Prayers to St 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. Amen.

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! Amen.

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

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.