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By thy title thou hast been more honoured by God toan ail the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles and Pontiffis; they arc all called servants ; thou alone art called Father. EJACULATION Saint Joseph I If thou protectest me, I shall be sared. The, following prayer n to be said at the 6iid of each visit. % Qloeious Patriarch ! now that thou art in Hearen in the height of bliss, on a raised throne beside thy well beloved Jesus who was submitted to thee on earth, have compassion oa me who am obliged to dwell amidst so many evil spirits and evil pas»ion^ ^^«^ ^e bade the ?hriffi\'*PA°.^ give him time to complete nWoi ^*^®®S^^^\'^ *"^"^^«s and when the sun tei ^7"' ^^^ r^** comparison can there be between Josuah who was obeyed by the suT an inanimate object, and Joseph who Was obeyed by Jesus Christ, the Son of God ! ooeyea oy EJACULATION ^^ Saint Joseph ! obtain for m© the crace of faith fully accomplishing God's will! ^ Praybr: glorious Patriarch, etc. ^HEN God, says St. Thomas, destines any o°e for an office, He ffives him *ll fhi ««T*iTi "^^^ssary graces to enable him to lill'lt worthily. Thu., St. Jcteph I the Lord, haying >ik-:^^^^ — 4 destined thee to fill the office of father to the persoD of the Verb Incarnate, He assuredly conferred upon thee all the gifts of wisdom and holiness suitable to such a position. We cannot therefore doubt that God enriched thee with all the graces and privileges granted to the other Saints. EJACULATION great Saint, I place myself under thy protection. Prayer : glorioas Patriarch ! etc. Seventh Yi»lU fosBPH was a just man, as we read in the Gos- pel ot St. Mathew. The Holy Gospel calls Jo- seph ywj^. Now, as St. John Ohrysostom ob- seryes, a just man means one. who possesses every rirtue. Ah! if it be true that the power of the Saints in heaven is in proportion to their sanctity what can we not expect from thine intercession, beloved Protector ! whom God himself hath pro- claimed just I EJACULATION St. Joseph, grant me great confidence in thy powerful intercession. Prayer : glorioas Patriarch, etc. Eififhth YisH. [AIN.T Bernard, comparing St. Joseph to the patriarch of the same name who was rnler over Egypt, observes that the latter preserved the wheat, not for himself but for the people of Egypt, while the mission ofthe former was to guard the Bread of Life descended from heaven, for himself and tor the whole world. It is therefore for me likewise, Saint Joseph, that thou didst guard that priceless treasure ; be thou a thousand times 5 — bieifled for thig favour ; all my^^life, I will cry ont to tiaee : EJACULATION Grant me the grace tf ever k^ep Jesus in mj^ heart 1 Pkaybr : glorious Patriarch, etc. IVlntli Viiit SAINT Joseph ! when the divine Child Jesus remained in Jerusalem and thou wast thus _ separated from the object of thy love, thou didst weep for three days. One thought especially then afflicted thee ; thou didst fear that Jesus would consider thee no longer worthy to be the guardian of so precious a treasure. IJowever thou wert inno- cent, but lam not; I am a sinner and have often lost God through my fault, EJACULATION Saint Joseph ! I beg of thee, grant me the tears of true contrition. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Tenfli \HU. Hou wast already a saint before thy marriage, well belovedPatron ! but thy sanctity was greatly increased by thine union with Mary. The example alone of that chaste apouse was suffi- cient to sanctify thee and if Mary, as Saint Ber- nardin of Sienna says, is the dispenser of all the graces which God gives to men, with what profu- sion must she have enriched thee, her spouse, whom she so greatly loved and by whom she was so greatly beloved. EJACULATION Saint Joseph ! obtain for me a fervent devotion to Mary. Pray BR : glorious Patriarch, etc. — 6 — 1 Eleven 111 Visit. HE two disciples la tbmr wav *J » noi our heart hurnina within «« ./,/..7.( / , ' . ""'' ^ay." What therefo.^ sK we f i^^ntf ^^.L" 'i"' ofholvcharhy which bur^^rthe h"arfof s h"? Joseph (luriDB the thirty years that he n^I.^ '.'?* company of the Son of God Lienint?^ fh^ '" '^« of Eternal Life whi*h flowed from h?f if"/'"^ '"°"»^ EJACULATION l^W PiiAricR : glorious Patriarch, etc. Tweinii Vlsli Ihe Apostle assurea us that ia the other life wZff '"P/"'^ ^'?'"* »"'• olotSng to the 'Sav'our EJACULATION God I I thank thee for the alorv with wh;«K thou hadt crowned Joseph * ^ ^^^^^ Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Tblrteeutb \iiU [o prov? the power of Saint Joaeph in heayen Saint. Bernardin of Sienna says : ** There can be no donbt of «t, Jesus-Ohrist continues m JT, in heaven, to have the same tenderness and respect for Saint Joseph as he formerly manifested on earth, like a child for its father. Far from decreasing, these feelinp^s of filial piety have become stronger than ever.'* Observe these words, *' tende^'nesa and respect, " adds Saint Alphc^sus ; " they mean that the Soverei^a Lord who deigned to reverence Saint Jc "^ph It his Father herebelow, cannot refuse any- thing he asks of Him in heaven. EJACULATION Saint Joseph 1 obtain foV me the grace of per- severance. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Fourteenth Visit. ST is of thee and of thee alone, incomparable Saint 1 that the Church sings : '* An admirable privilege has rendered thee happier than the others, since it was given to thee to enjoy God during thy life and thus on earth taste of a bliss which exclusively belongs to dwellers in heaven.^ Ah 1 Jesus Christ is still present amongst us in the adorable Sacrament of the altar, and I also, Saint Joseph 1 can visit our Saviour, converse with him and receive him in my heart. This I promise thee to do frequently in future with a lively faith and ardent love. EJACULATION Saint Joseph I obtain for me a liv».Uer Taiih. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. 8 — Fifteenlli V!§U FT seems, says Saint Theresa, *' that Our Lord has given to other Saints power to assist tis only m some particular necessity " Experience proTe8,onthe contrary, that Saint Joseph assists ps m all our needs. After that, how can I, powerful intercessor I still fear that thou wilt refuse to assist me when I appeal to thee ? Ah ! I admit that I am unworthy of thy favours ; but, in future, I will en- deavour to deserve them by a better life : I will no longer grieve thy heart nor that of Jesus and will serve thee to my last breath. EJACULATION Saint Joseph, assist me m my needs. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Sixteenth Vl§it ET US imagine that Our Lord, seeing us afflicted ' m the midst of the miseries of this life, ad- dresses us these words of Pharaoh to his people during the famine whi li desolated Egypt : J Go to Joseph : Ite ad Joseph. All ye who solicit favours from me, gc to Joseph ; I have appointed him over my household. " EJACULATION Saint Joseph ! grant me the grace of always having rescourse to thee in temptations. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. (Seventeenth Vl§it AiNT Alphonsus aaid one day "Let us ask of Saint Joseph love for Jesus-Christ, for I am _ convinced that the greatest grace which Saint cieph can obtain for his devout servants is a tender J I I I I — 9 w love for the Verb incarnate; he enjoys that prm- lege as a reward for the great affection whieh he bore to Jesus in this world " wMnf w T^"" nu ^''Pj*^'' ^^^ beautiful inyitation Jn«.nh?»^? ^^^^^^ P"H ^° *^« °^°"th 01 Saint '^^^^^'^oimtome&ndje will eat of the best whicli the earth produces,-'' Yes, I will go to the' frS. :^??>?^*^*I *^''' ^^^^<^ ^^' «»y soul with the d?vfne love^ excenent of virtues, the fruits of EJACULATION Saint Joseph, make me to love God above all things and my neighbour as myself. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. fiigrliteeiith Ti§fi UR salvation is in our hands, thou hast but to cast a kind regard upon us and we will serve , tlie king in the joy of our souls. " Thus, saint Joseph, well beloved Father ! does Holy Church invoke thee. Alas I the world's cor- ruption increases day by day ; the evil spirit roams more than ever around us like a roaring lion seek- lag whom he may devour. But thou who didst save Jesus from the bands of his persecutors, canst also save us from Satan's rage. Deign, therefore, to look upon us with kindness and we will joyfully serve our God and our king. EJACULATION 1 will praise thy name, Saint Joseph ! because m thee, I have found aid and protection. Praybr : glorious Patriarch, etc. — -0 — IVIiieteeiitli Tiilt HAVB no doubt that after thy Holy Spouse, thou I art greater in glory than all the other Sainta I of Paradise. Thou sayest : '* He hath exalted me that I might make nations happy." But I will be eternally happy only by loving Je&us and Mary. I beg thee therefore for that love and I say to thee with Saint Bernardin of Sienna : ** Remember us, O Saint Joseph ! and by the credit of thy prayers, intercede for us with Him who was pleased to pass for thy Son ; do still more : make the Blessed Virgin Mary propitious to us, she who was thy Spouse and and the Mother of Him, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen . EJACULATION Saint Joseph ! pray to Jesus .nd Mary for me. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twentieth Vi§lt hsERABLB sinner that I am, I cry to the O Saint Joseph ! in my distress : Gome to my ,1, aid. I have long lived offending my God; but now I wish to alter my life and serve so good a God. With full confidence I siy again to thee : U Saint Joseph ! come to my aid. Canst thou refuse my prayer ? Does not the Church exhort me to place my hope in thee and to lay at thy feet all the miseries which fill my heart ? 1 therefore have re- course to thee. EJACULATION Look upon me with compassion and assist me ! Prayer,: glorious Patriarch, etc. — 11 ^ Twenty first Visit ^"jeVstilfif ?^J '°""'^' V^" footer father of oWed the '^"^^^P'^'^y the Dirine Saviour thin,, his .4n\.s:\re:.itt% z^u.tr'° '" • EJACULATION Father I pray to thy Son for me. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twenty §econd Visit for neverZre I in?okTth.^''fn P™-"'""? '^^ P"^*"^ tations whenever I h«v» !„ I J^"i ' '° "^ t^mp- fallen. "^"«°«^e'' ' ha^'e prayed to thee, IhavenSt EJACULATION ete?nany?' ' ^' ^^^ ^^"'^ ^°^ ^ ^^11 Praise theee Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twenty-thfrd Visit ciB de S^lp^ o'^V" 1°* ««* ''™ " says St. Fran- J^ils hfm ogo'o'lg^p tdhflet^r' "*■»• "« him to retmf and r& '' ^ *' ' ^* '=°""°'"'d. «¥ 12 — EJACULATION admirable Saint I obtain from me the grace of perfect resignation to God's will in all things. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twenty-fourih Vl§it WELL-BELOVED Spouse of the w«ll-beloved Virgin, will I say to thee with Saint Francis de Sales, that I conjure thee by the heart of thy sweet Jesus who is king over all hearts and whom thy heart adores, to fill my soul with the fire of love which inflamed thine own. Such was the sole desire of thy Son : / am come to cast fire on the earthy he says, and what ivill I but that it be kindled in your hearts, EJACULATION Saint Joseph, hear my prayers. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, »tc. Twenty fifth Visit h was to thee, Saint ! whom I bless and ten- derly love, that God confided his Son made _ Man and His divine Mother. The angels envied thee the possession of this double treasure and thou couldst even ask Paradise if it were richer than thee. Ill fact, ^vhat angel can be compared to the Queen of Angels and what can God possess that is greater than God himself. EJACULATION Hail to Joseph ! who didst nourish our Life and protect our Mother. Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. — 13 — Twenty-sixm Visit ^ow my heart leaps with joy, tender Father » ' when I hear Saint Bernard of Port Mauritiua say : " Spouse of Mary of whom Jesus was born." Spouse of Mary, that is to say of that great Queen whom the Dominions, the Principalities, the Cherubim, the Seraphim are proud to serve. As Spouse of the Mother of God, Saini Joseph therefore rose above the angels and saw at his feet all other sainted creati^res except the Blessed Virgin. EJACULATION Spouse of Mary ! make christians to understand all that is contained in these words. Praybh : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twentr-seventh Visit h lovable and holy Patron, I hail thee to-day ' with Holy Church as the sure hope of lite and the support of the world. He who places his confidence in thee will obtain the grace of not perishing, but of living eternally. Thou hast saved the world by thy powerful inter- cession as of old thou didst save the Saviour of man- kind by fleeing into Egypt. EJACULATION Saviour of the Saviour of the world, pray for us ServatOT Salvatoris mundiy ora pro nobis. Prayer ; glorious Patriarch, etc. Twenty-eight Visit Uy the heavenly hosts, Saint Joseph I cele- brate thy glory ; may all christian nations sing thy praises because, brillant with the splendor of virtue, thou wert united to the incom- — 14 — voice to those'^hich gT^X S ^<^T,/,° "^1.'»y Hove ! how treat art tw"f„ A ,".*^»tber whom ProvidencTi ^thoJ an a % "of t rUy ^To th '''^'°« confided, as a heavenlv iAT^oi 4iP ^.' *° ^^®« ^»s macuUte Virgin Son ^5^^' •^I'lP^'u'^^ °^ ^^e Im- .11 tLe other SSr.e theang^el Tslt^'^' EJACULATION Kif rof^afS'^^4^o^f l7^etpV ""^^^ = Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Twcntjr.ninth Visit liMEON the patriarch died in peace and hanni more fortunate than Simeon thou ifn-f -.^ ^?u^' presence of the divine sSrtTminy/eai^ a! WW "k ^^ *•"? ^***1'' J«««s was besTdrthfe O what a happy death I to die in the ams of Ln^ and Mary hy the force of love I aairt tL«1i?? llTSl^' :^M\^""'\''' »'«^"V Msi fed'b? J^s'u and Maryatth* hour of mv death am^i +V-/-* ^ .— 15 — EJACULATION Dispenser of heavenly treasures, pray for U3 I Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Thirlielli Vl§lt ^iTH What splendour thy sanctity doth shine m my eyes Saint Joseph ! wheni hea? - the Church sinar of the house which w«a the scene of thy life and !f thy dea?h tLre wordl of the frophet : Lord who shall dwell in a^tabVrZ^il orsUl inhabit thy holy mountain 9 ft wtlhefe ^vho lives without stain and practises justice How saintly must thou b ive been to live und^r the same roof^with Him, who is holiness Iself and with the Immaculate Virgin I Saint Joseph since Jesus <5omes so often into my heart, grant my 'pr'yer which I now address thee. » s "^ "jy pr.-yer V EJACULATION heart ""* °"® ^'^""^ ^"^ *^'^*^' ^^''^'''^ God with a pure Prayer : glorious Patriarch, etc. Thirty-flr§t; Visit "hen I think of Mary, how can I not think also of thee, saint Joseph I of thee who Tir^^v, -- i^^I-i ^^*^® *^® sufferings of the Viririn Mother and didst protect her in all dangers. Permft me to address thee these words of Saint Francis de «f*itf =^',?^«*^* Saint Joseph, well beloved Spouse of the Mother of the well-beloved I how oft^n did!t thou bear in thine arms the love of heayen and of earth whilst, inflamed with the sweet ca^ess^ of — 16 — the Divine Child, thy soul wag wrapped in happiness when he whispered tenderly in thineears, that thou wert his cherished friend and his beloved Father. EJACULATION Grant me a more and more ardent love for Jesus 1 Pratbr : glorious Patriarch, eto. Imprimatur i Quebeci, die 16a novembris 1894, L. N. ARCH. CYRENEN, Admin. ?• PIOHETTE, printer and book-seller, Levis, 1 i 1 1 6 n ac • i. ■ 1 S ! i • c «} -*^. • 1 1 en OS X ! 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