Novena to Saint Joseph
Day 1
Great St. Joseph, you whom God has singled out among His most faithful servants to become the guardian of the Infant Jesus, you whom He has showered with blessings and graces in view of this incomparable privilege, deign to listen to the humble prayer we address to you on this day; like Jesus in Nazareth, we surrender ourselves to your personal guidance: St. Joseph, guard us and obtain for us the grace of…
Second day
Great St. Joseph, you who were chosen to be the guardian of Mary’s virginity, deign to protect us from the seductions of the world and the attacks of the devil. Do not allow us ever to stray from the path of virtue; preserve us from the errors to which our weakness and passions expose us. In this war of all against the spirit of evil, St. Joseph, help us and obtain for us the grace of…
Third day
Great St. Joseph, august Head of the Holy Family, you who had the good fortune to carry the Savior of the world in your arms so often and to serve His divine Mother as consoler and support, be our protector, be the strength and salvation of our souls in the battles they have to sustain. Loving fosterer of Jesus, worthy husband of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, protect us and obtain for us the grace of…
Fourth day
Great St. Joseph, who spent many years in Nazareth under the same roof as Jesus and Mary, you whose days were sanctified by work, prayer and the practice of all the virtues, deign to watch over us, so that we may remain habitually united with the divine Master. In the midst of the corruption of the world, St. Joseph, watch over us and obtain for us the grace to…
Fifth day
Great St. Joseph, who was subjected to the cruellest trials throughout your life and who bore them with perfect abandonment to the divine will, grant that we may receive from the hands of Providence all the crosses that it will please Him to send us. May we imitate your docility to the voice of the Angel, your resignation in the midst of the rigors of poverty and the privations of exile. In sorrows and difficulties, in grief and trials, St. Joseph, assist us and obtain for us the grace of…
Sixth day
Great St. Joseph, who received with such profound humility the unheard-of favors granted to you by Heaven, you who hid in the silence of retirement the most glorious privileges and the most admirable virtues, do not allow us to seek in our works the praise of men; but make us live like you under the gaze of God, having no other ambition than to please Him. Saint Joseph, pray for us and obtain for us the grace to…
Seventh day
Great St. Joseph, whose heart was always filled with charity for his neighbor, who, forgetting your own interests, thought only of the needs of your brothers and sisters and the salvation of their souls, obtain for us, we beg you, this virtue of charity, the distinctive character of Christians. May we practice gentleness towards our neighbor; may we avoid what might cause him pain; may we repress our egoism, so that we may always be in the holy disposition to render him service and devote ourselves to him. Saint Joseph, help us and obtain for us the grace to…
Eighth day
Great St. Joseph, patron of interior souls, you of whom St. Theresa was able to say: “Let him who finds no one to teach him prayer, take this admirable Saint for his teacher”, do not refuse to direct our souls in the ways of piety; give us the love of prayer, of the frequentation of the sacraments, of solid and lasting virtues. Saint Joseph, show us that you are our father and obtain for us the grace of…
Ninth day
Great Saint Joseph, who had the good fortune to die in the arms of Jesus and Mary, you who were assisted at your last hour by the Son of God Himself and by His august Mother, you whom the piety of the faithful proclaims the patron saint of the good death, obtain for us the precious grace of dying in Their love and yours. May we, after having loved you all our lives, feel the sweetness of your presence, at the moment of appearing before God, and may we say one last time with all the ardor that animates us on this day: Saint Joseph, pray for us.
