Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Purity
A traditional prayer asking Saint Joseph to guard the mind, heart, and body in purity and chastity.
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Prayer source
The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 278.
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- Pray this traditional Catholic prayer to Saint Joseph for purity of mind, heart, and body, preserved in the 1910 Raccolta.
- Often prayed for
- st joseph, purity, chastity, temptation, mind, and heart
- When to pray
- This prayer may be used at any time.
- Languages
- English and Latin
Guardian of virgins, and holy father Joseph, to whose faithful custody Christ Jesus, Innocence itself, and Mary, Virgin of virgins, were committed; I pray and beseech thee, by these dear pledges, Jesus and Mary, that, being preserved from all uncleanness, I may with spotless mind, pure heart, and chaste body, ever serve Jesus and Mary most chastely all the days of my life. Amen.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Purity
Source: The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 278.
Guardian of virgins, and holy father Joseph, to whose faithful custody Christ Jesus, Innocence itself, and Mary, Virgin of virgins, were committed; I pray and beseech thee, by these dear pledges, Jesus and Mary, that, being preserved from all uncleanness, I may with spotless mind, pure heart, and chaste body, ever serve Jesus and Mary most chastely all the days of my life. Amen.
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