Ancient Prayer to Saint Joseph

You can believe it? Christians have prayed and prayed to Saint Joseph for his intercession for over 2000 years! This prayer does not have a name and dates from the year 50 after Christ, during the apostolic years, just after the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ!

Ancient prayer for the intercession of Saint Joseph

“Oh Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong and so immediate before the throne of God, I entrust all my intentions and desires to you.
Help me, Saint Joseph, with your powerful intercession, to obtain all the spiritual blessings through the intercession of your adopted son, Jesus Christ our Lord, so that, by entrusting myself, here on earth, to your heavenly power, I pay you my gratitude and homage. .
Oh Saint Joseph, I never tire of contemplating you with Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach when He rests next to your heart. He embraces him in my name, he kisses his delicate face for me and asks him to return that kiss when I draw my last breath.
Saint Joseph, patron saint of departing souls, pray for me! Amen.”

An ancient prayer for a happy death

This prayer is often prayed as a Novena (for 9 days) or as a prayer for the dead, as Saint Joseph is the patron saint of a happy death. You can pray for a person who you know is going to die soon, just like praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy!

“Whoever reads this prayer, hears it or keeps it with him will never die a sudden death or drown, be affected by poison or fall into the hands of the enemy, nor be burned in any fire or defeated in battle. Pray this prayer for nine mornings for any intention. She is known for never failing.”

Now you can check it yourself, it never fails!

Nobody knows exactly when Saint Joseph died, but it is known that it was just before Jesus began his public ministry and began to evangelize. Even back then, the early Christians recognized the many virtues of St. Joseph (fidelity, righteousness, consolation, guardianship of priests, families, and the poor, etc.), and prayed for his help. In 1505, Emperor Charles received this prayer from Pope Julius II before going into battle. In 1950, this same prayer received an imprimatur from Pittsburgh Bishop Hugh Boyle.

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Let’s continue with this beautiful and ancient tradition of praying to Saint Joseph to intercede for us and you will see how he answers our prayers and transforms our lives! has a multitude of prayer communities to meet your needs, grow in faith and maintain that fervor in prayer.

We can pray all year long to Saint Joseph for his continued support. We can also dedicate a novena to him any time you need to remember and live that special holiness and virtues of Saint Joseph. You could find a new devotion also with other saints like Saint Anthony of Padua or Saint Rita! Or if you think you can receive the daily gospel with a meditation.