An Offering to St. Joseph
Prayer-Book for Religious, compiled by F. X. Lasance, 1914Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | PRAYER-BOOK FOR RELIGIOUS: A COMPLETE MANUAL OF Prayers and Devotions for the Use of the Members of all Religious Communities. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PARTICULAR EXAMEN AND TO THE METHODS OF MEDITATION |
|---|---|
| Imprint | NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, BENZIGER BROTHERS, 1914 |
| Pages | pp. 590–591 |
| Scan | leaf 602, leaf 603 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat. REMY LAFORT, Censor Librorum. Imprimatur. ✠ JOHN M. FARLEY, Archbishop of New York. NEW YORK, May 16, 1904. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Joseph
- Prayers for
- a special favour
Nicolas Pitau I, after Jan Cossiers, St. Joseph with the Christ Child, 1660. Rijksmuseum.
GREAT St. Joseph, thou generous depositary and dispenser of immortal riches, behold us prostrate at thy feet, conjuring thee to receive us as thy servants and as thy children. Next to the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary, of which thou art the faithful copy, we acknowledge that there is no heart more tender, more compassionate, than thine. What, then, have we to fear, or, rather, for what should we not hope, if thou dost deign to be our benefactor, our master, our model, our father, and our intercessor!
Refuse not, then, the favor we ask of thee, O powerful protector! We ask it of thee by the love thou hast for Jesus and Mary. Into. thy hands we commit our souls and bodies, but above all, the last moment of our lives. May we, after having honored, imitated, and served thee on earth, eternally sing with thee the mercies of Jesus and Mary. Amen.