St Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and adoptive father of Jesus, is recognized as a faithful intercessor and protector of those who turn to him with faith. Throughout the centuries, many faithful have found in this Novena to St Joseph a spiritual refuge to ask for his help in times of difficulty, whether in the workplace, family, or personal life. His exemplary life of humility, work, and complete trust in God inspires us to follow his example and turn to his powerful intercession.
When praying this novena, we can ask St Joseph for multiple intentions: employment and job stability, protection for the family, strength in faith, solution to financial problems, and even for a good death, as he is the patron of the dying. This devotion is a way to approach him humbly, trusting that he will guide us towards God’s will.
If you need a special favor, we invite you to perform this novena with faith and perseverance, knowing that St Joseph, protector of the Universal Church, always listens to those who invoke him with love and trust.
This Novena to St Joseph is prayed in the days leading up to his feast day on March 19. Traditionally, the first day of the novena is March 10, but the Novena can be prayed at any time of the year, whenever one needs to ask St Joseph for a favor in times of difficulty.
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Initial Prayer for All Days
O Glorious St Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you do we raise our hearts and hands,
to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus
all the help and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare,
particularly the grace of a happy death,
and the special favor we now implore.O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel filled with confidence that your
prayers on our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God.O Glorious St Joseph, through the love you bear to Jesus Christ, and for the glory of His name, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions. (Repeat 7 times)
Let us pray
O Glorious St. Joseph, spouse of the Immaculate Virgin, obtain for us a pure, humble, and charitable mind, and perfect resignation to the divine Will. Be our guide, father and model through life, that we may merit to die as you did, in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
Day 1 (March 10)
O great St. Joseph, with feelings of unlimited confidence, we beg you to bless this novena that we begin in your honor.
“You are never invoked in vain” says the seraphic St. Theresa of Jesus.
Be you then to me what you have been to that spouse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and graciously hear me as you did her.Amen.
Day 2 (March 11)
O blessed Saint Joseph, tenderhearted father, faithful guardian of Jesus, chaste spouse of the Mother of God, we pray and beseech you to offer to God the Father, His divine son, bathed in blood on the Cross for sinners, and through the thrice holy name of Jesus obtain for us of the eternal Father the favor for which we implore your intercession…
(State your request here…)
Amid the splendors of eternity, forget not the sorrows of those who pray, those who weep; stay the almighty arm which smites us, that by your prayers and those of your most holy spouse, the Heart of Jesus may be moved to pity and to pardon.Amen.
Day 3 (March 12)
Blessed St. Joseph, enkindle in our cold hearts a spark of your charity. May God be always the first
and only object of our affections. Keep our souls always in sanctifying grace and, if we should be so unhappy as to lose it, give us the strength to recover it immediately by a sincere repentance. Help us to such a love of our God as will always keep us united to Him.
Amen.
O glorious St. Joseph, through the love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of His name,
hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
(State your request here…)Amen.
Day 4 (March 13)
Saint Joseph, pride of Heaven, unfailing hope for our lives, and support of those on earth, graciously accept our prayer of praise. You were appointed spouse of the chaste Virgin by the Creator of the world. He willed that you be called “father” of the Word and serve as agent of our salvation.
May the triune God who bestowed upon you heavenly honors, be praised forever. And may He grant us through your merits the joy of a blessed life and a favorable answer to our petition.
(State your request here…)Amen.
Day 5 (March 14)
O holy St. Joseph, what a lesson your life is for us, ever so eager to appear so anxious to display before the eyes of men the graces that we owe entirely to the liberality of God.
In addition to the special favor for which we plead in this novena…
(State your request here…)
grant that we may attribute to God the glory of all things, that we may love the humble and hidden life,
that we may not desire any other position than the one given us by Providence and that we may always be a docile instrument in the hands of God.Amen.
Day 6 (March 15)
O glorious Saint Joseph, appointed by the Eternal Father as the guardian and protector of the life of Jesus Christ, the comfort and support of His Holy Mother, and the instrument in His great design
for the redemption of mankind.
You who had the happiness of living with Jesus and Mary, and of dying in their arms, be moved with confidence we place in you, and procure for us from the Almighty,
the particular favor which we humbly ask through your intercession…
(State your request here…)Amen.
Day 7 (March 16)
O faithful and prudent Saint Joseph, watch over our weakness and our inexperience;
obtain for us that prudence which reminds us of our end, which directs our paths and which protects us from every danger.
Pray for us, then, O great Saint, and by your love for Jesus and Mary, and by their love for you, obtain for us the favor we ask in this novena…
(State your request here…)Amen.
Day 8 (March 17)
O blessed Joseph, to whom it was given not only to see and to hear that God whom many kings longed to see and saw not; to hear and heard not; but also to carry Him in your arms, to embrace Him, to clothe Him, and to guard and defend Him, come to our assistance and intercede with Him to look favorably on our present petition.
(State your request here…)Amen.
Day 9 (March 18)
O good Saint Joseph, help us to be like you, gentle to those whose weakness leans on us;
help us to give to those who seek our aid, succor that they may journey unafraid.
Give us your faith, that we may see the right shining above the victories of might.
Give us your hope that we may stand secure, untouched by doubting, steadfast to endure.
Give us your love that as the years increase an understanding heart may bring us peace.
Give us your purity that the hour of death finds us untouched by evil’s breath.
Give us your love of labor that we shirk no lot in life that calls us for honest work.
Give us your love of poverty so that we live contented, let wealth come or go.
Give us your courage that we may be strong;
give us your meekness to confess our sins.
Give us your patience that we may possess the kingdom of our souls without distress.
Help us, dear Saint, to live that when life ends we pass with you to Jesus and His friends.
O Glorious Saint Joseph, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.Amen.
Prayer for March 19
Remember, most pure spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, my loving protector, Saint Joseph, that no one ever had recourse to your protection or asked for your aid without obtaining relief. Confiding, therefore, in your goodness, I come before you and humbly implore you. Despise not my petitions, foster-father of the Redeemer, but graciously receive them.
Amen.
Final Prayers for All Days
O guardian and father of virgins, Saint Joseph, to whose faithful care were entrusted Christ Jesus, Innocence itself, and Mary, Virgin of virgins, I pray and beseech you by these dear pledges, Jesus and Mary, that, being preserved from all impurity, I may with spotless mind, pure heart, and chaste body, ever serve Jesus and Mary most chastely all the days of my life.
Amen.
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, I give you my heart and my soul.
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.
Antiphon
Jesus Himself, when He began His ministry, was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph.
V. Saint Joseph, pray for us.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Final Prayer
Oh God, who by Your ineffable providence deigned to choose Blessed Joseph as the Spouse of Your Most Holy Mother; grant that as we venerate him as our protector on earth, we may deserve to have him as our protector in heaven. Oh God, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be (3 times)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
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Praying the Novena to St Joseph is an opportunity to strengthen our faith and trust in God’s providence, following the example of he who protected and guided the Holy Family with love and obedience. St Joseph, with his powerful intercession, helps us find peace in moments of uncertainty and accompanies us in our needs, whether material or spiritual. If we pray with faith and perseverance, trusting in his help, we can be sure that he will present our pleas before God and grant us the graces we need most. May this novena be a path of hope and blessing for all who seek his help.
