St. Joseph's Novena is prayed every Tuesday at the Immaculate at
8:55 AM - 12:05 PM - 4:10 PM
O glorious descendant of the kings of Judah Inheritor of the virtues of all the patriarchs. Just and happy St. Joseph, listen to my prayer.
Thou art our glorious protector, and shall ever be, after Jesus and Mary
the object of my most profound veneration and confidence.
Thou art the most hidden, though one of the greatest Saint,
and art particularly the patron of those who serve God with the greatest purity and fervor. In union with all those who hove ever been most devoted to thee I now dedicate myself to thy service; beseeching thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ, who vouchsafed to love and obey thee as a son, to become a father to me; and to obtain for me the filial respect, confidence and love of a child towards thee.O powerful advocate of all Christians, whose intercession, as St. Theresa assures us, has never been found to fail, deign to intercede for me now, and to implore for me the particular intention of this Novena.
(Here ask for special favors.)
Pray one Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be .
Present me 0 great Saint to the adorable Trinity, with Whom thou hast so glorious and so intimate a correspondence. Obtain that I may never efface by sin the Sacred Image according to the likeness of which, I was created. Beg for me that my divine Redeemer would enkindle in my heart and in all hearts, the fire of His Love, and infuse therein the virtues of His adorable infancy, His purity, simplicity, obedience, and humility. Obtain for me likewise a lively devotion to thy virgin spouse, and protect me so powerfully in life and death, that I may have the happiness of dying as thou didst, in the friendship of my Creator, and under the immediate protection of the Mother of God. Amen. AN ACT OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPHO dearest St. Joseph, l consecrate myself to thy honor and give myself to thee that thou may always be my Father, my Protector, and my Guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for me a great purity of heart, and a fervent love of the interior life. After thy example may I do all my actions for the greater glory of God in union with the Divine Heart of Jesus, and with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. And do thou, 0 blessed St. Joseph pray for me, that I may share in the peace and joy of thy holy death. Amen.
MEMORARE TO ST. JOSEPH
Remember most pure spouse of Mary ever Virgin, my loving protector St. Joseph, that never has it been heard that anyone ever invoked thy protection, or besought aid of thee without being consoled. In this confidence I came before thee, fervently recommending myself to thee. Despise not my prayer foster father of our Redeemer, but do thou in thy pity receive it. Amen.