Heavenly Father, You feed the birds of the air and clothe the lilies of the field. You know what I need before I ask. Today I bring You my money troubles, all of them, including the ones I am ashamed to name…

Almighty God, Lord of the harvest, I thank You for this new work and for the door You have opened before me. Every good gift comes from You, and I receive this one with gratitude…

To thee, O blessed Joseph, do we have recourse in our tribulation, and having implored the help of thy thrice-holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also…

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless our home. Keep us in holiness and peace. Help us to bear with one another in love, to forgive quickly, and to serve one another for Thy sake. Amen.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.

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…

O glorious Saint Joseph, model of all who labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting devotion to duty before my own desires; to labor with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honor to use and develop by my labor the gifts I have received from God…

O Blessed Joseph, who didst yield thy last breath in the fond embrace of Jesus and Mary, when the seal of death shall close my life, come with Jesus and Mary to aid me. Obtain for me this solace for that hour: to die with their holy arms around me…

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with favor upon Thy people who cry to Thee; and through the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her Spouse, of Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul…

Feast day: March 19 (Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary); May 1 (St. Joseph the Worker) Patron of: The Universal Church, fathers, families, workers, and a happy death. About St. Joseph St. Joseph, a descendant of King David, was the carpenter of Nazareth chosen by God to be the husband of the Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus. The Gospels record not a single word he spoke, yet they show him again and again as a man of quiet, immediate obedienc

Holy Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. Renowned offspring of David, pray for us. Light of Patriarchs, pray for us. Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us. Chaste guardian of the Virgin, pray for us. Foster-father of the Son of God, pray for us…