Prayer To St. Joseph After The Rosary

The prayer Pope Francis asked the faithful to add to the end of every Rosary.

TLDR

Written by Pope Leo XIII in his 1889 encyclical Quamquam Pluries to invoke Joseph's protection over the universal Church, which Pope Pius IX had entrusted to him as patron in 1870. Pope Francis asked that it be added to the end of the daily Rosary.

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When To Pray

Every time you finish the Rosary. After the Hail Holy Queen and closing prayer, add this prayer to place yourself and the Church under Joseph's mantle before you put the beads down.

Let's Pray

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by His Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die a holy death, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.