A NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH.
DIRECTIONS FOR EACH DAY OF THE NOVENA.
Begin with the Litany of the Saint, at page 86; say one of the following prayers; recite the Our Father, and the Hail Mary, three times; and conclude by the Oblation; O Holy Joseph, &c., page 476.
ON THE FIRST DAY.
BLESSED St. Joseph, born to be the guardian of Jesus, the protector and consoler of Mary! make powerful intercession for me, that my pious resolutions may not prove abortive; that I may be born to an interior and spiritual life; that I may have such an increase of sanctity, so ardent a love of purity, so great a conviction of my own vileness, so clear a light of the emptiness and vanity of worldly grandeur, as to esteem and relish only things that are eternal: Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. &c.
ON THE SECOND DAY.
OMNIPOTENT Creator, whose unerring providence adds joy every moment to the Angels in heaven, and to the Saints upon earth! I most humbly beg, through the intercession of St. Joseph, that I may cheerfully acquiesce and rejoice in every thing that comes from thy fatherly hand; that I may be vigorous in executing thy divine will, and glorify thee in my present state. Grant me the true spirit of mortification, to subdue my stubborn passions, to satisfy for what is past, and to be a preservative from future dangers. Grant, that by purity of intention, the meanest of my actions may be acceptable to thee, as was the mite of the poor widow, which was put into the treasury of the temple: Through Jesus Christ out Lord. Amen.
