Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Saint Joseph for the Church
A prayer asking Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, to defend the Church and obtain peace and liberty for her.
Source: The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 279.
Most powerful Patriarch, Saint Joseph, Patron of that universal Church which has always invoked thee in anxieties and tribulations; from the lofty seat of thy glory lovingly regard the Catholic world.
Let it move thy paternal heart to see the mystical Spouse of Christ and His Vicar weakened by sorrow and persecuted by powerful enemies. We beseech thee, by the most bitter suffering thou didst experience on earth, to wipe away in mercy the tears of the revered Pontiff, to defend and liberate him, and to intercede with the Giver of peace and charity, that every hostile power being overcome and every error being destroyed, the whole Church may serve the God of all blessings in perfect liberty: ut destructis adversitatibus et erroribus universis Ecclesia secura Deo serviat libertate. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 279.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- A prayer asking Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, to defend the Church and obtain peace and liberty for her.
- Prayer intention
- St. Joseph’s protection for the Church and the Pope.
- When to pray
- It may be prayed at any time.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 279. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Saint Joseph for the Church
Source: The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, page 279.
Most powerful Patriarch, Saint Joseph, Patron of that universal Church which has always invoked thee in anxieties and tribulations; from the lofty seat of thy glory lovingly regard the Catholic world.
Let it move thy paternal heart to see the mystical Spouse of Christ and His Vicar weakened by sorrow and persecuted by powerful enemies. We beseech thee, by the most bitter suffering thou didst experience on earth, to wipe away in mercy the tears of the revered Pontiff, to defend and liberate him, and to intercede with the Giver of peace and charity, that every hostile power being overcome and every error being destroyed, the whole Church may serve the God of all blessings in perfect liberty: ut destructis adversitatibus et erroribus universis Ecclesia secura Deo serviat libertate. Amen.