PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
Ordered by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII to be included in the Rosary devotions
during the month of October
To you, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our tribulations. And after having implored the aid of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also. By that love which united you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by the fatherly affection with which you once embraced the Infant Jesus, we humbly beseech you to regard graciously the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His Blood, and to help us in our necessities by your powerful intercession.
O most provident guardian of the Holy Family, protect, the chosen progeny of Jesus Christ. Ward off from us, O most loving father, all stain of error and corruption. O most powerful protector, assist us graciously from heaven in our struggle with the powers of darkness. And as you once rescued 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 with your unceasing patronage, that, imitating your example and supported by your aid, it may be given to us to live a good life, die a holy death, and secure everlasting happiness in heaven. Amen.