Devotion to the Most Chaste Heart of Saint Joseph

Devotion to the Three United Sacred Hearts through the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph given to Edson Glauber in Itapiranga AM, Brazil

The Holy Mantle of St. Joseph

What is the Holy Mantle in honor of St. Joseph?

The recitation of the Sacred Mantle is a particular homage dedicated to St. Joseph to honor His person and to merit His protection. It is advisable to pray these prayers for thirty consecutive days, in memory of the thirty years of life that St. Joseph lived in the company of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

There are countless graces that can be obtained from God by having recourse to St. Joseph. To facilitate His help, however, it is good to accompany these prayers with the promise of an offering for the cult of the Saint. It is good to go to confession, attend Holy Mass and receive Holy Communion daily. Another is to remember the souls in purgatory by praying and sacrificing for them, to relieve and free them from their sorrows.

With the same solicitude with which we wipe away the tears of the poor who need help, we can hope that St. Joseph will wipe away our tears. It will be so that the mantle of His protection will piously spread over us and be a valid defense against all dangers, so that we can all arrive with the Lord's grace at the port of eternal salvation.

Saint Joseph smile favorably upon us and bless us always.

Saint Joseph comfort of the afflicted, pray for us!

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give You my heart and soul.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I offer You the pains and the joys of this day.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I exhale my soul in peace with You.

(Three "Glory Be..." are prayed to the Holy Trinity, giving thanks to Him for having raised Saint Joseph to an exceptional dignity)

Offering of the Holy Mantle

I

Here I am, O great Patriarch, devoutly prostrate before You. I present to You this precious mantle and at the same time I offer You the purpose of my faithful and sincere devotion. Whatever I can do in Your honor during my life, I intend to do it to show You the love I have for You.

Help me, Saint Joseph. Assist me now and throughout my life, but especially assist me at the hour of my death, as You were assisted by Jesus and Mary, so that I may one day honor You in the heavenly homeland for all eternity. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

II

O glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph, prostrate before You, I present You with devotion my homage and begin by offering You this precious collection of prayers in memory of the innumerable virtues that have adorned Your holy person.

In You, the mysterious dream of the ancient Joseph, whose figure anticipated Yours, has been fulfilled: not only, in fact, the divine Sun has girded You with His most luminous rays, but also the mystical Moon, Mary, has illuminated You with her sweet light.

O glorious Patriarch, if the example of Jacob, who personally rejoiced with His beloved son, exalted on the throne of Egypt, served to drag the other children to salvation, will not the example of Jesus and Mary, who honored You with all Their esteem and all Their confidence, be worth it to me also, to weave in Your honor this precious mantle? O great Saint, make the Lord turn to me a benevolent look. And as the ancient Joseph did not expel the guilty brothers, but on the contrary, welcomed them full of love, protected them and saved them from hunger and death, so You, O glorious Patriarch, through Your intercession, make the Lord never abandon me in this valley of banishment. Moreover, obtain for me the grace to always remain among Your devoted servants, who live serenely under the mantle of Your protection. I want this protection for each day of my life and at the moment of my last breath. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

III

Hail, O glorious Saint Joseph', depository of the incomparable treasures of Heaven and foster father of the One who sustains all creatures.

After Mary Most Holy, You are the Saint most worthy of our love and deserving of our veneration. Among all the saints, You alone had the honor of raising, guiding, sustaining, and embracing the Messiah, whom so many Prophets and Kings longed to see. Saint Joseph, save my soul and obtain from the divine mercy the grace I humbly implore.

And also for the blessed souls in Purgatory, obtain a great relief for their sufferings.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

IV

O mighty St. Joseph, who was declared universal patron of the Church, I invoke You, among all the saints, as the strongest protector of the miserable and I bless a thousand times Your heart, always ready to help every kind of need.

To You, dear Saint Joseph, turn the widows, the orphans, the abandoned, the afflicted, all kinds of unfortunate people; there is no pain, anguish or misfortune that You have not piously helped. Deign, therefore, to use in my favor the means that God has put in Your hands so that I can obtain the grace I ask of You. And You, holy souls in Purgatory, supplicate for me to Saint Joseph.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

V

To so many thousands of people who have pleaded with You before me, You have given comfort, peace, graces and favors. My soul, sad and embittered, finds no rest amidst the anguish that oppresses her.

You, dear Saint, know all my needs, even before I expose them in prayer.

You know how much I need the grace I ask for. I prostrate myself in Your presence, groaning, dear Saint Joseph, under the great weight that oppresses me. There is no heart to which I can entrust my sufferings, and even if I could find compassion from some charitable soul it still could not help me.

Therefore I turn to You and hope that You will not refuse me what I ask of You, for St. Teresa said and left written in her memoirs, "Whatever grace You ask of St. Joseph will surely be granted."

O St. Joseph, comforter of the afflicted, have mercy on my pain and have mercy on the holy souls in purgatory, who expect so much from our prayers.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

VI

O exalted Holy One, by Your most perfect obedience to God, have mercy on me.

By Your holy life, full of merits, attend to me.

By Your most dear Name, help me.

By Your Most Merciful Heart, help me.

By Your holy tears, comfort me.

By Your seven sorrows, have mercy on me.

By Your seven joys, comfort my heart.

From every evil of soul and body, deliver me.

From every danger and misfortune, deliver me.

Help me with Your holy protection and ask for me in Your mercy and power, what I need, and especially the grace of what I need most.

For the dear souls in Purgatory, obtain the prompt release from their sufferings.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

VII

O glorious Saint Joseph, countless are the favors, the graces You obtain for the poor and afflicted. Sick people of any kind, oppressed, slandered, betrayed, without any human comfort, miserable people in need of bread and support, implore Your protection and their requests are heard.

Do not allow me, dear Saint Joseph, to be, among so many people benefited, the only one to be without the grace I ask of You. Show yourself, also towards me, powerful and generous, and I, thanking You, will exclaim: "Long live for all eternity, the glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph, my great protector and special deliverer of the holy souls in Purgatory."

3 x Glory be to the Father...

VIII

O Eternal and Divine Father, through the merits of Jesus and Mary, deign to grant me the grace I implore.

In the name of Jesus and Mary, I prostrate myself in Your Divine Presence and devoutly ask You to accept my firm decision to persevere, together with those who live under the protection of St. Joseph.

Bless, therefore, the precious mantle that I dedicate to Him today as a pledge of my devotion.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

Pious Petitions in Memory of St. Joseph’s Modest Life with Jesus and Mary

IX

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down into my soul and sanctify it.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down into my heart and inflame it with charity.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down in my intelligence and enlighten it.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down in my will and strengthen it.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down in my thoughts and purify them.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down in my affections and rule them.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down into my desires and direct them.

St. Joseph, pray to Jesus to come down in my works and bless them.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus His Holy Love.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the imitation of Your virtues.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus true humility of spirit.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus meekness of heart.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus peace of soul.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the holy fear of God.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the desire of perfection.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the sweetness of character.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus a pure and charitable heart.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the love of suffering.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the wisdom of eternal truths.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus perseverance in doing good.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the strength to bear crosses.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus the detachment from earthly goods.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus that I walk on the narrow road to heaven.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus that I may be free from every occasion to sin.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus a holy desire for paradise.

St. Joseph, obtain for me from Jesus a final perseverance.

St. Joseph, grant that my heart may never cease to love You and my tongue to praise You.

St. Joseph, because of the love You had for Jesus, help me to love Him.

St. Joseph, deign to welcome me as Your devotee.

St. Joseph, I surrender myself to You: accept me and help me.

St. Joseph, do not abandon me in the hour of death.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give You my heart and my soul.

3 x Glory be to the Father...

Invocations to Saint Joseph

X

Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, my dear protector Saint Joseph. That never was it heard that anyone, having invoked Your protection and asked for Your help, was not consoled by You. With this confidence I come to You earnestly to commend myself. O Saint Joseph, hear my prayer, receive it devoutly, and answer it. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

XI

Glorious Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary and virginal father of Jesus, think of me, watch over me. Teach me to work for my sanctification and take under Your pious care the urgent needs that today I entrust to Your fatherly solicitude.

Remove obstacles and difficulties, and make the happy success of what I ask of You be for the greater glory of the Lord and the greater good of my soul. As a sign of my most lively gratitude, I promise to make Your glories known while I wholeheartedly praise the Lord who willed You to be so powerful in heaven and on earth. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

Litany of Saint Joseph

XII

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Jesus Christ, hear us.

Jesus Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father in heaven, have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, who are one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Noble seed of David, pray for us.

Light of the Patriarchs, pray for us.

Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us.

Purest Guard of the Virgin, pray for us.

You who raised up the Son of God, pray for us.

Zealous defender of Christ, pray for us.

Head of the Holy Family, pray for us.

O Joseph, most just, pray for us.

O Joseph, most chaste, pray for us.

O Joseph, most prudent, pray for us.

O Joseph, most fortunate, pray for us.

O Joseph, most obedient, pray for us.

O Joseph, most faithful, pray for us.

Mirror of patience, pray for us.

Lover of poverty, pray for us.

Model of the workers, pray for us.

Honor of domestic life, pray for us.

Guard of virgins, pray for us.

Support of families, pray for us.

Comfort of the afflicted, pray for us.

Hope of the sick, pray for us.

Patron of the dying, pray for us.

Terror of the demons, pray for us.

Protector of the Holy Church, pray for us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, forgive us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. The Lord made him master of His house.

R. And steward of all His goods.

Let us pray: O God, who by ineffable providence deigned to choose blessed St. Joseph to be the spouse of Your Blessed Mother, grant, we beseech You, that venerating Him here on earth as a protector, we may merit to have Him in heaven as an intercessor. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

XIII

Glorious Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary, grant us Your fatherly protection: we beseech You through the heart of Jesus Christ, whose power extends to every need, knowing how to make the impossible possible. Turn Your Fatherly eyes on the interests of Your children. In the difficulty and sorrow that afflict us, we turn to You with all confidence. Deign to take under Your powerful protection this important and difficult business, the cause of our worries... Make its success serve for the glory of God and the good of His devoted servants. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

XIV

To You we have recourse, O blessed St. Joseph, in our tribulations, and after having implored the help of Your most holy Spouse, full of confidence, we also ask for Your protection. By that sacred bond of charity which has united You to the Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and by the paternal love You had for the Child Jesus, we earnestly beseech You to cast a benign glance upon the inheritance which Jesus Christ won with His blood, and to assist us in our needs with Your help and power.

Protect, O most provident guard of the Holy Family, the chosen race of Jesus Christ. Remove from us, O most loving Father, the plague of error and vice. Assist us from heaven, O our strongest Support, in the struggle against the power of darkness, and as You once saved the threatened life of the Child Jesus from death, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity. Support each one of us with Your constant patronage, so that, following Your example and sustained by Your help, we may live virtuously, die piously, and obtain eternal bliss in heaven. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

Closing of the Holy Mantle

XV

O glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph, whom God placed as head and guard of the holiest of families, deign to be from heaven the guardian of my soul that asks to be accepted under the mantle of Your protection.

From now on, I choose You as my father, protector, guide, and I entrust to Your special care my soul, my body, all that I possess and am, my life and my death.

Look upon me as Your child, defend me from all my enemies visible and invisible; assist me in all my needs, console me in all the bitterness of life, but especially in the agony of death. Say a word for me to that loving Redeemer whom You held in Your arms as a child, and to that glorious Virgin whose most beloved spouse You were.

Ask for me the blessings that You judge useful for my true good, for my eternal salvation, and I will try not to become unworthy of Your special protection. Amen!

3 x Glory be to the Father...

O Saint Joseph, defend the Holy Church from all adversity and always extend over each one of us the mantle of Your powerful intercession. Amen.

Optional Prayers for after the Recitation of the Holy Mantle

Prayer to St. Joseph

O Saint Joseph, we place our life, our family, in Your hands. You know what ails our hearts the most. You know our anguish and sorrow. May Your protective mantle, mantle of peace and love be extended over the whole Church and the whole world. Defend the oppressed; lift up the fallen; intercede for the healing of those who are spiritually blind, because pride and arrogance have taken over. Make us docile, obedient, and humble before God's call, and may our yes always resound from our lips, just as Your Immaculate Spouse did. Lead us to Jesus, true light and life for our lives. Amen!

Consecration to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, protect and defend my family against all evil and danger. Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph pour upon all humanity the graces and virtues of Your Most Chaste Heart. St. Joseph, I truly entrust myself to You. I consecrate to You my soul and body, my heart and my whole life. Saint Joseph, defend the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. With the graces of Your Most Chaste Heart destroy the plans of Satan. Bless the whole Holy Church, the Pope, the Bishops and the priests all over the world. We entrust ourselves to You with love and trust now and forever. Amen!

Consecration to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

To Your Most Chaste Heart we consecrate ourselves this day, O Glorious Saint Joseph. We consecrate our families and all that we have. As You protect Jesus and Mary, so, O my Beloved Protector, protect my soul and my life against the dangers that surround me and attempt against me. O Glorious Saint Joseph, teach me to love deeply the Most Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, so that I may come to love Your Most Chaste Heart deeply like them, honoring it and making it known, as You deserve and must be honored and loved for all eternity. Amen!

Consecration to the Three United Sacred Hearts

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary and Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, I consecrate to You this day my mind († on my forehead), my words († on my lips), my body († on my chest), my heart († under my left shoulder) and my soul († under my right shoulder), that Your will may be done through me this day. Amen!