Final day of Novena to St Joseph plus
a reminder about Mass tomorrow @ 6pm in his Honor
Today is the final day of the Novena to St Joseph with tomorrow being his Feast Day. Just a reminder that there will be Mass hosted by the Latin Mass Society of Tampa Bay at Epiphany of Our Lord in Tampa starting at 6pm on Tuesday, 3/19 followed by a Consecration to St Joseph and then an Italian potluck dinner and traditional St Joseph Table in the social hall. Everyone is welcome to join whether you are participating in the Consecration or not.
Final Day of Novena to St Joseph
O glorious descendant of the kings of Judah, Inheritor of the virtues of all the Patriarchs, Just and happy St. Joseph, listen to my prayer. Thou art my glorious protector, and shall ever be, after Jesus and Mary, the object of my most profound veneration and confidence. Thou art the most hidden, though the greatest Saint, and art particularly the patron of those who serve God with purity and fervor. In union with all those who have ever been most devoted to thee, I now dedicate myself to thy service; beseeching thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Who vouchsafed to love and obey thee as a son, to become a father to me, and obtain a filial respect, confidence and love of a child towards thee.
O powerful Advocate, whose intercession, as St. Teresa assures us, has never been found to fail, deign to intercede for me now and to implore for me the intentions of this novena:
(Mention your intentions here)
Present me, great Saint, to the adorable Trinity, with Whom thou had so glorious and so intimate a correspondence. Obtain that I may never efface by sin, the Sacred Image according to the likeness of which I was created. Beg for me that my Divine Redeemer would kindle in my heart and in all hearts the fire of His Love, and infuse therein the virtues of His adorable Infancy: His purity, simplicity, obedience and humility.
Obtain for me likewise a lively devotion to thy Virgin Spouse, and protect me so powerfully in life and in death, that I may have the happiness of dying, as thou did, in the friendship of my Creator and under the immediate protection of the Mother of God.
+Amen
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
St. Joseph, pray for us
