DAILY DEVOTIONS TO ST.
JOSEPH
By
St. Alphonsus de
Liguori
Fourth Meditation
Saint Bernardine of Siena says that we should
be persuaded that Our Lord, Who respected Saint Joseph on earth as His father,
will refuse Him nothing in heaven; but on the contrary, will most abundantly
grant His petitions. Jesus Himself advised Saint Margaret of Cortona to cherish
a special devotion to Saint Joseph, and never to allow a day to pass without
rendering some homage to him as His foster father. Let us not, then, fail to
recommend ourselves each day to Saint Joseph and to ask him for graces.
Saint Joseph, make me faithful in invoking you daily.
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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