The Solemnity of St Joseph is Friday, March 19. We will have Mass at the following times that day:
- 9:00 am (English)
- 12:15 pm (at WCU Campus)
- 6:30 pm (bilingual)
From March 11-19 we will pray a novena to St. Joseph after daily Mass each day. Parishioners are invited to pray the novena along with us from home if they are unable to be at Mass.
Novena to St. Joseph
Daily Novena Prayer
O Glorious St. Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to thee do we raise our hearts and hands to implore thy powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign Heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of a happy death, and the special favor we now implore (state your intention).
O Guardian of the Word Incarnate, we have confidence that thy prayers on our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. Amen.
Then say the following seven times in honor of the seven sorrows and joys of St. Joseph.
V. O Glorious St. Joseph! Through they love for Jesus Christ and for the glory of His Name,
R. Hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
V. Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
R. Assist us!
Daily Scripture Meditations
Day 1: Matthew 1:18-19
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
Day 2: Matthew 1:20-21
Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Day 3: Matthew 1:24-25
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.
Day 4: Luke 2:1-5
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Day 5: Luke 2:6-7
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. The wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Day 6: Luke 2:22-24
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Day 7: Matthew 2:13-15
When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Day 8: Matthew 2:19-23
When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazorean.”
Day: 9 Luke 2:41-46
Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, …
Compiled by Fr. Martin Eke, MSP
Litany of St. Joseph
Lord, have mercy on us, Lord have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us, Christ have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us, Lord have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us, Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
St. Joseph, the silent saint, pray for us.
St. Joseph, guardian of the Holy Family, pray for us.
St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, pray for us.
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
St. Joseph, vessel of God, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of selfless love, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of obedience to God’s will, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of perfect fathering, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of a perfect husband, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of patience, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of faithfulness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of prudence, pray for us.St. Joseph, model of generosity, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of chastity, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of simplicity, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of fidelity, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of thoughtfulness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of gentleness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of compassion, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of kindness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of humility, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of perseverance, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of endurance, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of hardworking, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of action louder than words, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of holiness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of prayerfulness, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model of serenity of heart, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model for contemplatives, pray for us.
St. Joseph, model for mystics, pray for us.
St. Joseph, God’s instrument of miracles, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from worries and anxieties, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from fears and unbelief, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from worldly cares, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from sickness, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from sufferings, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from afflictions, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from temptations, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from sins and weaknesses, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from unprepared death, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from all dangers and all evils, pray for us.
That we may be delivered from eternal damnation, pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
(Composed by Fr. Martin Eke, MSP)