Prayer to Saint Joseph

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Hi,
Does anyone know anything or have any experience with the Prayer to Saint Joseph the one that at the end has this:

This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500’s it was sent by the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in battle.

Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail.

I did this prayer when I was 14 years old and prayed for somthing that was significant to my future…I asked for somthing to happen in a specific age range. I am now 20…not yet in that age range. Some things in my life make me question why they are the way theyare.
Do any of you think the prayer has affected what has happened or what is happening in my life right now? I know we all have choices but I guess this prayer is a pretty powerful one and I made the choice to make it. Sometimes I fight what is happening in my life, but it does no good.
In the back of my mind I am convinced the prayer I made six years ago has a major role. Do any of you have any experiecne with this or wisdom? I would like to know some of your opinions. Thank you.
 
If you mean,
**Prayer to St. Joseph over 1900 years old

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O St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may offer my Thanksgiving and Homage to the most Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail.

Google found it, but I was not familiar with it. I am not one inclined to pray this prayer, but asking the Saints for their intercession is a worthy undertaking for others, yourself and a happy death. However, in contradiction to what the prayer avers, St Joseph IMO is not the Father of “[his] Divine Son.” He is his step-father.

The prayer, especially it’s conclusion, above, and as you report it would be one that my Pastor would collect after Saturday Morning Mass from the pews left in them by overly-pious Catholics.

We cannot force God’s Grace by anything we do since He has done everything necessary for us, already; He died for us.
 
Well, here’s some basics:
  1. God answers every prayer, but the answer is sometimes “no,” even if St. Joseph or Mary or whoever petitions him for it.
  2. God’s “yes” is on his terms, his time, his means. You may get your prayer on your deathbed for all you know. Likewise, it is by his means. For example, if I pray for peace in a country, it may take a war to get the peace I asked for.
 
Oddly enough, I just posted on another thread that I read the answers to prayers are “Yes”, “Wait”, and “I have something much better for you” !

I had a friend who moved overseas during high school, and was so homesick that he did a 54-day novena to be able to come back. He stayed overseas.

He was stuck going to university there, and then to post-graduate school.

In the end, however, his life overseas enabled him to acquire language skills that directly resulted in his ability to find a stellar job back in his home country, the one he prayed to return to over 10 years earlier. Once back in his home country, he met his wife, a fantastic person.

And none of this would have happened if he got his own way.

See, this is why we as believers should never lose hope, and always be happy. We can and should ask for things - many, many things - but as long as we also say “Thy will be done”, we will only get the best possible outcome. How can we lose?

Btw, Saint Joseph in particular is the one I turn to for serious heavy hitting. His intercession has never - not once - failed me or any of my friends. I kid you not.

My favorite:

ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/joseph.htm
 
CSN,

That you for that web link. May God bless you and everyone on this website praying for others.
 
ODGarza said:
CSN,

That you for that web link. May God bless you and everyone on this website praying for others.
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You’re welcome.

I thought you were the OP, btw. In any event, I also wish that you, the OP and everyone who has responded to or read this thread receives the grace or graces most necessary and beneficial to them today…
 
Greetings! I first found that prayer 20 years ago, just after becoming a first-time father. It appealed to me since it was directly relating to the experiences of a father, and I can’t tell you how many times I prayed that while walking the floors at night with one baby or another.

I can’t speak to its efficacy in a Novena, but I know it gave and still gives me comfort to pray it. St. Joseph, in addition to being the Patron of Fathers, is also the Patron of the Dying, since tradition holds that he died while being held by Jesus. The last thing I said to my father while hugging him for the last time before he died was to recite this prayer with him.

I have no doubt that St. Joseph is helping you to follow the will of G_D for your life. Enjoy the ride!
 
This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

This does not at all sound like prayers that have come down from this period. It bears all the earmarks of post-Tridentine popular piety.

(I’m saying nothing against the prayer itself, but merely expressing reservations about its claimed antiquity and associated promises.)
 
Muzhik said:
St. Joseph… is also the Patron of the Dying, since tradition holds that he died while being held by Jesus. The last thing I said to my father while hugging him for the last time before he died was to recite this prayer with him.
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That’s so touching… was your father Catholic?
 
106504220 said:
Hi,
Does anyone know anything or have any experience with the Prayer to Saint Joseph the one that at the end has this:

This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500’s it was sent by the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in battle.

Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail.

I did this prayer when I was 14 years old and prayed for somthing that was significant to my future…I asked for somthing to happen in a specific age range. I am now 20…not yet in that age range. Some things in my life make me question why they are the way theyare.
Do any of you think the prayer has affected what has happened or what is happening in my life right now? I know we all have choices but I guess this prayer is a pretty powerful one and I made the choice to make it. Sometimes I fight what is happening in my life, but it does no good.
In the back of my mind I am convinced the prayer I made six years ago has a major role. Do any of you have any experiecne with this or wisdom? I would like to know some of your opinions. Thank you.
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IMHO these “promises” attached to so many catholic devotions are nothing but superstition, almost like ‘spells’ we can cast to get a desired result. I don’t know where they came from or who thought them up? (maybe some pope who wanted money and wanted to sell salvation 🤷 ) But the prayer itself is beautiful and St Joseph is excellent!
 
uglygal said:
IMHO these “promises” attached to so many catholic devotions are nothing but superstition, almost like ‘spells’ we can cast to get a desired result. I don’t know where they came from or who thought them up? (maybe some pope who wanted money and wanted to sell salvation 🤷 ) But the prayer itself is beautiful and St Joseph is excellent!
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Well, what is the line between faith and superstition?

I believe in what the bible says, don’t you?

So if you read the NT, it seems like almost half of it relates to stories of people asking Jesus for things, and Jesus obliging.

Jesus also says “Ask, and you shall receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened…If you who are wicked give your children good things, how much more will God give you good things…What parent when his child asks for a fish, will give him a snake?..”

He also said “If two of you agree on anything you ask, it will be done for you.” When we pray to saints, we are asking the saint to pray for us, for our intentions, together…

What about the old lady who was determined to touch Jesus’ cloak, thinking “If I only touch it, I will be healed”? Jesus told her “Your faith has healed you.”

What about Jesus saying you must be like children to enter the kingdom of heaven?

You may call it superstition, but I would call it faith. I believe in these things because of the consistent positive results that arise, time and time again.

Someone once said something like “People can dismiss the results of prayer as coincidence, but I find when I stop praying, those coincidences tend to disappear.”

I don’t need you to say “You’re right man”. The reason I’m harping is because you are doing yourself a terrible disservice by dismissing these prayers. They work !!
 
CSN said:
Well, what is the line between faith and superstition?

I believe in what the bible says, don’t you?

So if you read the NT, it seems like almost half of it relates to stories of people asking Jesus for things, and Jesus obliging.

Jesus also says “Ask, and you shall receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened…If you who are wicked give your children good things, how much more will God give you good things…What parent when his child asks for a fish, will give him a snake?..”

He also said “If two of you agree on anything you ask, it will be done for you.” When we pray to saints, we are asking the saint to pray for us, for our intentions, together…

What about the old lady who was determined to touch Jesus’ cloak, thinking “If I only touch it, I will be healed”? Jesus told her “Your faith has healed you.”

What about Jesus saying you must be like children to enter the kingdom of heaven?

You may call it superstition, but I would call it faith. I believe in these things because of the consistent positive results that arise, time and time again.

Someone once said something like “People can dismiss the results of prayer as coincidence, but I find when I stop praying, those coincidences tend to disappear.”

I don’t need you to say “You’re right man”. The reason I’m harping is because you are doing yourself a terrible disservice by dismissing these prayers. They work !!
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I think you have misunderstood what I was saying - I was talking about the “promises” of catholic prayers, not prayers themselves. People ask and God gives, sure, I didn’t say he didn’t. But where such “promises” exist… these are superstitious in my opinion because they precisely tell you - say this prayer this many times and you will get this, hocus pocus and there you go.
 
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