Year of Saint Joseph

Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who implored your help
and sought your intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you,
my spiritual father, and beg your protection.
O Guardian of the Redeemer, despise not my petitions,
but in your goodness, hear and answer me.
Amen.

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.
 
Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
 
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.
 
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
 
 

Lord, have mercy.                                    R. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.                                       Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.                                          Lord, have mercy.
 
God our Father in heaven,                           Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,       Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,                                      Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,                                   Have mercy on us.
 
Holy Mary,                                                      Pray for us...
Saint Joseph,
Noble son of the House of David,  
Light of patriarchs,           
Husband of the Mother of God,     
Guardian of the Virgin,            
Foster father of the Son of God,
Faithful guardian of Christ,       
Head of the Holy Family,  
Joseph, chaste and just,
Joseph, prudent and brave,
Joseph, obedient and loyal,
Pattern of patience,    
Lover of poverty,
Model of workers,
Example to parents,        
Guardian of virgins,
Pillar of family life,
Comfort of the troubled,
Hope of the sick,
Patron of the dying,
Terror of evil spirits,
Protector of the Church,

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,                   Have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,                   Have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,                   Have mercy on us.
 
God made him master of his household,                                    And put him in charge of all that he owned.
 
Let us pray.
O God, who in your inexpressible providence were pleased to choose Saint Joseph as spouse of the most holy Mother of your Son, grant, we pray, that we, who revere him as our protector on earth, may be worthy of his heavenly intercession. Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen.