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Ad te beate Ioseph,
in tribulatione nostra confugimus,
atque, implorato Sponsae tuae sanctissimae auxilio, patrocinium quoque tuum fidenter exposcimus. Per eam, quaesumus quae te cum immaculata Virgine Dei Genetrice coniunxit, caritatem, perque paternum, quo Puerum Iesum amplexus es, amorem, supplices deprecamur, ut ad hereditatem, quam Iesus Christus acquisivit Sanguine suo, benignus respicias, ac necessitatibus nostris tua virtute et ope succurras.
Tuere, o Custos providentissime divinae Familiae, Iesu Christi subolem electam; prohibe a nobis, amantissime Pater, omnem errorum ac corruptelarum luem; propitius nobis, sospitator noster fortissime, in hoc cum
potestate tenebrarum certamine e caelo adesto; et sicut olim Puerum Iesum e summo eripuisti vitae discrimine, ita nunc Ecclesiam
sanctam Dei ab hostilibus insidiis atque ab omni adversitate defende: nosque singulos perpetuo tege patrocinio, ut ad tui exemplar et ope tua suffulti, sancte vivere, pie emori, sempiternamque in caelis beatitudinem assequi possimus. Amen.
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To
thee, O blessed Joseph, do we have recourse in our tribulation, and having
implored the help of thy thrice holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy
patronage also. By that charity wherewith thou wast
united to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly
affection with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we beseech thee
and we humbly pray, that thou wouldst look graciously upon the inheritance
which Jesus Christ hath purchased by His Blood, and assist us in our needs
by thy power and strength.
Most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, protect the chosen people of
Jesus Christ; keep far from us, most loving father, all blight of error and
corruption: mercifully assist us from heaven, most mighty defender, in this
our conflict with the powers of darkness; and, even as of old thou didst
rescue the Child Jesus from the supreme peril of his life, so now defend
God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; keep
us one and all under thy continual protection, that we may be supported by
thine example and thine assistance, may be enabled to lead a holy life, die
a happy death and come at last to the possession of everlasting blessedness
in heaven. Amen.
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