Daily Devotions to St. Joseph - Day 21

[Cathleen]

"And it came to pass while they were there, that the days for her to be delivered were fulfilled.  And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn"  (Luke 2:6-7).  How great must have been the sorrow of St. Joseph when he could find no shelter for Mary on the night of the birth of the Divine Word, and was obliged to bring her to a stable!  How his heart must have been pierced with anguish to see his holy spouse, who was near the time of childbirth, trembling with cold in that damp cave, which was open on every side.  Dear St. Joseph, through the pain which you felt in seeing the Divine Word born in a stable so poor, without fire, without clothes and in hearing the cries caused by the cold which afflicted Him, I pray thee to obtain for me true sorrow for my sins by which I have drawn tear from Jesus.

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.

[Gloria]

I ask for the grace to imitate your virtues, St. Joseph , so I may be pleasing to the Heart of God.

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.  I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

I ask for the grace to imitate your virtues, St. Joseph , so I may be pleasing to the Heart of God.

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.  I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

I ask for the grace to imitate your virtues, St. Joseph , so I may be pleasing to the Heart of God.

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.  I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

I ask for the grace to imitate your virtues, St. Joseph , so I may be pleasing to the Heart of God.

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Michael]

Amen.

[Gloria]

I ask for the grace to imitate your virtues, St. Joseph , so I may be pleasing to the Heart of God.

[Gloria]

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.

"I do not remember ever having asked anything of St. Joseph that he did not grant me , nor can I think without amazement of the great graces God grants through his intercession" Saint Teresa of Avila

[Gloria]

St. Joseph, penetrate my heart with contrition and obtain for me the grace never to sin again.I wish to belong entirely to thee, so that through thee I will belong entirely to Jesus and Mary.  St. Joseph, obtain from Jesus the pardon of my sins. May every unclean flame be extinguished from me and only the flame of the fire of Divine Love burn within me.  St. Joseph watch over and protect our family.