To you, O blessed Joseph,
do we come in our tribulation,
and having implored the help of your most holy spouse,
we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you
to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God
and through the paternal love
with which you embraced the Child Jesus,
we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance
which Jesus Christ has purchased by his blood,
and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the holy family,
defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ;
O most loving father, ward off from us
every contagion of error and corrupting influence;
O our most mighty protector, be kind to us
and from heaven assist us in our struggle
with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril,
so now protect God's holy Church
from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity;
shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection,
so that, supported by your example and your aid,
we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness,
and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
I recommend this prayer to us, to be said as often as possible, especially in this month of October. St Joseph was the foster father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was the man that protected Mary and Jesus and provided for their needs on earth. If he had told the public that he was not responsible for Mary’s pregnancy, she would have been stoned to death. St. Joseph made supreme sacrifices to cooperate with God to have us saved. Through this prayer, we honor him and seek his continued help. When we cannot say the whole prayer, we can simply say: St. Joseph, pray for us.
-Fr Bona