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Ad te, beate Ioseph

The prayer to Saint Joseph prescribed by Pope Leo XIII after the Rosary in October.

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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, caritatem, quae te cum immaculata Virgine Dei Genitrice coniunxit, 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 sobolem 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.

English

To thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also.

By that charity which united thee to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by the fatherly love with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we humbly beg thee graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His Blood and to help us in our necessities by thy power and strength.

Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen offspring of Jesus Christ; keep from us, most loving father, every contagion of error and corruption; aid us from heaven, most valiant protector, in this conflict with the powers of darkness.

And as once thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from the greatest peril to His life, so now defend God's holy Church from hostile snares and every adversity. Protect each of us with thy continual patronage, so that, following thy example and sustained by thy help, we may live in holiness, die in God's grace and attain everlasting happiness in heaven. Amen.

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