Prayers to Saint Joseph

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  Prayer of the Pious Union for the dying

  
  As a commitment there is the prayer for the Dying, to be recited devoutly several times a day. The prayer is as follows:
  
  
  “O Saint Joseph,
  putative father
  of Jesus Christ
  and true husband of the Virgin Mary,
  pray for us
  and for the dying
  of this day (or this night)”
  
  
  
  

  The “Ave” to St. Joseph

  
  Rejoice, O Joseph,
  full of grace,
  God the Father is always with you.
  You are blessed among all men,
  holy husband of the Virgin Mary,
  chosen to welcome
  the Savior of the world, Jesus.
  
  St. Joseph,
  protector of the People of God,
  guide our steps
  on the way to the cross
  until our time
  happy death.
  
  Amen.
  
  
  
  
  

  Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker

  
  Dear Saint Joseph,
  You were a worker like us
  and you have known fatigue and sweat.
  Help us ensure work for all.
  
  You were a righteous man who led,
  in the shop and in the community, an integral life
  in service to God and others.
  Make sure that we too have integrity in our work
  and attentive to the needs of our neighbors.
  
  You were a groom who brought a pregnant Maria into the house
  by the work of the Holy Spirit.
  Make our parents welcome the lives that God sends.
  
  You accepted to be the father of Jesus
  and you took care of him against those who wanted to kill him
  and you protected him in the flight to Egypt.
  Let our parents protect their sons and daughters against the drugs that corrupt and the diseases that kill.
  
  You were Jesus' educator, teaching him to read the Scriptures and introducing him to the traditions of his people.
  Let us preserve family piety
  and we always remember God in everything we do.
  
  Dear Saint Joseph,
  in your human face we see the face of the divine Father portrayed.
  May He give us refuge, protection
  and the certainty that we are carried in the palm of his hand.
  Show us, Saint Joseph, the strength of your fatherhood:
  Give us determination in the face of problems,
  courage in the face of risks, a sense of the limits of our strengths
  and unlimited trust in the heavenly Father.
  
  We ask you all this in the strength of the Father,
  in the love of the Son and in the enthusiasm of the Holy Spirit.
  Amen.
  
  

  
  
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