Visit to St. Joseph
Twenty-fifth day
St. Teresa also said: I cannot understand how it is possible to think of the Queen of Angels without returning thanks to St. Joseph for all the services he rendered on earth to the Mother and the Son. Let us, then, have recourse to St. Teresa that she may obtain for us devotion to the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph.
St. Joseph, by thy love for thy favored servant. St. Teresa, make us ever to grow in devotion to thee.
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.
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