Prayer to St. Joseph for the October Devotions
Prayer-Book for Religious, compiled by F. X. Lasance, 1914Source and notes
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| 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 | p. 598 |
| Scan | leaf 610 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. |
| Indulgence | An indulgence of 300 days, applicable to the souls in purgatory; seven years and seven quarantines for each public recital during the month of October.—Leo XIII., Sept. 21, 1889. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Joseph
- Prayers for
- the Pope and the Church, a happy death, protection
Nicolas Pitau I, after Jan Cossiers, St. Joseph with the Christ Child, 1660. Rijksmuseum.
Ordered by Pope Leo XIII. to be said as part of the devotions for the month of October.
TO thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our afflictions, and, after imploring the help of thy most holy spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that affection which united thee to the immaculate virgin Mother of God, and by the fatherly love with which thou didst embrace the Infant Jesus, look down, we beseech thee, with gracious eyes on the precious inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His blood, and help us in our necessities by thy power and aid. Protect, O most provident guardian of the Holy Family, the elect children of Jesus Christ; ward off from us, O most loving father, all plagues of errors and depravity; be propitious to us from heaven, O most powerful protector, in this our struggle with the powers of darkness; and as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from the greatest peril to His life, so now defend God’s holy Church from the snares of the enemy and all adversity. Finally, shield every one of us with thy patronage, that, imitating thy example and strengthened by thy help, we may live a holy life, die a happy death, and attain to everlasting happiness in heaven. Amen.
An indulgence of 300 days, applicable to the souls in purgatory; seven years and seven quarantines for each public recital during the month of October.—Leo XIII., Sept. 21, 1889.