Another method of reciting the Chaplet of St. Joseph.
It is said as above, except on the large beads is recited the " Hail Mary," instead of the "Our Father;" and on the small beads, instead of " Glorious Patriarch," &c, is said, "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist us now and at the hour of our death."
PRAYERS.
EXERCISE IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN SORROWS AND THE SEVEN JOYS OF ST. JOSEPH.
I.
CHASTE Spouse of the Holy Mother of God, by the sorrow with which thy heart was pierced at the thought of a cruel separation from Mary, and by tho deep joy that thou didst feel when the angel revealed to thee the ineffable mystery of the Incarnation, obtain for me from Jesus by the heart of Mary, the grace of surmounting all anxiety which might trouble the repose of my soul, with that of drawing from the adorable heart of Jesus the unspeakable peace of which he is the eternal source.
Pater. Ave. Gloria Patri.
II.
FOSTER-FATHER of Jesus, by the bitter sadness which thy heart experienced in seeing the Child Jesus lying in a manger, and by the joy which thou didst feel in seeing the Wise Men recognize and adore Him as their God, obtain by thy prayers that my heart, purified by thy protection, may become a living crib, where the Saviour of the world may receive and bless my homage.
Pater. Ave. Gloria Patri.
III.
O THOU to whom God confided his only Son, by the sorrow with which thy heart was pierced at the sight of the blood which flowed from the Infant
