Prayer taken from A Novena in Honour of the Glorious Mother St. Teresa of Jesus, with Meditations for Each Day. Translated from the French with Litany of the Holy Heart of Joseph. Published by Richardson and Son, London.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all graces, have mercy on us.
Heart of Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us.
Heart of Joseph, prevented by the greatest favours of heaven, pray for us.
Heart of Joseph, enriched with the power of the Father, pray for us.
Heart of Joseph, filled with the wisdom of the Son, …
Heart of Joseph, enriched with the gifts of the Holy Ghost, …
Heart of Joseph, destined by God to be united with the immaculate Heart of Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, resplendent mirror of the holy Heart of Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, animated with the most profound veneration for the divine Heart of Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, participating in the pains of the Heart of Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, inflamed with the celestial love with which the Heart of Mary burned, …
Heart of Joseph, penetrated with a holy joy in adoring for the first time the Infant Jesus, …
Heart of Joseph, consoler of the Heart of Jesus for the insensibility of the inhabitants of Bethlehem, …
Heart of Joseph, so frequently the resting place of the Heart of Jesus, …
Heart of Joseph, instructed by the Heart of Jesus on the treasures of grace which it contained, …
Heart of Joseph, ornamented by the Heart of Jesus, with all the gifts of heaven, …
Heart of Joseph, so affected by the canticle of the angels, which the shepherds repeated at the crib, …
Heart of Joseph, so happy in seeing Jesus first adored by the poor, …
Heart of Joseph, the channel through which so many benedictions were bestowed on the first disciples of the Savior, …
Heart of Joseph, by the humility with which you hailed the arrival of the Magi, …
Heart of Joseph, by the love with which you preserved the words they addressed to the Divine Master, …
Heart of Joseph, who presented to Jesus the gold of your faith, the incense of your charity, and the myrrh of your sorrows, …
Heart of joseph, whose more than paternal goodness the Magi so much admired, …
Heart of Joseph, that obtained for these holy kings celestial lights, to discover the perfidy of the cruel Herod, …
Heart of Joseph, that so profoundly adored the majesty of God on entering the temple of Jerusalem, …
Heart of Joseph, so resigned to the sorrows predicted to Simeon to the Immaculate Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, so resigned when you learned that the Infant Jesus should fly into Egypt, …
Heart of Joseph, admirable lily of candour and innocence, …
Heart of Joseph, always exempt from the lightest imperfection, …
Heart of Joseph, who died amidst the benedictions of Jesus and Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, resplendent in heaven with a glory inferior only to that of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, …
Heart of Joseph, ever sensible to our miseries, …
Heart of Joseph, refuge of hearts that the world contemns, …
Heart of Joseph, angelical tutor of youth, …
Heart of Joseph, director in the paths of perfection, …
Heart of Joseph, light of souls devoted to prayer, …
Heart of Joseph, sweet hope of the dying, …
Heart of Joseph, special protector of St. Teresa, the reformer of Carmel, …
Heart of Joseph, paternal asylum of the children of Carmel, …
Heart of Joseph, powerful protector of religious communities, …
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Pray for us, most charitable Heart of Joseph.
R. That we may be rendered worthy of your paternal protection.
Let us Pray.
Most amiable heart of the glorious St. Joseph, accept, we conjure you, the filial homage of our hearts, and reign over them for ever.
Obtain for us from the Lord all the graces necessary to support patiently the pains of this life, and to walk securely towards our heavenly country, where we hope to bless and thank you eternally. Amen.
An Invocation to the Heart of St. Joseph.
O most holy heart of Joseph! Heart of the most venerable of the patriarchs! Heart of the holy spouse of the mother of Jesus! Heart of the reputed Father of our Saviour, obtain for me a heart like yours, in its silence, in its meekness, in its humility, in its charity, in its recollection, in its obedience, and in its chastity. O heart of Joseph, deign to watch over me, to assist me during life, and obtain for me the great grace of dying as you did in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Amen.
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