PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH

PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH:

O Holy St. Joseph!

hear thy suppliant's prayer,

And take me to thy own paternal care;

For thou whom God selected on this earth

To watch the infant Jesus at His birth,

And guard the Virgin Mother of the Child

The ever-blessed Mary, undefiled

 0 thou to whom such wondrous charge was given,

Must surely now be powerful in heaven!

Be, then, dear Father to my Jesus,

be A father and protector unto me ;

 Beseech of Jesus that I may obtain

What none through thee have ever sought in vain

the love of Jesus, with a heart sincere,

Free from the selfishness of hope or fear;

Thus, for God's glory, that I may adore

 Jesus, my Saviour, now and evermore.

And thou, 0 Mary! ever Blessed styled,

The Virgin Mother of the Saviour Child,

With Holy Joseph, take me to thy care,

 For, thus protected, God will hear my prayer!

Amen.