PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH:
To thee, O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our tribulations, and
while imploring the aid of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke
thy patronage also. By that love which united thee to the Immaculate
Virgin, Mother of God, and by the fatherly affection with which thou
didst embrace the Infant Jesus, we humbly beseech thee graciously to
regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased with His Blood and
to help us in our necessities, by thy powerful intercession.
Protect, O most provident Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen
children of Jesus Christ; ward off from us, O most loving Father, all
taint of error and corruption; graciously assist us from Heaven, O
most powerful protector, in our struggle with the powers of darkness;
and as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from imminent peril to
His life, so now defend the Holy Church of God from the snares of her
enemies and from all adversity.
Shield each one of us with thy unceasing patronage that, imitating thy
example and sported by thy aid, we may be enabled to live a good life,
die a holy death, and secure everlasting happiness in Heaven.
Amen!
PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL:
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our safeguard
against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we
humbly pray, and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power
of God, cast into Hell, Satan and all the other evil spirits, who
wander throughout the world, seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen!