Saint Joseph’s Never-Failing Protection Prayer Every Catholic Should Know

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵. 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.

Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus, is a very powerful protector and intercessor.

Many saints and those devoted to Saint Joseph attest to the great power of his intercession in their lives.

Saint Teresa of Avila, a mystic and Doctor of the Church, held a great devotion to Saint Joseph and often attested to his powerful intercession and protection.

“𝘖𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦; 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴,” 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵.”

There are many powerful prayers to Saint Joseph. One particular prayer has been passed down over the centuries as a means of protection from enemies, sudden death, drowning, poison, and more.

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 “𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 50𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵.”

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴,

“𝘐𝘯 1505, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮; 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭.”

It is also traditionally prayed as a nine-day novena.

The prayer received an imprimatur from Bishop Hugh C. Boyle of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1950.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝘖𝘩 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴.

𝘖𝘩 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥; 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝘖𝘩 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.

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