30 Days of Prayer to Saint Jospeh

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 down on me the just displeasure of 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, fatherly concern, to my earnest prayers, and obtain for me the favors I ask.

I ask 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 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 the 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 the 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 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.
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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)
 
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.
 
Act of Entrustment to St. Joseph
Oh Glorious Saint Joseph, Adoptive Father of Jesus and Spouse of the Most Holy Virgin Mary!
We choose you now and always as our special Patron, as inspiration of our thoughts, word and deeds, as Protector of our lives and our deaths.
We beg you to receive us as your perpetual servants, to assist us in all our works and too obtain for us the invaluable grace to live and die as You did, in the love of Jesus and Mary. Amen
 
Litany of St. Joseph
 
Lord have mercy, 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, Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us
 
Holy Mary, pray for us
St. Joseph, pray for us

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 most chaste                                                         
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 demons            
Protector of the Church

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  have mercy on us
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  have mercy on us
​Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  have mercy on us
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