Saint
Joseph
Saint
Joseph
A Novena to St Joseph
Most Glorious Patriarch, St Joseph I beg thy
compassionate intercession and support in all my difficulties and I
turn to thee with confidence oh
powerful protector. Assist me in
my present necessity with thy prayers before God (make intention)
AMEN.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY ONE
O great St. Joseph, with feelings of unlimited
confidence, we beg you to bless this novena that we begin in your
honor. "You are never invoked in
vain" says the
seraphic St. Theresa of Jesus. 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. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY TWO
O blessed Saint Joseph, tenderhearted 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 favor for
which we implore your intercession Amid the splendors of eternity,
forget not the sorrows of 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. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY THREE
Blessed St. Joseph, enkindle in our cold hearts a
spark of your charity. May God be always the first and only object of
our affections. 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. Help
us to such a
love of our God as will always keep us united to Him. Amen. 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.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY FOUR
Saint Joseph, pride of Heaven, unfailing hope for
our lives, and support of those on earth, graciously accept our
prayer of praise. You were appointed
spouse of the chaste Virgin
by the Creator of the world. He willed that you be called "father"
of the Word and serve as agent of our salvation. May the
triune
God who bestowed upon you heavenly honors, be praised forever. And
may He grant us through your merits the joy of a blessed life and a
favorable answer to our petition. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for
us!
DAY FIVE
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. In
addition to the special favor for which we plead in this novena.
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 us by Providence and that we
may
always be a docile instrument in the hands of God. Amen.
Saint
Joseph, pray for us!
DAY SIX
O glorious Saint 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 confidence we place in you, and procure for us from the
Almighty, the particular favor which we humbly ask through
your
intercession. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY SEVEN
O faithful and prudent Saint 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. 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 favor we ask in this novena. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY EIGHT
O blessed Joseph, to whom it was given not only to
see and to hear that God whom many kings longed to see and saw not;
to hear and heard not; but also to carry Him in your arms, to embrace
Him, to clothe Him, and to guard and defend Him, come to our
assistance and intercede with Him to look favorably on our present
petition. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY NINE
O good Saint Joseph, help us to be like you, gentle
to those whose weakness leans on us; help us to give to those who
seek our aid, succor that they may journey unafraid. Give us your
faith, that we may see the right shining above the victories of
might. Give us your hope that we may stand secure,
untouched by
doubting, steadfast to endure. Give us your love that as the years
increase an understanding heart may bring us peace. Give us your
purity that the hour of death finds us untouched by evil's
breath. Give us your love of labor that we shirk no lot in life that
calls us for honest
work. Give us your love of poverty so that we
live contented, let wealth come or go. Give us your courage that we
may be strong; give us your
meekness to confess our sins. Give us
your patience that we may possess the kingdom of our souls without
distress. Help us, dear Saint, to live that
when life ends we
pass with you to Jesus and His friends.O Glorious Saint Joseph, hear
our prayers and obtain our petitions. Amen.
Saint Joseph, pray for
us!
