To Thee, O Blessed Joseph (Ad Te, Beate Ioseph, by Pope Leo XIII)

To thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our tribulation, and having implored the help of thy thrice-holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that charity wherewith thou wast united to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly affection wherewith thou didst embrace the Child Jesus, we humbly beseech thee graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ hath purchased by His Blood, and to succor us in our necessities by thy power and strength. Defend, O most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen offspring of Jesus Christ; keep from us, O most loving Father, all blight of error and corruption; mercifully assist us from heaven, O most valiant defender, in this our conflict with the powers of darkness; and even as of old thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from supreme peril of life, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield each one of us with thy constant protection, so that, supported by thine example and thine aid, we may be able to live holily, to die piously, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.