
March 19, 1963: Upon
entering the basilica today We dedicated the new image
of St. Joseph over
the Saint’s
altar. We were urged to perform this ceremony Ourself
as an act of piety towards the most chaste Spouse of
Mary and the Guardian of Jesus,
in order to fulfill Our most earnest wish to promote
within this great temple of Christendom devotion to
St. Joseph, protector of the Holy
Church.
Invocation to Saint Joseph O St. Joseph! Always be our protector. May thy inner spirit of peace, of silence,
of good work, and of prayer for the cause of Holy Church always be
an inspiration to us and bring us joy in union with thy blessed spouse,
our most sweet and gentle and Immaculate Mother, and in the strong
yet tender love of Jesus, the glorious and immortal King of all ages
and peoples. Amen.
Glorious Saint Joseph, who disguised the incomparable and
sovereign dignity of guardian of Jesus and Mary under the humble appearance of
an artisan and with your work provided for their daily sustenance, give your
protection to those who are especially entrusted to your care. You know their
sufferings and their anxieties, because you shared them yourself by the side of
Jesus and his Mother. Do not allow them, under the burden of so many worries,
to forget the end for which God created them; do not allow the poison of
mistrust to conquer their immortal souls. Remind all workers that in the
fields, in the factories, in the mines and in the laboratories of science, they
are never alone in their joys and in their sorrow, but that Jesus is always
with them, to wipe the perspiration from their brow, and to ennoble their toil.
Teach them to transform their labor, as you did, into an exalted instrument of
sanctification. Amen.
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