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Pray the Holy Cloak of St. Joseph, a powerful 30-day novena to St. Joseph offered for a special intention and for his protection, guidance, and intercession.

The Holy Cloak Novena is a thirty-day devotion that invokes the protection of St. Joseph under the image of his cloak, the garment that wrapped the Christ Child in Bethlehem and shielded the Holy Family during the flight into Egypt. Each day meditates on one of Joseph's privileges, virtues, or titles, building a spiritual mantle of protection around the person who prays it. It is one of the most comprehensive and beloved Josephite devotions in the Church.

Attributed to the Ursuline nuns and prayed for centuries, the Thirty-Day Novena to St. Joseph has been called the "never-failing novena" because of the extraordinary number of petitions granted through it. Tradition holds that if the request is just, it will be answered before the thirty days are complete, or the person will receive the grace to accept God's will with peace. It is the novena for the desperate, the exhausted, and the ones who have tried everything else.

The traditional nine-day novena to St. Joseph, prayed for centuries by Catholics seeking his intercession for every kind of need. Each day includes a reflection on one of Joseph's virtues, a daily prayer, and the Memorare to St. Joseph. St. Teresa of Ávila said she never asked him for anything he did not grant. This novena is how you ask.