I place under your protection my body and soul, my family and friends, my community and country. I consecrate myself to your honor and I entrust myself to you, that you may always be my father and my counselor, my protector and my guide on the way to salvation. Joseph, spouse of the Mother of God and foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ, confiding in your great holiness and inspired by the love that Jesus and Mary have for you, I choose you this day as my special patron and loving guide. O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that your prayers on our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful intercession, to obtain from the gentle heart of Jesus, all the help and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of a happy death, and the special favors we now implore

Do not turn down my petitions, foster father of the Redeemer, but graciously receive them. Confiding, therefore, in your goodness, I come before you. Joseph, that no one ever had recourse to your protection or implored your aid without obtaining relief. Remember, O most pure spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, my great protector, St. Be our exemplar in daily life, show us the way, guide our every step, be our teacher and our helper, and lead us safely to the port of salvation. Next to the Blessed Virgin Mary, you were the first to bear in your arms the Divine Redeemer. Help us to learn their beautiful virtues, which you so perfectly imitated. Joseph, you had the privilege of living in the company of Jesus and Mary. (Founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of St. In you I venerate the choice of the Vicar of Christ, who declared you as patron, protector and defender of God's Holy Church, founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ.

In you I venerate the choice of God the Holy Spirit, who wished to entrust to you His faithful spouse, and to give you to her as her guardian and companion through life. In you I venerate the choice of God the Son, who wished to be dependent on you and to owe His subsistence to the labor of your hands. In you I venerate the choice of God the Father, who desired to share with you His power over His eternal only begotten Son. Joseph, I sincerely venerate you as the chaste spouse of the Mother of God, as Head of the Holy Family, as the Foster Father of Jesus Christ, as the faithful preserver of the treasures of the Blessed Trinity.

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