Today’s the feast of St Joseph, “a righteous man” (Matthew 1:19).
Prayer of Pope Leo XIII to St Joseph:
In our tribulations we turn to thee, O Blessed Joseph; and after imploring the help of thy most holy Spouse we ask with confidence for thy patronage. By the affection which united thee to the Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and the paternal love with which thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we beseech thee to look kindly upon the inheritance which Jesus Christ acquired by His precious blood, and by thy powerful aid to help us in our needs.
Protect, most careful Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen people of Jesus Christ. Keep us, most loving Father, from all pestilence of error and corruption. Be merciful to us, most powerful protector, from thy place in heaven, in this warfare with the powers of darkness; and, as thou didst snatch the Child Jesus from the danger of death, so now defend the holy Church of God from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity. Guard each of us by the perpetual patronage, so that, sustained by thy example and help, we may live in holiness, die a holy death, and obtain the everlasting happiness of heaven. Amen.