Pope Leo’s
Prayer
to St. Joseph
To you, O
Blessed St. Joseph
we come in our tribulation,
having implored the help
of the
Most Blessed Mary,
we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through the
great love which bound you
to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God,
and through
the fatherly love,
with which you embraced the Child Jesus,
we humbly beg you
to look upon us,
the inheritance which, Jesus Christ
has purchased by His
Blood,
and with your power and strength
come to aid us now in our necessities.
O most
watchful Guardian of the Holy Family,
we beg you, defend us,
the chosen
children of Jesus Christ:
O Most
Loving Father,
ward off from us every contagion of error
and corrupting
influence:
O Most Mighty
Protector,
be gracious to us and from Heaven
assist us in our struggle with
the
power of darkness;
and as you once 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
in your constant protection,
so that
supported by your example and aid,
we may be able to live piously, holily, and
to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
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| Pope Leo XIII |
