Prayer to St Joseph
In 1889,
in Quamquam
pluries, Pope Leo XIII prescribed that this prayer to St. Joseph be
added to the recitation of the Rosary during the month of October. Nothing
prevents this prayer from being used by the faithful at any other time.
TO thee, O
blessed Joseph, do we have recourse in our tribulation, and having implored the
help of thy thrice-holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By
that charity wherewith thou wast united to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God,
and by that fatherly affection with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we
beseech thee and we humbly pray, that thou wouldst look graciously upon the
inheritance which Jesus Christ hath purchased by His Blood, and assist us in our
needs by thy power and strength.
Most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, protect the chosen people of Jesus
Christ; keep far from us, most loving father, all blight of error and
corruption; mercifully assist us from heaven, most mighty defender, in this our
conflict with the powers of darkness; and, even as of old thou didst rescue the
Child Jesus from the supreme peril of His life, so now defend God’s Holy
Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; keep us one and all
under thy continual protection, that we may be supported by thine example and
thine assistance, may be enabled to lead a holy life, die a happy death, and
come at last to the possession of everlasting blessedness in heaven. Amen.