Prayer to Saint Joseph
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The following Prayers to Saint Joseph are Catholic prayers to Saint Joseph.
[edit] Prayer for intercession for spiritual blessings
Oh, Saint Joseph,
whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt
before the throne of God,
I place in you all my interests and desires.
Oh, Saint Joseph,
do assist me by your powerful intercession,
and obtain for me from your Divine Son
all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power,
I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers.
Oh, Saint Joseph,
I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms;
I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart.
Press Him in my name and kiss his fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss
when I draw my dying breath.
Saint Joseph, Patron of departed souls – pray for me.
Amen.
Note: It is said this prayer was found in 50 A. D.
In 1505 it was sent from the Pope to Emperor Charles as he was going to battle.
The faithful believe that whoever reads, hears or carries this prayer will never die a sudden death, be drowned or have poison take effect on them. They will also not be captured by the enemy, be burned by fire or defeated in battle.
Lastly, it is believed to help those with general problems in need of help.
[edit] Prayer for intercession for a specific favour
O Great Saint Joseph
whose influence over the hearts of Jesus and Mary is all powerful,
and who hast never been invoked in vain.
I ask, with the most firm and lively confidence,
the speedy granting of my request, that …
Dear Saint Joseph,
obtain for me the object of my prayer,
if it be for the glory of God and my own salvation;
but if it is not,
then obtain for me the grace
lovingly to resign myself to the Will of my heavenly Father,
who, in the afflictions He permits,
as well as in the temporal favours He grants me,
has in view only my happiness here and my salvation in Eternity.
Amen.
