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]

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

[Gloria]

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

[Gloria]

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

[Gloria]

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

[Gloria]

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

[bernadette szczepkowski]

Amen.

[Alley]

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

With love!