Remember, O most illustrious Patriarch St. Joseph, on the testimony of St. Teresa, thy devoted client, never has it been heard that anyone who invoked thy protection or sought thy mediation has not obtained relief. In this confidence I come before thee, my loving protector, chaste spouse of Mary, foster-father of the Savior of men, and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer, but graciously hear and obtain my petition (here mention your request).
Let us pray. O God, Who by Thine ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose St. Joseph to be the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intercessor in Heaven, Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.
St. Joseph, patron of a happy death, pray for us.
A traditional prayer.
Like the Memorare to Our Lady, this prayer begins by recalling that no one who has sought St. Joseph’s help has been left unaided. It rests that confidence “on the testimony of St. Teresa,” the great Carmelite saint who trusted St. Joseph above all. In his apostolic letter Patris Corde, Pope Francis writes that Teresa of Avila “chose him as her advocate and intercessor, had frequent recourse to him and received whatever graces she asked of him” (Vatican.va).
In her autobiography, St. Teresa wrote: “To other saints, Our Lord seems to have given power to succor us in some special necessity, but to this glorious saint (I know by my experience), he has given the power to help us in all things. Our Lord would have us understand that, as he was subject to Joseph on earth — St. Joseph, bearing the title of his father and being his guardian, could command him — so now Our Lord in heaven grants all his petitions” (National Catholic Register).
Pope Francis notes that popular trust in St. Joseph is summed up in the words “Go to Joseph” (Genesis 41:55). These were Pharaoh’s words to the hungry people of Egypt, sending them to the earlier Joseph who stored up grain for them. The Church traditionally honors St. Joseph each Wednesday and through the month of March, and celebrates his solemnity on March 19.
More prayers to St. Joseph: Ancient Prayer to St. Joseph · Litany of St. Joseph · St. Joseph Holy Cloak Novena
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