{"id":3128,"date":"2015-03-18T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/saint-joseph\/"},"modified":"2015-03-18T19:44:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T18:44:23","slug":"saint-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/saint-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying to Saint Joseph for Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anton_Raphael_Mengs_-_The_Dream_of_St._Joseph_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\"<\/a>Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests<\/strong><\/p>\n

O glorious Saint Joseph,
\nwho, on the word of the angel
\nspeaking to you in the night,
\nput fear aside to take your Virgin Bride into your home,
\nshow yourself today the advocate and protector of priests.
\nGuardian of the Infant Christ,
\ndefend them against every attack of the enemy,
\npreserve them from the dangers that surround them
\non every side.
\nRemember Herod’s threats against the Child,
\nthe anguish of the flight into Egypt by night,
\nand the hardships of your exile.
\nStand by the accused;
\nstretch out your hand to those who have fallen;
\ncomfort the fearful;
\nforsake not the weak;
\nand visit the lonely.
\nLet all priests know that in you
\nGod has given them a model
\nof faith in the night, obedience in adversity,
\nchastity in tenderness, and hope in uncertainty.
\nYou are the terror of demons
\nand the healer of those wounded in spiritual combat.
\nCome to the defence of every priest in need;
\novercome evil with good.
\nWhere there are curses, put blessings,
\nwhere harm has been done, do good.
\nLet there be joy for the priests of the Church,
\nand peace for all under your gracious protection.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

A Priest’s Prayer to Saint Joseph<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saint Joseph,
\nI take you this day as my advocate and defender,
\nmy counselor and my friend.
\nOpen your heart to me
\nas you opened your home to the Virgin Mother
\nin her hour of need.
\nProtect my holy priesthood
\nas you protected the life of the Infant Christ
\nthreatened by cruel Herod.
\nIn darkness bring me light;
\nin weakness, strength,
\nand in fear the peace that passes understanding.
\nFor the sake of the tender love that bound you
\nto the Virgin Mary and the Infant Christ,
\nbe for me, Saint Joseph, a constant intercessor
\nand a shield against every danger of body, mind, and soul
\nso that, in spite of my weaknesses and sins,
\nmy priesthood may bring glory to Christ
\nand serve to increase the beauty of holiness
\nin his bride the Church.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

Prayer to Saint Joseph for a Particular Priest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saint Joseph,
\nI present to you this day
\nFather N., priest of Jesus Christ,
\nand beg you to be to him
\nadvocate and defender,
\ncounselor and friend.
\nOpen your heart to him
\nas you opened your home to the Virgin Mother
\nin her hour of need.
\nProtect his holy priesthood
\nas you protected the life of the Infant Christ
\nthreatened by cruel Herod.
\nIn darkness bring him light;
\nin weakness, strength,
\nand in fear the peace that passes understanding.
\nFor the sake of the tender love that bound you
\nto the Virgin Mary and the Infant Christ,
\nbe for him, Saint Joseph, a constant intercessor
\nand a shield against every danger of body, mind, and soul
\nso that, in spite of his weaknesses and sins,
\nhis priesthood may bring glory to Christ
\nand serve to increase the beauty of holiness
\nin his bride the Church.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests O glorious Saint Joseph, who, on the word of the angel speaking to you in the night, put fear aside to take your Virgin Bride into your home, show yourself today the advocate and protector of priests. Guardian of the Infant Christ, defend them against every attack of the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,22,33,38,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knock","category-prayers-of-mine","category-priesthood","category-saint-joseph","category-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Os","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9668,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions\/9668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}