O St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may offer my Thanksgiving and Homage to the most Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen
Say for nine consecutive mornings for anything you may desire. It has seldom been known to fail.
This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1500’s it was sent by the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle.
Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor will poison take effect on them. They will not fall into the hands of the enemy nor be burned in any fire, nor will they be defeated in battle.
Make this prayer known everywhere.
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Most Rev. George W. Ahr
Bishop of Trenton
I laughed out loud at this!
Shut up, Sean.
I love this prayer. God bless grandmothers and their penchant for giving Pieta prayer booklets.
This was beautiful, and tears came into my eyes as I prayed it this morning.
What’s Sean’s problem?
Do you have more information on the purported history of this prayer? AD 50 is quite early. Is it mentioned in a relatively contemporary source?
This was what I found funny:
“This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of Our Lord Jesus Christ. “
Arturo,
Perhaps one day you’ll actually pray to Pope St. John Paul II:
“Perhaps one day you’ll actually pray to Pope St. John Paul II”
Some of us do already…
This is pious garbage, laughable indeed. The apotheosis of the sentimental piety which softened up Latin catholicism so that modernism could crush it.
This Prayer brought 22 of my soldiers and I back from war. It also brought more than 100 others that didn’t report to me home.
I think the point is that it’s a perfectly good prayer, but that also it’s a bit odd that people feel the need to attach a story to it that it’s a gazillion years old. There’s something about Catholicism that allows this sort of pious fiction to be expressed and believed by many, many people. Is it a bad thing? Is it just cutely human?
At any rate, asking St. Joseph for his intercession is a good idea.
How can anyone say anything negative about this prayer.
I love St. Joseph,
A man truly not appreciated enough. He sets a great example for any Father, or step Father. Sacrificing so much for Mary and Jesus. Most men/fathers leave and do what they selfishly want, forgetting their children…
I believe in the power of prayer and this one has never let me down. Why don’t people try it before they knock it? Try it sincerely and watch the miracle.
Have any of you guys ever held a conversation with a Mormon? I’m just curious as to how you’d get over the impasse, as both parties say, “But it works!”
I love this prayer. It is very comforting. I am hoping to send it to my mother to pray with my father in his waning weeks of life.