VIRGINAL HUSBAND OF MARY Saint Joseph, I honor you as the true husband of Mary. Scripture says: 'Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary,...

FAITHFUL SERVANT Saint Joseph, you lived for one purpose -- to be the personal servant of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Your noble...

PATRON OF THE CHURCH Saint Joseph, God has appointed you patron of the Catholic Church because you were the head of the Holy Family, the...

MAN CHOSEN BY THE BLESSED TRINITY Saint Joseph, you were the man chosen by God the Father. He selected you to be His representative on...

PATRON OF WORKERS Saint Joseph, you devoted your time at Nazareth to the work of a carpenter. It was the Will of God that you and your...

PATRON OF FAMILIES Saint Joseph, I venerate you as the gentle head of the Holy Family. The Holy Family was the scene of your life's work...

PATRON OF A HAPPY DEATH Saint Joseph, how fitting it was that at the hour of your death Jesus should stand at your bedside with Mary, the...

FRIEND IN SUFFERING Saint Joseph, your share of suffering was very great because of your close union with the Divine Savior. All the...

TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 'An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, and take the child and His mother and flee into...

TWENTY-THIRD DAY 'Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among men of good will (Luke 2:14). Consider how great was the love and...

TWENTY-FIRST DAY 'And it came to pass while they were there, that the days for her to be delivered were fulfilled. And she brought forth...

TWENTY-SECOND DAY 'And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger (Luke 2:7)....

TWENTIETH DAY 'And Joseph also went from Galilee out of the town of Nazareth into Judea to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem...

NINETEENTH DAY When Jesus lived in this world in the house of St. Joseph, could a sinner who desired to obtain forgiveness from Our Lord...

EIGHTEENTH DAY Let us ask St. Joseph for the grace to love our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the particular grace which St. Joseph obtains...

SEVENTEENTH DAY St. Teresa also writes: 'I would wish to persuade all the world to be devoted to St. Joseph, because I have long...

SIXTEENTH DAY St. Teresa says: 'I do not remember to have asked any favor from St. Joseph which he did not grant. An account of the many...

FIFTEENTH DAY St. Bernard, speaking of St. Joseph's power of dispensing graces to his devout servants, makes use of the following...

FOURTEENTH DAY Most holy patriarch, now that you are on a lofty throne in heaven near your beloved Jesus, Who was subject to you on...

THIRTEENTH DAY O great St. Joseph, since God has served you, I also wish to enroll myself in your service. I wish from now on to serve...