We come to you, O blessed Joseph, in our distress. Having sought the aid of your most blessed spouse, we now confidently implore your assistance too. We humbly beg you to remember the dutiful affection which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and your fatherly love for the child Jesus. Watch over the souls which Jesus Christ bought with his blood, and by your strength and powerful intercession help us in our urgent need.
O most provident guardian of the Holy Family, protect the chosen people of Jesus Christ. Drive far from us, most loving father, all error and corrupting sin. From your place in heaven, most powerful deliverer, graciously come to our aid in this conflict with the powers of darkness. And as you delivered the Child Jesus from great perils of life, so now defend the holy Church of God from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity.
Extend to each one of us your continual protection, that, following your example, and borne up by your strength, we may be able to live and die in holiness and obtain everlasting happiness in heaven. Amen.