Prayers to St. Joseph
"St.
Joseph, father and guardian of virgins, into whose faithful keeping were
entrusted innocency itself, Christ Jesus, and Mary,
the Virgin of virgins, I pray and beseech thee through Jesus and Mary, those
pledges so dear to thee, to keep me from all uncleanness, and to grant that my
mind may be untainted, my heart pure, and my body chaste; help me always to
serve Jesus and Mary in perfect chastity. Amen."
The
prayer below was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. In 1505 it was sent from the
Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever shall read this prayer or hear it or
keep it about themselves, shall never die a sudden death, or be drowned, nor
shall poison take effect on them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the
enemy, or shall be burned in any fire or shall be overpowered in any battle.
“Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection
is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in you all
my interests and desires. Oh, St.
Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession,
and obtain for me from your divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged
here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the
most loving of Fathers.
“Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary
contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He
reposes near your heart. Press Him in my
name and kiss His fine head for me and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw
my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of
departing souls – Pray for me.”
Here’s
another one:
“Remember, O most illustrious
Patriarch St. Joseph, on the testimony of St. Theresa, thy devoted client,
never has it been heard that anyone who invoked thy protection or sought thy
mediation has not obtained relief. In
this confidence I come before thee, my loving protector, chaste spouse of Mary,
foster-father of the Savior of men and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred
Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer,
but graciously hear and obtain my petition…. (Here mention your request)
Let us pray.
O God, Who by Thine ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose St.
Joseph to be the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that
he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intercessor in Heaven,
Who livest and reignest
forever and ever. Amen.”
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