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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (Prayer for a Happy Death)

This threefold aspiration to the Holy Family is one of the best known short prayers in Catholic devotion, indulgenced by Pope Pius VII in 1807 for those who invoke the Holy Family at the hour of death.

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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. Amen.

Raccolta / Enchiridion Indulgentiarum

About the prayer

St. Joseph is honored as patron of a happy death because tradition holds that he died in the presence of Jesus and Mary. The prayer is commonly taught for use at the bedside of the dying and as a brief act of trust throughout the day.

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