Prayer of a Religious to St. Joseph
Prayer-Book for Religious, compiled by F. X. Lasance, 1914Source and notes
PRAYER OF A RELIGIOUS TO THE GLORIOUS PATRIARCH ST. JOSEPH, FOSTER-FATHER OF THE ETERNAL WORD, SPOUSE OF THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN, MODEL AND PATRON OF INTERIOR SOULS
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 |
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| Imprint | NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, BENZIGER BROTHERS, 1914 |
| Pages | pp. 588–589 |
| Scan | leaf 600, leaf 601 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
- the interior life, protection, holiness, a pure intention
- For
- religious
Nicolas Pitau I, after Jan Cossiers, St. Joseph with the Christ Child, 1660. Rijksmuseum.
DEAR St. Joseph! man according to the Heart of God! Seraph of love! thou, whose heart was always on fire with the pure flames of the most ardent charity, and whose life was a constant prayer and continual contemplation! deign to accept me as thy protégé, and to teach me the perfection of the interior life. Teach me how to model my heart in accordance with the hearts of Jesus and Mary. Direct me in the way of salvation, and obtain for me that I may, day after day, without interruption, live and labor for God and my neighbor in the rigorous observance of my vows. From the height of thy throne, where thou reignest in heaven near Jesus and Mary, cast thy paternal and compassionate looks upon all Religious, and especially upon those of our own Order, who are filled with the most profound respect and tender veneration for thee. Be a father to us all; inspire our Superiors; protect our interests; shield us from danger and aid us in the spread of God’s kingdom on earth. Obtain for all Religious the graces of which they stand in need, in order to arrive at the sanctity to which God calls them. Especially obtain for them the spirit of prayer, the gift of piety, that fervor of which thou art the perfect model. Teach them to pray as thou thyself hast learned it from Jesus and Mary.
May they be always animated with the same sentiments of humility, purity of intention, respect, docility, faith, confidence, and love, with which thou thyself wert inflamed and actuated, when in thy hidden life, in the silence and seclusion of thy poor house at Nazareth, thou didst offer unceasingly with Jesus and Mary the most fervent and acceptable prayers to the divine Majesty. Amen.