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ST. JOSEPH and HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC PARISHES are a welcoming Catholic community, alive in Christ, living out His message in love and service to everyone. St. Joseph Church is at 500 N. Mesa Verde Avenue in Aztec, New Mexico. Holy Trinity Church is at 42 Road 3520, Flora Vista, New Mexico. Click here for MAP. Our parish office is at Father Owen Center, across the street from St. Joseph Church, at 424 N. Mesa Verde in Aztec, NM.

FROM THE PASTOR

The Year of St. Joseph

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ:
This reflection is taken from Consecration to to Saint Joseph by Fr. Donald H. Calloway: Saint Joseph is the greatest saint in the kingdom of Heaven because God predestined him for that position. This reality should make our hearts extremely joyful.
Rejoice, devout servants of St.Joseph, for you are close to paradise; the ladder up to it has but three rungs, Jesus, Mary, Joseph. (St.Leonard of Port Maurice)
Who is not aware that, after the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, of all the saints, is the one who is the dearest to God. (St.Alphonsus Ligouori)
The exalted status given to St. Joseph by Doctors of the Church has led to a particular way of describing the love and reverence due to St. Joseph. The following distinctions were created by theologians and are very helpful for understanding the reverence due to God and his saints:
latria (adoration) - God
hyperdulia (highest reverence) - Mary
protodulia ( first revered) - St.Joseph
dulia (revered) - all other saints. In a unique place, over all others, is God. He alone is worthy of adoration. In Greek, the word for adoration is latria. Only God is worthy of latria (adoration). The Virgin Mary, below God but above everyone else (including the highest choirs of angels), is given a special form of veneration whose Greek name is hyperdulia, which means "highest revered". Saint Joseph is protodulia, below Mary but above all the other saints. Last but not least are the saints. We acknowledge their holiness and honor them with a type of veneration whose Greek name is dulia, which means reverence. Rev. Raja Yeruva Administrator Comments? You may email pastor@stjosephaztec.org

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