PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH

Since the Synod starts tomorrow, I thought that this prayer would be good and helpful for us to do. It is a prayer to St. Joseph, Foster-Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is in our missals, and can be said anytime. However, Pope Leo XIII stated that we should especially be attentive to it during the month of October. This October has the synod starting, and those in charge seem to want to change the Church's teaching about the Sacrament of Marriage, among other things. We need to be especially aware of this in our intentions when reciting our rosaries, that this trend be squashed into the mud where it belongs. Let us implore the Guardian of the Church for his help this month and always.


Prayer to St. Joseph after the Rosary

To thee, O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our tribulations, and having implored the help of thy thrice-holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that charity wherewith thou wast united to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by the fatherly affection with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we beseech thee and humbly pray that thou wouldst look graciously upon the inheritance which Jesus Christ hath purchased with His Blood, and to help us in our necessities by thy powerful intercession.

Protect, O most provident Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen children of Jesus Christ. Ward off from us, O most loving father, all taint of error and corruption; graciously assist us from heaven, O most powerful protector, in our struggle with the powers of darkness. And, as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from imminent peril to His life, so now defend the Holy Church of God from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity.

Shield each one of us by thy continual protection, so that, imitating thy example and supported by thy assistance, we may be enabled to live a holy life, to die a holy death, and come at last to the possession of everlasting blessedness in Heaven. Amen.