PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH BEFORE MASS AND HOLY COMMUNION
Happy and
blessed art thou, O Joseph, to whom it was given not only to see and to
hear that God whom many kings desired to see, and saw not, to hear, and
heard not; but also to hold Him in thine arms, to embrace Him, to clothe
Him, and to guard and defend Him.
Pray for us, O blessed Joseph,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
O God, who hast given unto us a royal priesthood, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that as Blessed Joseph was found worthy to touch with his hands, and bear within his arms, Thine Only-begotten Son, born of the Virgin Mary, so may we be made fit, by cleanness of heart and purity of work, to serve at Thy holy altars; that we may worthily receive the Most Sacred Body and Blood of Thy Son, now in this present world, and deserve to attain an everlasting reward in the world to come. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
[From the Roman Missal.]
O God, who hast given unto us a royal priesthood, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that as Blessed Joseph was found worthy to touch with his hands, and bear within his arms, Thine Only-begotten Son, born of the Virgin Mary, so may we be made fit, by cleanness of heart and purity of work, to serve at Thy holy altars; that we may worthily receive the Most Sacred Body and Blood of Thy Son, now in this present world, and deserve to attain an everlasting reward in the world to come. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
[From the Roman Missal.]
