Novena to Saint Joseph - Day 4 -

Saint Joseph, glory of Heaven,
unfailing hope for our lives,
and support of those on earth,
graciously accept our prayer of praise.
Thou were appointed spouse of the chaste Virgin
by the Creator of the world.
He willed that thou be called "father" of the Word
and serve as Saint of our salvation.
May the triune God who bestowed upon thee heavenly honors,
be praised forever.
And may He grant us through thy merits
the joy of a blessed life
and a favorable answer to our petition.
(here our prayer request..)

O glorious Saint Joseph,
through the love thou bear to Jesus Christ
and for the glory of His Holy Name,
hear our prayers
and obtain our petitions.Amen
Saint Joseph, pray for us!

Novena to Saint Joseph - Day 3 -

DAY THREE

Blessed St. Joseph,
enkindle in our cold hearts a spark of thy charity.
May God be always the first
and only object of our affections.
Keep our souls always in sanctifying grace and,
if we should be so unhappy as to lose it,
give us the strength to recover it immediately
by a sincere repentance.
Help us to such a love of our God
as will always keep us united to Him. Amen.

O glorious St. Joseph,
through the love thou bear to Jesus Christ
and for the glory of His Holy Name,
hear our prayers
and obtain our petitions
( here our prayer request..)
Amid the splendors of eternity,
forget not the sorrows of those who pray,
those who weep;
stay the almighty arm which smites us,
that by thy prayers and those of thy most Holy and Immaculate spouse,
the Heart of Jesus may be moved to pity and to pardon. Amen

Saint Joseph, pray for us!

Novena to Saint Joseph - Day 2 -

DAY TWO

O blessed Saint Joseph,
tenderhearted father,
faithful guardian of Jesus,
chaste spouse of the Mother of God,
we pray and beseech thee to offer to God the Father,
His divine son,
bathed in blood on the Cross for sinners,
and through the thrice Holy Name of Jesus
obtain for us of the eternal Father
the favor for which we implore thy intercession
(here our request..)

Amid the splendors of eternity,
forget not the sorrows of those who pray,
those who weep;
stay the almighty arm which smites us,
that by thy prayers and those of thy most Holy and Immaculate Spouse,
the Heart of Jesus may be moved to pity and to pardon.
Amen

Saint Joseph, pray for us!

Novena to Saint Joseph - Day 1 -

O great Saint Joseph, with feelings of unlimited confidence,
we beg thee to bless this Novena that we begin in thy honor.
O glorious Saint Joseph,
faithful follower of Jesus Christ,
to thee we raise our hearts and hands
to implore thy powerful intercession
in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus
all the helps and graces necessary
for our spiritual and temporal welfare,
particularly for the grace of a happy death
and the special prayer petition we now request
(here our request ..)
O guardian of the Word Incarnate,
we feel animated with confidence that thy prayers
in our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God.
Glorious Saint Joseph,
through the love thou bear to Jesus Christ
and for the Glory of His Name,
hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
Amen.

Today is the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Antioh , Bishop and Martyr ( according with the true Catholic Liturgical Year - before the Vatican 2's reformations )

We begin the month of February on this First Saturday Devotion and the Eve of the Purification tomorrow, by celebrating a Holy Bishop who willingly gave his life for Christ at the hands of the voracious lions, aware of Saint Peter's words in his First Epistle, chapter five, verse 8: "Be sober and watch: because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour."
The Holy Bishop and Martyr Saint Ignatius of Antioch, like Saint Polycarp, was a disciple of Saint John the Apostle . The Tradition says as well that - when Saint Ignatius was a little child - he was held on the knee of Our Lord when the Savior spoke the words "Suffer the little children to come unto Me." During the persecution of Trajan he was condemned to death and sent in chains to Rome. While on the way he wrote letters to various churches which are precious documents for our Faith. He rejoiced when he heard the roaring of the lions set loose to devour him, exclaiming: "I am the wheat of Christ: may I be ground by the fangs of wild beasts and become bread agreeable to my Lord!" He died a noble martyr in Rome on October 17 around 107 A.D. He is commemorated every day in the prayer which precedes the Pater Noster, known as the "Great Intercession" - the Nobis quoque peccatoribus.

Oremus/ Let us pray :

Look upon our weakness, O Almighty God: and because we are weighed down beneath the burden of our own deeds, let the glorious intercession of blessed Ignatius, Thy Martyr and Bishop, shield us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.