Prayers to Saint Joseph

Glorious Saint-Joseph

Glorious Saint Joseph As you have the power to make the most difficult matters work out well Please come to my aid at this difficult and distressful moment. Please take care of these important and difficult matters That I bring to your attention In order that they result in a happy ending.

O Good Saint Joseph

Joseph’s tender loving care Through your eyes, O good saint Joseph Jesus knew that God was good And in your arms, That God is loving. In your hands, he learned that Work is also an adventure And a vocation, and freedom.

From you, Joseph, I wish to learn tender loving care. And from your river of peace I wish to drink. As I walk in your faithful footsteps, I wish to sing to my brothers and sisters, Your gentle humbleness. You dearly loved your wife And in your love, there was Strength and tenderness, Which she also received from you. From your lips, Jesus discovered That the God of Israel was his Father When you were silent, He listened to Him.

From you, Joseph, I wish to learn tender loving care. And from your river of peace I wish to drink, As I walk in your faithful footsteps, I wish to sing to my brothers and sisters, Your gentle humbleness.

My dearly beloved Father

I put all my trust in you: May it not be said that I trusted you in vain. As you are all powerful with Jesus and Mary Please show me that your kindness is equal to your power!

Traditional prayer Of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint Hyacinthe

Prayers to knock down walls To you we pray, dear Saint Joseph Because you accepted your mission Please give our lives new dimension So that we may accept To live with dedication Help us to meditate By turning to Jesus Then our heart would be moved By blossoming love Help us to find Desired employment Develop our talents And discover new possibilities. Protect our fathers Give sense to the future So our prayers will knock down The walls of our wounds... You knew how to love Saint Joseph, from your workshop To the family table From the streets of Bethlehem To the roads of exile With all your heart You knew how to love Mary and Jesus With love, you shared everything From the daily bread You gave advice Even silences and amused smiles With all your heart You knew how to love Mary and Jesus With patience, you opened your hear You made yourself welcoming Though you did not always understand everything Day in day out, you went to the school of Love With all your heart You knew how to love Mary and Jesus Because you trusted, you never gave up, You carried on no matter what God filled you, body and soul, As with your family, you remained constant With all your heart You knew how to love Mary and Jesus

Saint Joseph, teach me to love Show me the way Joseph, my friend, my father Grant me compassion Make me a companion of tenderness Grant me to be a friend on the road of life Keep my hand open and firm Keep my heart bleeding Make my words poetic May I always be available to others May I always open my arms to others May I always say ’yes’ Joseph, show me the way As you did so well with Jesus Holding Him by the hand.

In Joseph’s Arms

At life’s twilight, When it is time to say ’thank you’ When words can no longer express feelings When cries are sometimes suppressed

Joseph, take me in your arms Comfort me Soothe me Joseph, take me in your arms

Like a father to whom one can say everything Like a husband to whom one cannot lie Like a brother with whom one has laughed Like a friend with whom even silence is blessed

Joseph, take me in your arms Comfort me Protect me, Joseph, take me in your arms

Take me along with you to meet God May my steps be light May my heart be forgiven May my life be illuminated

Seniors and Youth, hand in hand

Joseph, You who was so attentive in answering all of God’s call. Keep us seniors, open-winded and available, Faithful to every thing the Lord expects of us In our everyday lives. You who looked after Jesus during his boyhood, Surround our youth of your benevolent protection. Ar your example, Joseph, May they become eager listeners of the Word. Grant them courage and discernment So they can commit themselves, determinedly, In Jesus’ footsteps, To the establishment of God’s kingdom "today". Joseph, you whom Brother André invoked As protector of the Church, Affirm in faith and hope our young people, So that together, we may build a better world In solidarity and justice, in sharing and truth. Joseph we recommend to you in a very special way, All the young people who feel called to ministry And consecrated life. Help them to the generous In their task of praise and service Within the Church and throughout the world, Joseph, you so close and thus so powerful in the face of God, Intercede for us seniors; Help us transmit love to all generations. Bless our youth and accompany them In the choices they have to make, regarding their future. Heal our world and bring us peace. Amen!

Joseph, patron and model of all workers

O glorious saint Joseph, faithful guardian of Jesus and Mary, Your whole life, you worked with your hands to assure the survival of your family in Nazareth. Uphold and affirm us today, all of us, who by our quality of presence and by our work, Wish to improve our world and render it more conscious of its dignity. You are aware of our aspirations, our anguish, our hopes; We come to you because we know that in you, We will find someone who understands and watches Over us with care. You also experienced trials and tribulations fatigue and doubt. Yet, in the midst of material preoccupations of your daily life, Your deep self was filled with profound peace and great joy, Because of your intimacy with Jesus and Mary. Help us understand that we are not alone at the heart Of our activities and our daily preoccupations. Teach us to become aware that you are there, close to us, with Jesus and Mary. Furthermore, obtain for us, that wherever flow our energies of life, In our family circles, as in our work quarters, In our pleasure gatherings, as in our moments of prayer, We may son seeds of love, justice and truth. O saint Joseph, protector of workers, Grant that unemployment may disappear from our societies. Inspire our government and chief enterprise leaders, new initiatives, that will permit A greater number of workers, male and female, To honourably earn a living for themselves and their family. Give us the necessary courage and creativity to invent new forms of solidarity, to meet the present day challenges. Saint Joseph of Mount Royal, pray for us.