---

---

Fifth Prayer

O GLORIOUS St. Joseph, glorious ambassador of the Most Holy Trinity! By the extreme affliction which the Angel’s command to fly into Egypt caused thy heart, and by the joy thou didst feel at seeing the idols overturned by the arrival of the Living God, grant that, by destroying every taint of our sin, the empire of our passions may be destroyed in our hearts.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

St. Joseph, pray for us!

---

Excellencies of a prince and a worker

Providence desired to ennoble the working class, deigning that the foster father of Jesus also be a manual labourer, fulfilling the profession of a carpenter. In this way, Saint Joseph united the two extremes of the social ladder in the internal harmony of his sanctity and his person. He was at the pinnacle as a Prince of the house of David, but an impoverished Prince, who drew from his artisan’s labour the sustenance of the Holy Family.

As a worker, he knew how to be humble and render the due respect to those who were superior to him. As a prince, he also knew the mission he was entrusted with, and he fulfilled it in a magnificent way, contributing to the preservation, defence and earthly glorification of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Eternal Father place this Treasure in his hands, the greatest treasure that ever was and ever will be in the history of the universe! And such hands can only be those of an authentic leader and ruler, a man of great prudence and of profound discernment, as well as of elevated affection, in order to surround the Son of God made man with the necessary adoring and venerable tenderness.

At the same time, he was a man ready to face, with perspicacity and firmness, any difficulty that presented itself: whether of a spiritual and interior nature, or those originating from the persecutions of Our Lord’s adversaries.

Dr. Plinio Magazine, Vol.1, No.10, p.14

---

Prayer asking for the Blessings of Our Lady

We ask Thee, O Mother, that from highest Heaven may descend upon us, Thy children, the maternal blessings born of Thy inexhaustible affection.

Like the Disciples at Emmaus to the Divine Redeemer, we ask Thee that these blessings “remain with us”, “because night is falling” over the world.

At every instant, at every anguish, at every necessity, help us to maintain them with the most entire and filial confidence in Thee.

Regina Caeli

V/. Regína caeli, laetáre, allelúia.
R/. Quia quem meruísti portáre, allelúia.

V/. Resurréxit, sicut dixit, allelúia.
R/. Ora pro nobis Deum, allelúia.

V/. Gaude et laetáre, Virgo Maria, allelúia.
R/. Quia surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúia.

V/. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia;
R/. For He whom thou didst deserve to bear, Alleluia;

V/. Hath risen as He said, Alleluia.
R/. Pray for us to God, Alleluia;

V/. Rejoice and be glad O Virgin Mary, Alleluia.
R/. For the Lord is truly risen, Alleluia.

---

Fourth Prayer

O GLORIOUS St. Joseph, august and trusted minister of the Holy Spirit. By the cruel anguish with which thy heart was torn, when Simeon declared that the Heart of Mary would be pierced by a sword of sorrow, and by the joy thou didst afterwards experience, when this holy servant added that the Divine Infant would be the salvation and resurrection of many; obtain that we may sympathize in the sorrows of Mary and my have a share in the salvation which Jesus came to bring upon the earth.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

St. Joseph, pray for us!

---

Third Prayer

O GLORIOUS St. Joseph, thou to whom God didst confide His Only Son. By the grief which possessed thy heart at the sight of the blood which the Divine Infant shed at the circumcision, and, by the joy thou didst experience when the Angel commanded thee to give Him that sacred and mysterious name “Jesus”, obtain that the merits of this Precious Blood may be applied to us, and that this divine Name may be engraved upon our hearts.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

St. Joseph, pray for us!

---

Second Prayer

O GLORIOUS St. Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus. By the bitter grief thy heart endured when thou didst behold the Divine Infant laid in a crib, and by the joy thou didst feel in seeing the Magi recognize and adore Him, pray for us and obtain that our hearts, purified by thine intercession, may become living cribs, where the Saviour of the world shall receive and bless our homage.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

St. Joseph, pray for us!

---

First Prayer

O GLORIOUS St. Joseph, chaste spouse of the Most Holy Mother of God. By the Sorrow with which thy heart was pierced when Mary returned from Hebron, and by the joy thou didst feel when the Angel revealed unto thee the Mystery of the Incarnation, obtain for us from Jesus, through the Heart of Mary, the grace o surmount everything that might trouble the peace of our souls, and let us obtain this peace from the adorable Heart of Thy Son Jesus, the prince and source of all true peace.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

St. Joseph, pray for us!

---

Prayer to Saint Joseph

O most glorious Saint Joseph, Virginal Father of Jesus and Chaste Spouse of Mary. Patriarch and Protector of the Holy Church, to whom the Eternal Father entrusted the care of governing and defending the Holy Family on earth. Protect us also, who belong as faithful Catholics, to the holy family of thy Son, who is the Church, and send us the necessary goods of this life, and above all the spiritual help for eternal life. Amen.

---