DAILY DEVOTIONS TO ST. JOSEPH
By
St. Alphonsus de Liguori
SIXTH DAY
According to Saint John Damascene: "God gave Saint Joseph the
love, the care, and the authority of a father over Jesus. He gave him the
affection of a father that he might guard Him with great love; the solicitude
of a father, that he might watch over Him with care; and the authority of a
father that he might feel sure that he would be obeyed in all that he arranged
concerning this Son."
Saint Joseph, be always a father to us; and grant that we
may be always your faithful children.
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.
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.
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, have mercy on us.
V. He made him the lord of His household.
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.
Sancte Joseph ora pro nobis!
Sancte Alphonsus ora pro nobis!
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