30 Day
Prayer to St. Joseph
Below is a
30-Day Prayer to St. Joseph for any special intention. It is in honor of the 30
years he spent with Jesus and Mary.
Ever-blessed and glorious
Joseph, kind and loving father, and helpful friend of all in sorrow! You are
the good father and protector of orphans, the defender of the defenseless, the
patron of those in need and sorrow. Look kindly on my request. My sins have
drawn on me the just displeasure of my God, and so I am surrounded with
unhappiness. To you, loving guardian of the Family of Nazareth, do I go for
help and protection.
Listen, then, I beg you, with fatherly concern, to
my earnest prayers, and obtain for the favors I ask.
I ask it by the
infinite mercy of the eternal Son of God, which moved Him to take our nature
and to be born into this world of sorrow.
I ask it by the weariness and
suffering you endured when you found no shelter at the inn of Bethlehem for the
holy Virgin, nor a house where the Son of God could be born. Then, being
everywhere refused, you had to allow the Queen of Heaven to give birth to the
world's Redeemer in a cave.
I ask it by the loveliness and power of
that sacred Name, Jesus, which you conferred on the adorable infant. I ask it
by that painful torture you felt at the prophecy of holy Simeon, which declared
the child Jesus and His holy Mother future victims of our sins and of their
great love for us.
I ask it through your sorrow and pain of soul when
the angel declared to you that the life of the Child Jesus was sought by His
enemies. From their evil plan you had to flee with Him and His Blessed Mother
to Egypt.
I ask it by all suffering, weariness, and labors of that long
and dangerous journey.
I ask it by all your care to protect the Sacred
Child and His Immaculate Mother during your second journey, when you were
ordered to return to your own country.
I ask it by your peaceful life
in Nazareth where you met with so many joys and sorrows.
I ask it by
your great distress when the adorable Child was lost to you and His Mother for
three days.
I ask it by your joy at finding Him in the Temple, and by
the comfort you found at Nazareth, while living in the company of the Child
Jesus.
I ask it by the wonderful submission He showed in His obedience
to you.
I ask it by the perfect love and conformity you showed in
accepting the Divine order to depart from this life, and from the company of
Jesus and Mary.
I ask it by the joy which filled your soul, when the
Redeemer of the world, triumphant over death and hell, entered into the
possession of His kingdom and led you into it with special honors.
I
ask it through Mary's glorious Assumption, and through that endless happiness
you have with her in the presence of God.
O good father! I beg you, by
all your sufferings, sorrows, and joys, to hear me and obtain for me what I
ask. (make your request here)
Obtain for all those who have asked my
prayers everything that is useful to them in the plan of God. Finally my dear
patron and father, be with me and all who are dear to me in our last moments,
that we may eternally sing the praises of JESUS, MARY, and JOSEPH.
Amen |
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