This prayer to St. Joseph was composed by Pope Leo XIII (encyclical of 1889, Quamquam Pluries.) and asked that it be added to the end of the Rosary, especially during the month of October, which is dedicated to the Rosary.
The prayer is enriched with a partial indulgence (Manual of indulgences, conc. 19), and can be pronounced after the usual Salve Reina and the final prayer. It can also be used to conclude other Marian devotions.
St Joseph Prayer after the Rosary
To you, O blessed Joseph,
do we come in our tribulation,
and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse,
we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you
to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God
and through the paternal love
with which you embraced the Child Jesus,
we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance
which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood,
and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family,
defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ;
O most loving father, ward off from us
every contagion of error and corrupting influence;
O our most mighty protector, be kind to us
and from heaven assist us in our struggle
with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril,
so now protect God’s Holy Church
from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity;
shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection,
so that, supported by your example and your aid,
we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness,
and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven.
Amen.
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