Feast of St. Joseph
2011.
2011.
TO thee, O blessed Joseph,do we come in our tribulation,
and having implored the help of thy most holy Spouse,
we confidently invoke thy patronage also.
Through that charity which bound thee
to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God
and through the paternal love
with which thou embraced the Child Jesus,
we humbly beg thee
to graciously regard the inheritance
which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood,
and with thy power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family,
defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ;
O most loving father,
ward off from us every contagion of error and corruption;
O our most mighty protector, be propitious to us
and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the powers of darkness;
and, as once thou rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril,
so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy
and from all adversity;
shield, too, each one of us by thy constant protection,
so that, supported by thy example and thy aid,
we may be able to live piously,
to die holy, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
AD te beate Ioseph,in tribulatione nostra confugimus,
atque, implorato Sponsae tuae sanctissimae auxilio,
patrocinium quoque tuum fidenter exposcimus.
Per eam, quaesumus quae te
cum immaculata Virgine Dei Genetrice coniunxit,
caritatem, perque paternum,
quo Puerum Iesum amplexus es, amorem,
supplices deprecamur, ut ad hereditatem,
quam Iesus Christus acquisivit Sanguine suo,
benignus respicias,
ac necessitatibus nostris tua virtute et ope succurras.
Tuere, o Custos providentissime divinae Familiae,
Iesu Christi subolem electam;
prohibe a nobis, amantissime Pater,
omnem errorum ac corruptelarum luem;
propitius nobis, sospitator noster fortissime,
in hoc cum potestate tenebrarum certamine
e caelo adesto;
et sicut olim Puerum Iesum
e summo eripuisti vitae discrimine,
ita nunc Ecclesiam sanctam Dei
ab hostilibus insidiis
atque ab omni adversitate defende:
nosque singulos perpetuo tege patrocinio,
ut ad tui exemplar et ope tua suffulti,
sancte vivere, pie emori,
sempiternamque in caelis beatitudinem assequi possimus.
Amen.
(Pope Leo XIII)
