DAILY DEVOTIONS TO ST. JOSEPH
By
St. Alphonsus de Liguori
EIGHTH
DAY
In
the Gospels Saint Joseph is called "just." What is meant by a just
man? Saint Peter Chrysologus says: "It means a perfect man, one who
possesses all virtues." Joseph was already holy before his marriage; but
how much must his sanctity have increased after his union with the Blessed
Virgin? The example of his holy spouse sufficed to sanctify him; and since Mary
is the dispenser of all the graces which God grants to men, in what profusion
must she not have showered them down upon her spouse, who she loved so much and
by whom she was so tenderly loved!
Saint Joseph,
increase my devotion to Mary.
Prayer
Most
holy patriarch, Saint Joseph, I rejoice at the great dignity to which you have
been raised in being made foster father of the Son of God, endowed with
authority to command Him Whom heaven and earth obey. My
holy patron, since Jesus Himself respected and served you as His father, I,
too, wish to enroll myself in your service. I choose you, after Mary, for my
principal advocate and protector. I promise to honor you every day with some
special devotion, and each day I will place myself under your protection. As you did enjoy the sweet company of
Jesus and Mary during your life on earth, grant that I may ever live close to
them and never be separated from God by losing His grace. And as you were
assisted by Jesus and Mary at the hour of your death, so grant me protection at
the hour of my death, that, dying in your presence and that of Jesus and Mary,
I may one day go to thank you in paradise, and in your company praise and love
God for all eternity. Amen.
Saint
Joseph, patron of the universal Church, protect us. Protect our Holy Father,
the Pope, and our Mother, Holy Church.
LITANY
OF SAINT JOSEPH
Christ,
have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God
the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy
Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy
Mary, pray for us.
Saint
Joseph, pray for us.
Illustrious
Son of David, pray for us.
Light
of Patriarchs, pray for us.
Spouse
of the Mother of God, pray for us.
Chaste
guardian of the Virgin, pray for us.
Foster
father of the Son of God, pray for us.
Diligent
protector of Christ, pray for us.
Head
of the Holy Family, pray for us.
Joseph
most just, Pray for us.
Joseph
most chaste, pray for us.
Joseph
most prudent, pray for us.
Joseph
most valiant, pray for us.
Joseph
most obedient, pray for us
Joseph most faithful, pray for us.
Joseph most faithful, pray for us.
Mirror
of patience, pray for us.
Lover
of poverty, pray for us.
Model
of artisans, pray for us.
Glory
of home life, pray for us.
Guardian
of virgins, pray for us.
Pillar
of families, pray for us.
Solace
of the wretched, pray for us.
Hope
of the sick, pray for us.
Patron
of the dying, pray for us.
Terror
of demons, pray for us.
Protector
of Holy Church, pray for us.
Lamb
of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!
Lamb
of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V. He
made him the lord of His household.
R. And prince over all His possessions.
R. And prince over all His possessions.
Let us pray
God, in Your ineffable providence You were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Your most holy Mother; grant, we beseech You, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector. Who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.
God, in Your ineffable providence You were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Your most holy Mother; grant, we beseech You, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector. Who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.
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