Novenas
The Chaplet of St. Joseph
Begin: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
On each of the fifteen groups, pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be, honoring in turn the Joys and Sorrows of St. Joseph, and say:
Praised and blessed be Jesus, Mary and Joseph. St. Joseph, foster-father of Jesus and true spouse of Mary ever Virgin, pray for us.
Conclude:
O glorious St. Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to thee we raise our hearts and hands to implore thy powerful intercession. Obtain for us from the kind Heart of Jesus the help and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, and particularly the grace of a happy death. Amen.
V. Pray for us, O holy Joseph.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Traditional Catholic devotion to St. Joseph
About the prayer
The chaplet honors St. Joseph in fifteen groups, echoing the traditional Seven Joys and Seven Sorrows of the foster-father of Jesus. Devotion to St. Joseph spread widely after St. Teresa of Ávila's writings in the sixteenth century, and Blessed Pius IX declared him Patron of the Universal Church in 1870. The chaplet…
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