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Saint Joseph, I, your unworthy child, greet you.
You are the faithful protector and intercessor
of all who love and venerate you.
You know that I have special confidence
in you and that, after Jesus and Mary,
I place all my hope of salvation in you,
for you are especially powerful with God
and will never abandon your faithful servants.
Therefore I humbly invoke you and commend myself,
with all who are dear to me and all that
belong to me, to your intercession,
I beg of you, by your love for Jesus and Mary,
not to abandon me during life and to assist me
at the hour of my death.
Glorious Saint Joseph, spouse of the Immaculate Virgin,
obtain for me a pure, humble, charitable mind,
and perfect resignation to the Divine Will.
Be my guide, my father and my model through life
that I may merit to die as you did
in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
Loving Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ,
I raise my heart to you to implore your powerful intercession
in obtaining from the Divine Heart of Jesus
all the graces necessary for my spiritual
and temporal welfare, particularly the grace
of a happy death, and the special grace I now implore:
(Mention your request)
Guardian of the Word Incarnate, I feel confident
that your prayers in my behalf will be
graciously heard before the throne of God.
Amen.
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