Saint
Joseph
Saint
Joseph
The Nine Day Novena To St. Joseph
Prayer
O
glorious Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to the
do we raise our hearts and hands to implore thy 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 favor
we now request. (mention your request)
O guardian of the Word
Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that thy prayers in
our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God.
O
glorious St. Joseph, through the love that thou didst bear to
Jesus Christ and for the glory of His name, hear our prayers and
obtain our petitions. Amen.
DAY
ONE (March 11)
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.
(request)
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY
TWO (March 12)
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. (request)
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 (March 13)
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.
Amen. (request)
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY
FOUR (March 14)
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. (request)
Saint Joseph,
pray for us!
DAY
FIVE (March 15)
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. (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 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 (March 16)
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. (request)
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY
SEVEN (March 17)
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. (request)
Saint Joseph, pray for
us!
DAY EIGHT (March 18)
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.
(request)
Saint Joseph, pray for us!
DAY NINE
(March 19, the feast day of St. Joseph)
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. (request)
Saint Joseph,
pray for us!
