Pray for us, then, O great Saint, and by your love for Jesus and Mary, and by their love for you, obtain for us the favour we ask in this novena (mention your request). O faithful and prudent St Joseph, watch over our weakness and our inexperience obtain for us that prudence which reminds us of our end, which directs our paths and which protects us from every danger. O glorious St Joseph, appointed by the Eternal Father as the guardian and protector of the life of Jesus Christ, the comfort and support of his Holy Mother, and the instrument in his great design for the redemption of mankind you who had the happiness of living with Jesus and Mary, and of dying in their arms, be moved with the confidence we place in you, and procure for us from the Almighty the particular favour which we humbly ask through your intercession. In addition to the special favour for which we plead in this novena (mention your request) grant that we may attribute to God the glory of all things, that we may love the humble and hidden life, that we may not desire any other position than the one given to us by Providence and that we may always be a docile instrument in the hands of God. O holy St Joseph, what a lesson your life is for us, ever so eager to appear so anxious to display before the eyes of men the graces that we owe entirely to the liberality of God. And may he grant us through your merits the joy of a blessed life and a favourable answer to our petition (mention your request). May the triune God who has bestowed upon you heavenly honours be praised forever. He willed that you be called “father” of the Word and serve as agent of our salvation. You were appointed spouse of the chaste Virgin by the Creator of the world. St Joseph, pride of heaven, unfailing hope for our lives, and support of those on earth, graciously accept our prayer of praise. O glorious St Joseph, through the love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of his name, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions. Help us to such a love of our God as will always keep us united to him. Keep our souls always in sanctifying grace and, if we should be so unhappy as to lose it, give us the strength to recover it immediately by a sincere repentance. May God be always the first and only object of our affections. Amen.īlessed St Joseph, enkindle in our cold hearts a spark of your charity. O blessed St Joseph, tender-hearted father, faithful guardian of Jesus, chaste spouse of the Mother of God, we pray and beseech you to offer to God the Father, his divine Son, bathed in blood on the cross for sinners, and through the thrice holy name of Jesus obtain for us of the eternal Father the favour for which we implore your intercession (mention your request).Īmid the splendours of eternity, forget not the sorrows of those who suffer, those who pray, those who weep stay the almighty arm which smites us, that by your prayers and those of your most holy spouse, the Heart of Jesus may be moved to pity and to pardon. Be you then to me what you have been to that spouse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and graciously hear me as you did her. “You are never invoked in vain” says the seraphic Theresa of Jesus. O great St Joseph, with feelings of unlimited confidence, we beg you to bless this novena that we begin in your honour. O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that our prayers on our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. O glorious St Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign Heart of jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly for the grace of a happy death and the special favour we now request (mention your request).
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