Prayer to Saint Joseph
o thee, O Blessed Joseph, we
have recourse in our tribulations, and while imploring the aid of thy most holy
Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that love which united thee
to the Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and by the fatherly affection with
which thou didst embrace the Infant Jesus, we humbly beseech thee graciously to
regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased with His Blood and to help
us in our necessities, by thy powerful intercession.
Protect, I most provident Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen children of Jesus Christ; ward off from us, O most loving Father, all taint of error and corruption; graciously assist us from Heaven, O most power protector, in our struggle with the powers of darkness; and as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from imminent peril to His life, so now defend the Holy Church of God from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity.
Shield each one of us with thy
unceasing patronage that, imitating thy example and supported by thy aid, we may
be enabled to live a good life, die a holy death, and secure everlasting
happiness in Heaven.
Amen.