VISIT TO ST. JOSEPH - THIRTY- FIRST DAY

 

Visit to St. Joseph

Thirty-First (final day)

We should especially be devout to St. Joseph, in order that the saint may obtain for us a good death. He, on account of having saved the Infant Jesus from the snares of Herod, has the special privilege of delivering dying persons from the snares of the devil. Moreover, on account of the services which he rendered for so many years to Jesus and Mary, having by his labors provided them a dwelling and food, he has the privilege of obtaining the special assistance of Jesus and Mary for his devout clients at death. It is, also, well known by everyone that he is the patron of a good death, because he had the happiness of dying in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Let us, then, often say to him:

St. Joseph, obtain for me that, like thee, I may die in the arms of Jesus and Mary.

Prayer

My holy Patriarch, I rejoice at thy happiness and greatness in being made worthy to have power to command, with the authority of a father, Him Whom heaven and earth obey, and to make Him obey thee. My holy Patron, since a God has served thee, I too wish to enroll myself in thy service; I choose thee, after Mary, for my principal advocate and protector. I promise to honor thee every day by some special devotion, and each day I will place myself under thy protection. Through the sweet company of Jesus and Mary, which thou didst enjoy during life, protect me during my whole life, that I may never be separated from God by losing His grace. And through the assistance which Jesus and Mary gave thee at death, protect me at the hour of my death, that, dying in the company of thee, of Jesus and Mary, I may one day go to thank thee in paradise, and in thy company praise and love thy God to all eternity. Amen.