Prayer to St. Joseph
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.
To thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also.
By that charity which united thee to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly love with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we beseech thee graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by His Blood, and by thy powerful intercession, to help us in our necessities.
Guard, O most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen people of Jesus Christ; keep far from us, O most loving Father, all blight of error and corruption; aid us from on high, O our most mighty protector, in this conflict with the powers of darkness; and even as of old thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from the supreme peril of His life, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; keep us one and all under thy continual protection, that we may be supported by thine example and thine assistance, may be enabled to lead a holy life, to die a holy death, and to obtain everlasting happiness in heaven. Amen.
Ad te beáte Ioseph, in tribulatióne nostra confúgimus, atque, imploráto Sponsæ tuæ sanctíssimæ auxílio, patrocínium quoque tuum fidénter expóscimus.
Per eam, quǽsumus quæ te cum immaculáta Vírgine Dei Genetríce coniúnxit, caritátem, perque patérnum, quo Púerum Iesum ampléxus es, amórem, súpplices deprecámur, ut ad hereditátem, quam Iesus Christus acquisívit Sánguine suo, benígnus respícias, ac necessitátibus nostris tua virtúte et ope succúrras.
Tuére, o Custos providentíssime divínæ Famíliæ, Iesu Christi súbolem eléctam; próhibe a nobis, amantíssime Pater, omnem errórum ac corruptelárum luem; propítius nobis, sospitátor noster fortíssime, in hoc cum potestáte tenebrárum certámine e cælo adésto; et sicut olim Púerum Iesum e summo eripuísti vitæ discrímine, ita nunc Ecclésiam sanctam Dei ab hostílibus insídiis atque ab omni adversitáte defénde: nosque síngulos perpétuo tege patrocínio, ut ad tui exémplar et ope tua suffúlti, sancte vívere, pie émori, sempiternámque in cælis beatitúdinem ássequi possímus. Amen.