chaplet of St. Joseph A beautiful old St. Joseph Chaplet rosary with dark purple (almost blue) and white molded milk glass beads that came from my buyer in Wisconsin. This chaplet is around 60-70 years old. This is only the 7th Chaplet of St. Joseph that I've been able to find in the last eight years. I'm sure that new ones could be special ordered, but the older ones are rare. The Chaplet of St. Joseph The chaplet is divided into 15 groups of four beads consisting of one white and three purple beads. The white beads symbolize St. Joseph's purity and the purple his saintly piety. The Chaplet of Saint Joseph is prayed for family protection. In today's society, Satan is making every attempt, first of all and foremost, to destroy the family. As is well known, many marriages end up in divorce. But all that can change by the intercession of the adoptive father of Jesus through our praying of the Chaplet of Saint Joseph. On the large (white) beads, say the following prayer: "St. Joseph guardian of the Holy Family, bless our families." On the small (purple) beads, say the following prayer: "St. Joseph pray for us." Concluding prayer: "Jesus, Mary and Joseph I give You my heart and my soul. "Jesus, Mary and Joseph assist me now and in my last agony. "Jesus, Mary and Joseph may I breathe forth my soul in peace with You. Amen." Everything we know about the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus comes from Scripture and that has seemed too little for those who made up legends about him. We know he was a carpenter, a working man, for the skeptical Nazarenes ask about Jesus, "Is this not the carpenter's son?" (Matthew 13:55). He wasn't rich for when he took Jesus to the Temple to be circumcised and Mary to be purified he offered the sacrifice of two turtledoves or a pair of pigeons, allowed only for those who could not afford a lamb (Luke 2:24). Despite his humble work and means, Joseph came from a royal lineage. Luke and Matthew disagree some about the details of Joseph's genealogy but they both mark his descent from David, the greatest king of Israel (Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38). Indeed the angel who first tells Joseph about Jesus greets him as "son of David," a royal title used also for Jesus. We know Joseph was a compassionate, caring man. When he discovered Mary was pregnant after they had been betrothed, he knew the child was not his but was as yet unaware that she was carrying the Son of God. He planned to divorce Mary according to the law but he was concerned for her suffering and safety. He knew that women accused to adultery could be stoned to death, so he decided to divorce her quietly and not expose her to shame or cruelty (Matthew 1:19-25). We know Joseph was man of faith, obedient to whatever God asked of him without knowing the outcome. When the angel came to Joseph in a dream and told him the truth about the child Mary was carrying, Joseph immediately and without question or concern for gossip, took Mary as his wife. When the angel came again to tell him that his family was in danger, he immediately left everything he owned, all his family and friends, and fled to a strange country with his young wife and the baby. He waited in Egypt without question until the angel told him it was safe to go back (Matthew 2:13-23). We know Joseph loved Jesus. His one concern was for the safety of this child entrusted to him. Not only did he leave his home to protect Jesus, but upon his return settled in the obscure town of Nazareth out of fear for his life. When Jesus stayed in the Temple we are told Joseph (along with Mary) searched with great anxiety for three days for him (Luke 2:48). We also know that Joseph treated Jesus as his own son for over and over the people of Nazareth say of Jesus, "Is this not the son of Joseph?" (Luke 4:22) We know Joseph respected Go... read more